Atrocity Exhibition

AlbumSep 27 / 201615 songs, 46m 48s
Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
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More trauma and travails with the magnetic Detroit MC. Like *XXX* and *Old* before it, *Atrocity Exhibition* plays like a nightmare with punchlines, the diary of a hedonist who loves the night as much as he hates the morning after. “Upcoming heavy traffic/say ya need to slow down, ’cause you feel yourself crashing,” Brown raps on “Ain’t it Funny,” a feverish highlight. “Staring the devil in the face but ya can’t stop laughing.”

8.5 / 10

Atrocity Exhibition can be seen as the third work in a trilogy that began with XXX. Here, Danny Brown's songs of pain and release are accompanied by dense sonics from all over the musical map.

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The Detroit rapper continues to prove he's one of the most unique and exciting voices out there on Atrocity Exhibition.

Our take on hip-hop wild card's fourth album.

Exuding confidence at every turn, his ability to wrangle any sound into his warped world of hip hop is exhilarating.

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Danny Brown's first Warp release is named after a Joy Division song inspired by writer J.G. Ballard's collection of the same title.

Danny Brown's sometimes goofy, sometimes sinister sense of humour makes for an uneasy, unmistakable ride.

8 / 10

On Atrocity Exhibition, Danny Brown is better than he's ever been. Like its title implies, the album is disorderly and unkempt, but don't de...

8 / 10

Danny Brown casts off the more user-friendly EDM touches that brought his previous effort ‘Old’ some mainstream attention in 2013, and drags

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The Detroit rapper's first album since signing to Warp is packed with experimentation.

The album’s production is as versatile as Brown’s voice, though it favors off-kilter intensity.

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