Danny Brown has detailed his forthcoming studio album uknowhatimsayin¿: The follow-up to 2016’s Atrocity Exhibition arrives October 4 via Warp. He’s also shared the LP’s lead single “Dirty Laundry.” It comes with a music video directed by Simon Cahn. Watch below.
In a press release, Danny Brown said, “This is my version of a stand-up comedy album.” He continued, “Most of my close friends now aren’t rappers—they’re comedians and actors. So I wanted to create something that mixed humor with music. Something that was funny but not parody.”
Q-Tip executive produced uknowhatimsayin¿. “There was no room for error,” Brown said. “Q-Tip wanted me to go back to that ‘Greatest Rapper Ever’ era. I almost had to relearn how to rap again—an ego death type thing. He gave me this whole new outlook on music. I can’t go back to how I was before.”
Other producers on uknowhatimsayin¿ include Paul White, Flying Lotus, Standing on the Corner, and JPEGMAFIA. There are also guest spots from Run the Jewels, JPEGMAFIA, Blood Orange, and Obongjayar. Check out the tracklist and uknowhatimsayin¿ cover art below.
This fall, Danny Brown heads out on tour in support of uknowhatimsayin¿. Find his schedule below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)
Read Pitchfork’s 5-10-15-20 interview “Danny Brown on the Music That Made Him.”
uknowhatimsayin¿:
01 Change Up
02 Theme Song
03 Dirty Laundry
04 3 Tearz [ft. Run the Jewels]
05 Belly of the Beast [ft. Obongjayar]
06 Savage Nomad
07 Best Life
08 uknowhatimsayin¿
09 Negro Spiritual [ft. JPEGMAFIA]
10 Shine [ft. Blood Orange]
11 Combat
Danny Brown:
09-07 Toronto, Ontario – RBC Echo Beach (MATTYFEST)
10-12 Atlanta, GA – Afropunk ATL
10-14 Nashville, TN – Basement East
10-16 New Orleans, LA – Republic NOLA
10-17 Houston, TX – Warehouse Studio
10-18 Dallas, TX – Canton Hall
10-19 Austin, TX – Empire Control Room and Garage
10-21 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10-22 Pomona, CA – Glass House
10-23 San Diego, CA – Music Box
10-25 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent
10-26 San Francisco, CA – August Hall
10-28 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
10-29 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theater
10-31 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
11-02 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
11-03 Denver, CO – Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
11-05 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11-07 Chicago, IL – The Metro
11-08 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave 2
11-10 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
11-11 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
11-13 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
11-15 Boston, MA – Big Night Live
11-17 New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
11-18 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
11-19 Montreal, Quebec – Corona Theater