Danny Brown drops new song ‘Tantor’, announces new album and live dates

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Danny Brown has dropped his first solo single in four years ‘Tantor’, as well as revealing details of his highly-anticipated album ‘Quaranta’ along with live dates.The Detroit rapper’s last solo release was his fifth album in 2019 with ‘uknowhatimsayin¿‘, which was executively produced by Q-Tip.

Since then, he has dropped two collaborative albums, ‘TV62’ and this year’s ‘SCARING THE HOES, VOL. 1’ with Bruiser Brigade and JPEGMAFIA respectively.On October 17, Brown surprised fans with the Alchemist-produced track ‘Tantor’ and an accompanying music video.

Over Alchemist’s sample-looping production, the rapper delivers his signature witty lyrics. In the UNCANNY-directed music video, you can see him rapping in a costume covered in motherboards, wires, keyboards and other electrical items, referring to the lyrics: “Cyborg with vocal cords.” ‘Tantor’ is the launch single for Brown’s long-awaited solo album, ‘Quaranta’, which will be released November 17 via Warp Records.Earlier this year, Brown called out his record label and management since he felt “like they shelved my shit” and “turned [his] album in two years ago.” He originally teased ‘Quaranta’ in 2021, when Brown told Hot New Hip Hop that the record will be “just all over the place.”In a statement, ‘Quaranta’ is said to be “the spiritual sequel to [his] breakthrough album ‘XXX’ and Brown’s most fully realised offering yet.” The record hosts features from Bruiser Wolf, Kassa Overall and MIKE plus production from Quelle Chris, Paul White, SKYWLKR and others.

Check out the tracklist below.1. Quaranta2. Tantor3. Ain’t My Concern4.