Old

by Danny Brown

Old cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 October 2013
  • Label: Pirates Press
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:36
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 17 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Danny Brown's 'Old' is a split-personality concept album, divided into 'Side A' (introspective boom-bap about his Detroit upbringing) and 'Side B' (drug-fueled EDM bangers). It showcases Brown's versatility and unique vocal delivery, bridging the gap between underground grit and festival-ready energy. The album is a manic, darkly humorous, and technically impressive exploration of the rapper's psyche.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, drugs, rap, underground, experimental, commercial, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Side A [Old] (02:23)
  2. The Return (feat. Freddie Gibbs) (03:10)
  3. 25 Bucks (feat. Purity Ring) (03:30)
  4. Wonderbread (01:58)
  5. Gremlins (02:05)
  6. Dope Fiend Rental (feat. ScHoolboy Q) (02:55)
  7. Torture (03:46)
  8. Lonely (02:19)
  9. Clean Up (03:01)
  10. Red 2 Go (03:18)
  11. Side B [Dope Song] (02:36)
  12. Dubstep (feat. Scrufizzer) (02:16)
  13. Dip (03:31)
  14. Smokin & Drinkin (02:53)
  15. Break It [Go] (03:12)
  16. Handstand (02:55)
  17. Way Up Here (feat. Ab-Soul) (02:36)
  18. Kush Coma (feat. A$AP Rocky & Zelooperz) (04:41)
  19. Float On (feat. Charli xcx) (03:31)

Credits

  • Danny Brown - primary artist
  • Sam Chirnside - design, layout
  • A-Trak - executive-producer, scratches
  • Nick Catchdubs - executive-producer
  • Dart Parker - management
  • Paul Rosenberg - management
  • Tatsuya Sato - mastered by
  • Allen Music - other [sample clearance]
  • Leila D'Amato - painting [cover]
  • Josh Wehle - photography by [danny brown photo], artwork [collage]
  • Scott "Supe" Stallone - mixed by
  • Paul White - producer, recorded by, written-by
  • Witt - recorded by
  • Daniel Sewell - written-by
  • Freddie Gibbs - featuring
  • Filip Nikolic - programmed by [additional programming], instruments [additional], written-by
  • Andre Benjamin - written-by
  • Antwan Patton - written-by
  • Corey Woods - written-by
  • Fredrick Tipton - written-by
  • Giorgio Moroder - written-by
  • Patrick Brown - written-by
  • Ray Murray - written-by
  • Rico Wade - written-by
  • Purity Ring - featuring
  • Corin Roddick - producer, written-by
  • Nick Hook - recorded by
  • Megan James - written-by
  • DJ Romes - mixed by
  • Oh No - mixed by, producer
  • Michael Jackson Woodrow Sr. - written-by
  • Schoolboy Q - featuring
  • SKYWLKR - producer
  • Al Goodman - written-by
  • Harry Ray - written-by
  • Quincy Matthew Hanley - written-by
  • Skylar Tait - written-by
  • Walter Morris - written-by
  • Georgia Brown - written-by
  • Gerd Frank - written-by
  • H. De Bruyn - written-by
  • Morice Benin - written-by
  • Isaac Mpofu - written-by
  • Keith Kabwe - written-by
  • Rustie - producer, mixed by, recorded by
  • Russell Whyte - written-by
  • Scrufizzer - featuring
  • Romani Lorenzo - written-by
  • Chauncey Hollis - written-by
  • Eric Timmons - written-by
  • Kanye West - written-by
  • Mike Dean - written-by
  • Reverend W.A. Donaldson - written-by
  • Shawn Carter - written-by
  • JMIKE - producer
  • Leon Kelly - recorded by
  • Alain Macklovitch - written-by
  • Jeremy Coleman - written-by
  • Darq E Freaker - producer
  • Jeremiah Nteh - written-by

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