Review #18: Danny Brown & Black Milk - Black and Brown! (2011)

Now, I understand Danny's had a huge 2012, but I'm just not a fan. His lyrics can be straight up stupid a lot of the time, and his flow is almost unbearable. But still, XXX was a top album. The one track I did end up liking of XXX was "Outer Space" which was half decent, but not enough to push me to wanna listen to this. But Black Milk, one of my favorite producers of all time was.

1. Sound Check
Just an instrumental intro, not even music, just noises.

2. Wake Up
Damn, the sample at the beginning goes hard. And Danny sounds toned down and listenable on here, which is a huge difference from songs like "Monopoly". The production, and even Danny, are great on here, I hope the rest of this is the same.

3. Loosie
This track had me hooked from the first line, "Hotter than a barbeque at Satan's place". The beat's even harder than Wake Up, and Danny's flow is fire. Very impressed with this one.

4. Zap
I thought this track was a huge step back at the beginning, with the overly mellow production, but when the drums picked up it was decent. Not as good as Loosie or Wake Up but good. The accapella at the end is a nice touch.

5. Jordan VIII
This is kinda what I expected from this album, with Danny's "crackhead" flow, and beats that remind me of Outer Space. Not amazing, but the beat carries it well.

6. Dada
Danny sounds really good on this,although the beat isn't one of Black Milk's best. Danny really sounds like he's grinding every word out, which is good.

7. WTF
Just an instrumental, again not really something you could rap over or anything.

8. LOL
This track's actually really catchy, and the beat goes fucking hard, with solid samples. This is the first track that's even come close to Loosie, and might be better.

9. Dark Sunshine
Another instrumental, the best out of the three on here. I would've liked to see that end part develop into an actual beat though, that'd be cool.

10. Black And Brown
the beat on this one is differently produced than anything else on here, less of a hipster-rap feel. Black Milk spits a few bars on this one, and him and Danny really finish things off well for the EP. Probably the best track on here, sounds like a triumphant end to an impressive project.

Best Tracks: Loosie, LOL, Black And Brown

Rating: 8.5/10

I would have rated this one higher, but it wasn't legendary or anything, it was just VERY impressive. I never expect Danny Brown to come out with something like this, and he owes mad thanks to Black Milk for working with him.