Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

You were saying that that was um you torn infrequently . No , I worked on that album with Q tip from , you know , just to be able to work with Q tip , which is such a fucking big deal to me for sure . And you know , it , it , it gave me confidence in my music to be in the fact that uh a tribe called Quest was my dad's favorite rap group .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

So then shit goes on you . I ended up getting a situation , I start talking to fu Go and um I don't think they were really into so of me at the time , but Q tip from a tribe called Quest was real close with a track who's one of the owners of uh foods go and um they hung out and um a track was like , man , we thinking about signing Denny Brown and Q tip was like , *** thinking , are you retarded ? Like this is one of the illest n he broke it down to him .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

It wasn't that early but whatever , whatever . But elementary school , my dad taking me to school and he listened to a tribe called class and before I know it one day , I'm sitting in the studio with Q tip every day working on the album . So it was fucking , it was , it was a big deal .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

No , I worked on that album with Q tip from , you know , just to be able to work with Q tip , which is such a fucking big deal to me for sure . And you know , it , it , it gave me confidence in my music to be in the fact that uh a tribe called Quest was my dad's favorite rap group . I remember going to my dad taking me to fucking preschool .

Danny Brown on The Downside of Rap

Someone says ill punch line on there , Uncle Joey . He might say some crazy shit like uh you get what I'm saying ? Just some crazy shit .