{"id":1156,"date":"2016-10-10T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2016-10-10T12:08:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:08:45","slug":"really-doe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wsuw\/2016\/10\/10\/really-doe\/","title":{"rendered":"Really Doe?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"atrocity-exhibition-artwork\"<\/a>Post-punk and hip hop aren\u2019t common genres to hear mixed together but on his new release Danny Brown manages to mix the two in a genre bending album that is a ground breaking change from traditional hip hop music. The title Atrocity Exhibition<\/em> is a reference to the song of the same name by the iconic post-punk band Joy Division. Brown says that he was deeply inspired by Joy Division\u2019s dark sound and wanted to bring that post-punk attitude to a hip hop album. Danny Brown\u2019s past albums have common themes of overt drug use, but if his early work was the party, this album is the hangover. Brown\u2019s lyrics paint a very dark picture of the effects of drug use and of his home, Detroit, Michigan. The beats are dark and disjointed, never settling into a predictable groove. This unique sound is apparent from the first track \u201cDownward Spiral\u201d where Danny Brown raps over an uncomfortable disjointed beat that could be a track pulled straight from a sonic youth album.\u00a0 The album is also very multi-dimensional. The track \u201cReally Doe\u201d is a throwback to old-school hip hop that feature a simple boom bap drum beat with haunting bells hanging in the background that provides the atmosphere for Brown and fellow rappers Kendrick Lamer, Ab-Soul, and Earl Sweatshirt to trade flows over. The track is the most traditional song on the album and is a phenomenal ode to old posse cuts like A Tribe Called Quest\u2019s \u201cScenario\u201d. Another standout track, \u201cAin\u2019t it Funny\u201d, is a wild song that features loud brash synths and Brown\u2019s trademark high pitched yelp rap style. Like post-punk Brown in exploring wild sounds very rarely heard in hip hop which is likely to turn a lot of people off from this project but if you are interested in left-field hip hop trying to think outside the box, this album is one to check out. -Kyle<\/p>\n