Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

All right , I know how to rap . A record label signs me . I rapped for this record label .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

A record label signs me . I rapped for this record label . Make an album in my head .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

You don't know . So , so on them , that's what happened when you signed the record labels , bro . You wanna hear , bro ?

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

Because like , OK , this even up like the album that I just , I made an album um during COVID , obviously , we were sitting around when nobody could do nothing and I just felt like , oh shit , I ain't . So I just started going to the studio and just start recording songs , making music , record the album and this is the album that we're gonna release , but the album been done for like three years like , you know , and well , what's been the hold up ? You don't know .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

End up the album come out at one fucking album of the year in spin magazine . It ended up being one of the best albums I ever had in my career . Like , but when you think about , it's like a person back against the wall when you listen to the album , I back then .