Detroit State of Mind 3
A gritty, soul-sampled snapshot of Detroit street life, capturing Danny Brown's raw, pre-fame baritone flow over dusty, unpolished basement beats.
2009
A gritty, soul-sampled snapshot of Detroit street life, capturing Danny Brown's raw, pre-fame baritone flow over dusty, unpolished basement beats.
2009
Cracked basement concrete and dusty soul loops rattle beneath a raw, hungry baritone scraping through the Detroit cold.
“While history promises that we won’t have any idea what direction Danny Brown will go next, what we do know is that the blog era’s most eclectic and eccentric figure is back and sharper than ever, with a brand new lease on life — and that in itself is reason to be excited”Read review
“The Detroit visionary revels in hyperpop, club, and confession for a messy, euphoric reset that only he could pull off”Read review
“The album finds the Detroit rapper discovering a new lust for life”Read review
“Despite the mixed results on Stardust, two things remain clear: it’ll be impossible to predict where Danny Brown goes next, and it will be appointment listening”Read review
“Danny Brown looks and sounds better today than ever before, and his latest offering is a testament to his restored health and balance. Don’t forget he’s been in the game for over two decades at this point, yet you’d never guess it from listening to his music”Read review
“Working with a new vanguard of outsider electronic artists, the Detroit rapper lets his freak flag fry. The results are shaky but full of heart.”Read review
“It’s so unrestrained that it sometimes loses its grip, condensing several albums worth of ideas into a single project that isn’t quite as compelling as the sum of its parts, the sum of its collaborators, or the sum of its energy”Read review
“Stardust is an album that hip-hop heads will most likely throw in the dumpster and I can’t say I blame them because I’m one of them”Read review
“The Detroit rapper pivots to hyper-pop and never takes his foot off the gas, sounding triumphant and sitting gleefully atop a precipitous mountain, amazed by his own abilities. That feeling of amazement is vicarious”Read review
“The Detroit rapper feared his music would get dull after he went sober, but no-one could be bored by this guest-stuffed, chaotically swaggering new album”Read review
“His partying days behind him, a hip-hop wildcard mixes jarring beats and beaming gratitude”Read review
“After the insular mood of Quaranta, with its themes of addiction and depression, it’s refreshing to hear Brown having unabashed neon-lit fun”Read review
How does Detroit State of Mind 3 sound next to the rest of Danny Brown's catalogue?
The album leans heavily into raw storytelling, capturing unvarnished street dispatches and cold midwestern realities with a literal, narrative focus that precedes his later, more abstract lyrical style.
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