On his latest, Danny linked up with the legendary Q-Tip for a back-to-basics clinic, culminating in the stellar uknowwhatImsayin? His most overtly traditional hip-hop album yet, Danny’s brilliantly rendered self-deprecation and clever imagery come alive across his various odysseys. Yet his penchant for losing himself in avant-garde and occasionally dissonant soundscapes have kept him in his own lane, where he has happily engaged in madcap worldbuilding unsupervised. Danny Brown’s status as a hip-hop auteur has never been contested.