JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes ALBUM REVIEW

uh hi everyone booth and he's scared Tano here the internet's busiest music nerd and it's time for a review of this new Danny Brown and jpeg Mafia project scaring the hose This Record is a collaboration between two of the underground's most beloved rappers at the moment Danny Brown and jpeg Mafia which is hilariously titled scaring the hoes which yes is obviously a joke but so ingeniously fitting for their respective approaches to hip-hop music for those who are out of the know the idea of scaring the hose is pretty common vernacular in internet music circles used to describe music that has kind of a weirdo slant to it or just isn't very widely appealing maybe out of some insecurity-based fear that you would get weird stares from women or just harsh the general Vibe which I think says a lot about where this phrase comes from but with the internet effectively collapsing the mainstream and Underground on top of each other there's this increasingly unignorable truth that some new music just doesn't succeed based on its pop appeal or being easy listening and I think few artists out there understand that as well as Danny Brown and jpeg Mafia at one point in the early 2010s Danny Brown was seen as one of the biggest Oddities in rap with absolutely unhinged Rhymes loaded with dark and raunchy content plus his yelpie vocal inflections and left field production choices all of which still make him an instantly recognizable figure in today's rap landscape even more than 10 years after his breakout mixtape XXX jpeg Mafia on the other hand his blow up came a bit later with the release of 2018's Veteran and in the last five years he shown himself to also be a groundbreaking and unique Oddball these guys recently did a podcast together hyping up the release of this record and in the midst of it Danny jokingly admitted to feeling like Peggy was going to replace him when he first got into his music and as he continues to grow his brand and his craft it's not hard to see why jpeg would be the Envy of other artists generally he is kind of a triple threat perhaps he sings he produces all of his major projects thus far just ooze creativity and despite his genuinely unorthodox approach to rhyme schemes and song structures he actually has a lot of super catchy tracks out there but being catchy does not seem to be the name of the game on scaring the hose which is definitely more than just a funny title because in practice on this thing Danny and Peggy Embrace some of their most out there creative ideas take the title track for example whose beat kicks off with these really loud and aggressive slapping sounds which at first I thought was just clapping and it may very well be but if it is like man those are some loud wet and Meaty hands and as the entire instrumental kicks and we get booming drums rumbling bass and these lengthy horn chops that sound like a saxophone slowly dying I wouldn't say it's a walk in the park as far as Vibe goes but I suppose I would feel somewhat cheated if a song titled scaring the hoes sounded like it was gunning to be a top 40 hit of course Danny and Peggy on the track trade distorted bars about feeling out of step with current trends and pressures to make something that has more of a pop appeal and honestly for a record like this I would say we have a perfect mission statement in terms of Danny and Peggy putting forward their artistic intent here which mind you these guys have always been clear about be it in the way Dany is stuck to his trademark vocal delivery over the years or the way Peggy proudly flies his freak flag and boasts about being difficult to compare or categorize on the song step a pig and does it over one of the most unique beats I've heard this year and it's insane he produced these tracks on an SP 404 which is a pretty legendary machine as far as hip-hop production goes a lot of Classics have been pumped out on this thing but many current day producers prefer the freedom and versatility that a digital audio workstation on a computer offers instead but yeah it says on the bandcamp page for this record that the 404 was pretty strictly used in the creation of this project project but it also says that Peggy is now done using the 404 now which I'm sure again has its limitations and its difficulties but it didn't stop Peggy from very precisely layering these sparkling cinferons tight bass lines and beautiful vocal harmonies on this beat I'm even more Blown Away by the production on Garbage Pail Kids which assembles the sounds of children chanting metallic perks this really loose ass Rhythm and these fat fat hits of bass there's also this genuinely heart-wrenching Sun scorched series of guitar chords that sound equally wretched and gorgeous one of my favorite Danny verses on the project also turns up on this track there's a line where he references uh this cannabis bar about eating ass and He audibly makes himself laugh as he does it without a doubt Danny's as wild as he's ever been on this record the creative and uncompromising bangers continue deeper into the track list there's the fantastic break beat switches and Q little synth Court passages on fentanyl tester where Danny gets a huge chance to shine lyrically which I'm happy about given how short his contribution was to the first teaser track from this thing lean beef patty going into this I feared there wouldn't really be a lot of space for Danny on the lp but listening to the entire thing there's actually plenty even going halves with Peggy lyrically on the two-parter shut your ass up and Muddy Waters the track Burfict which was also a highlight for me features these insane horn samples which sounds like Danny and Peggy are having a rap battle dressed as Gladiators in the Roman Coliseum I guarantee this track has one of the most amazing beats you'll hear this year from here we move into a pretty strong second half though there are some shorter and undercooked cuts that don't feel quite as detailed or as amped as some of the best moments thus far namely Orange Juice Jones and run the jewels but there's also the Heavenly sample heavy number Kingdom Hearts key which sounds very much like it could have been a highlight on Peggy's last record with the unique song progression the melodious sample chops as well as Peggy's charismatic delivery on the front end the records loan feature turns up on this song too the young and up and coming rapper red Veil who actually has one of the more standout verses on this project in terms of a performance and energy he brings to the table he really has like the fire in his belly of a young Tyler the Creator on this one the descending bass lines and enveloping gospel samples on God loves you is also just classic jpeg all the way and this beat is perfectly paired with bars from Danny that have loads of a very filthy religious and biblical nods the gospel Vibes come back even better on the track heaven on Earth with some Tangy organs and lots of huge Coral hits Jack Harlow combo meal features some of the nuttiest Jazz rap you'll ever hear on planet Earth in one breath it is smooth in the way some of the best stuff in this genre typically is but there's a very left field chaos to it that feels super specific to Dany and jpeg then the closer I would say is one of the more difficult listens on the lp with a very quirky thin Rhythm hanging in the background which is matched with these crushing walls of bass and keys some fuzzed out samples to chaotically flying into the mix in every direction and with that track this thing ends aggressively abruptly and in a very disorderly fashion definitely leaving the hose scared and maybe even scarred I'm feeling a light nine on this LP yeah it rules transition have you given this record a listen did you love it did you hate it what would you rate it you're the best you're the best what should I review next hit the like if you like Please Subscribe and please don't cry hit the Bell as well over 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Length: 7min 45sec (465 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 30 2023