★★★★★
In the current hip hop musical climate of blinged-out rappers and wannabes, steps in a timeless new original by the name of Danny Brown. His triumphant 19-track third release Old, is full of fresh hip hop, trill and grime cementing him firmly as a new classic, and one which sees him as a nu-skool force to be reckoned with. Divided into 'A Side' and 'B side', it really showcases two different sides to the rapper...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-11-21
★★★★★
This eccentric Detroit rapper follows up his acclaimed 2011 mixtape XXX with this knockout official debut album of expansive hip hop ranging from harrowing inner-city narratives and tales of personal struggle and inner turmoil to hedonistic, EDM-fueled party rap, featuring a variety of banging beats and adventurous electronic textures accompanying Brown's elastic delivery and razor-sharp rhymes. 11/15/2013
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- kexp.org
2013-11-16
★★★★★
Old may not be the most easily digestible album you'll hear this year, but if you're willing to take the trip, you'll find its unwavering eccentricity is matched only by its creative genius. Presented in two distinct halves, the album is as divided as Danny Brown himself--highlighting his struggle to reconcile the shadows of his past, present, and future--all set to frenetic, laser-sharp production and schizophrenic beats...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2013-11-11
★★★★★
Music Reviews
Danny Brown Old
(Fool's Gold)
Buy it from Insound
It took me a few goes to take Danny Brown seriously. He's a gap-toothed, cartoon-voiced dude in skinny jeans, who at first mostly stuck in my head for his raps about cunnilingus (I Will) and self-consciously dodgy gender politics ("Love a feminist bitch / Ooh they get my dick hard", Outer Space)...
- www.noripcord.com
2013-10-22
★★★★★
Detroit rhymesayer Danny Brown has set free his highly-anticipated junior set, Old, via Fool's Gold.
The follow-up to 2011's acclaimed XXX, the project comes heralded by reader-approved lead single "Side A (Old)" and video single "DIP." A variety of noteworthy artists assist on the guest tip throughout the 19-track set, among them Ab-Soul, A$AP Rocky, Freddie Gibbs, Mr MFN Exquire and ScHoolboy Q...
- www.djbooth.net
2013-10-16
★★★★★
Let me tell you, it is damn tough to write about Old without comparing it to XXX, its masterpiece predecessor from 2011. Old is the follow-up, after all, and Danny Brown himself certainly doesn't help matters with the whole "this is my Kid A" business, making a million hipsters percolate. But the comparison is a disservice...
- cokemachineglow.com
2013-10-18
★★★★★
There have always been two sides to Detroit rapper Danny Brown. On one hand, he's a hipster wild man who spends his time guzzling drugs, screwing groupies, and rapping with a deranged flow. On the other hand, there is the street kid who grew up poor in Detroit, had parents that struggled with addiction, dealt drugs to crackheads, and realizes that he is on a dangerous trajectory. Both "The Hybrid" and "XXX" balanced songs about partying with more serious examinations of addiction and poverty...
- rapreviews.com
2013-10-16
★★★★★
Danny Brown :: Old :: Fool's Gold Records
as reviewed by Patrick Taylor
There have always been two sides to Detroit rapper Danny Brown. On one hand, he's a hipster wild man who spends his time guzzling drugs, screwing groupies, and rapping with a deranged flow. On the other hand, there is the street kid who grew up poor in Detroit, had parents that struggled with addiction, dealt drugs to crackheads, and realizes that he is on a dangerous trajectory...
- www.rapreviews.com
2013-10-16
★★★★★
"Turning to these drugs, now these drugs turned my life / And it's the downward spiral, got me suicidal / But too scared to do it so these pills will be the rifle." Thus begins Danny Brown's fantastic , a mixtape firmly establishing the Detroit rapper as a mainstay in the underground hip-hop scene. It's an appropriate way to encapsulate the release as a whole, as it tells the tale of a young man alternately rocketed to unknown heights in the wake of drugs, partying, sex, and the high life and...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-10-16
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