I believe it was producer 9th Wonder who made reference to this (2011-) being the new “golden era” of hip-hop, and anyone not really taking a serious listen will be missing out on a lot.
For me, when I saw this new video by Danny Brown, I got stoned. From the video and the song. I don’t partake, but I’m watching this and I felt like what happened when I saw the Oliver Stone movie The Doors at theaters, going “whoa man… this is far out”. Of course YMMV, but I really like this and I hope artists will follow their muse and do what THEY want to do, no excuses in 2012. Check it out.
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