Q-Tip – HighClouds https://highclouds.org HighClouds - A Music Blog Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:57:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://highclouds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/favicon.ico Q-Tip – HighClouds https://highclouds.org 32 32 110112611 Danny Brown keeps things light-hearted on “Dirty Laundry” https://highclouds.org/danny-brown-dirty-laundry/ https://highclouds.org/danny-brown-dirty-laundry/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:57:08 +0000 https://highclouds.org/?p=43913 “Dirty Laundry” is taken from Danny Brown‘s new album, uknowhatimsayin¿, due out October 4 on Warp Records.

Any Danny Brown fans who missed hearing the rapper at his most playful can rejoice: “Dirty Laundry”, the Q-Tip produced single from his upcoming album uknowhatimsayin¿ is a wacky romp through the city that keeps it real while still having a laugh at itself.

About his upcoming album, Danny said “this is my version of a stand-up comedy album”. Lines like, “Once got a ho, ain’t had money for the room, so we did the humpty hump in a Burger King bathroom”, combined with the outrageously unpredictable music video definitely make this ring true, all while Danny’s rap chops remain as sharp as ever. With drugs, sex, and a hell of a rock & roll attitude all deeply woven into every bar of “Dirty Laundry”, it’s hard not to crave a little debauchery just listening to it.

The beat here calls to mind the point in every good party when sensibilities go out the window. A little bit of chaos and a lot of lip-curling grooves make Q-Tips production work on “Dirty Laundry” feel equal parts modern and classic: a perfect fit for Danny if there’s ever been one.

The follow-up to 2016’s critically acclaimed Atrocity Exhibition, uknowhatimsayin¿ drops October 4th on Warp records, and includes features by JPEGMAFIA, Blood Orange, Run the Jewels, and Obongjayar. To make a long story short, mark your calendars and watch the Simon Cahn-directed video below.

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“Dirty Laundry” is also featured in our Spotify playlist: Best Tracks of 2019.

]]> https://highclouds.org/danny-brown-dirty-laundry/feed/ 0 43913 The Chemical Brothers – Wide Open (feat. Beck) https://highclouds.org/the-chemical-brothers-wide-open-feat-beck/ https://highclouds.org/the-chemical-brothers-wide-open-feat-beck/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:05:00 +0000 https://highclouds.org/?p=12651 [su_dropcap style=”simple”]T[/su_dropcap]he Chemical Brothers released “Born In The Echoes” during last summer. It features collaborations from artists such as Q-Tip, St. Vincent or Beck. Finally, here is (once again) the Dom & Nic-directed video for the track with this latter artist: “Wide Open”. It follows the theme of human-robots that was already used in the video of “Go”.

The track in itself is certainly not the one to remember from the UK duo and this idea of a single dancer-robot is also not original. Nevertheless, the video is superbly executed. The woman, who is dancing in an empty warehouse, is talented and the FX are captivating.

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In a press release, you can read that “Dom&nic’s vision was to merge the mechanical and organic, having been inspired by procedural cellular structures; their VFX Team at The Mill created a full CG model of the dancer, Sonoya Mizuno, comprising of 107 individual anatomic rigs, as well as bespoke tools to allow the seamless transformation which happens during the dance”.

In bonus, here is the video of “Go”, their track with Q-Tip. It was directed by Michel Gondry.
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