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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Entries in Danny Brown (3)

Feel Good Fridays: Danny Brown

Saw the Danny Brown show last night. It's some rachet shit but it's also 100% honest. I never really latched onto XXX but I do like this cut ("Monopoly") and when he played it last night the room lit up. Mad man's flow with a healthy dose of punchlines. Dig.

Throwback Thursdays: Eazy E

Going to see Danny Brown tonight. It's pretty mindless but it reminds me of listening to Eazy E back in the day. Remember this cut? The moral of this story is that you can listen to terribly homophobic, misogynistic music and still turn out to be a forward-thinking, open-minded person. I'm proof.

Way Gone Wednesdays: Danny Brown

I've talked a lotta shit about the new school - showing only respect to the likes of Kendrick and Action Bronson. I had written Danny Brown off as an anomaly who's unique look had more to do with success than his skills on the mic. Yesterday his new album, Old, went up online and I gave it an honest listen. It's not perfect, but it seems like Brown is finally in a position to afford better production and land more worthwhile collabs. Peep this track ("The Return") featuring Freddie Gibbs. This some hood-ass shit right here. Way gone.