Atrocity Exhibition

Some of the beats are pretty good, but I really find his voice annoying. A very low two.

My personal favorite Danny Brown album. I think it contains his deepest lyricism and the beats are dark and interesting throughout.

I came into this album expecting to find another hip hop love, and for that reason I'm a bit disappointed. It takes a bit to get going; around the fourth track does it really start giving off this destructive, sinister energy that is all so alluring, but at that point you're a somewhat decent chunk through the album with nothing to really latch on to, and after the villainous, arguably monstrous track that is Ain't It Funny, nothing ever feels that outwardly impactful, which can leave the back half full of very good tracks, but tracks that don't quite scratch the same itch, although some do certainly try. Now, I've been sober my whole life, so "relating" to this album was thrown out the window the moment I pressed play, but you can still really feel this stuff take over Danny's life. I mean, this took two years to come to fruition, surely that's a sign of the issues at play here. And even if you ignore every single lyric, the production is immensely layered and intricate, leading to an album that could make its way on to "best of" lists with no vocals at all. But I just feel like I'm missing something. There's too much rest, the whole album is played up to be far zanier than it truly is, and going in with expectations absolutely through the roof, I was a tad let down. Luckily, it is surprisingly digestible this way, blowing by incredibly quick, and you're always on your toes, no matter the pay-off, and I think that is commendable at the very least. It is just so close to something truly amazing, but falls just out of reach for me. A few tracks cut, perhaps, or maybe a slightly different delivery vocally? Nah, can't be that, Danny's voice certainly adds to the record and its feeling of spinning in circles for hours until you're dizzy and sick. I have a feeling, returning to this one, I'll be blown away just that tad bit more to "get it."

Dudes voice sounds a lot like the singer from Cypress Hill.

Favorite songs: Ain't It Funny, When It Rain, Rolling Stone, Tell Me What I Don't Know, Really Doe, Dance in the Water, Today

Least favorite songs: Downward Spiral

4/5

Lots of fun tracks that I don't have the taste for.

I really do love this guy.