UKnoWhatImSayin?
2019 studio album by Danny Brown
UKnoWhatImSayin? (stylized as uknowhatimsayin¿) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Danny Brown. It was released on October 4, 2019, by Warp Records. The album features guest appearances from Run the Jewels, Obongjayar, JPEGMafia and Blood Orange. Executive produced by Q-Tip, with contributions by Paul White, Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Standing on the Corner and JPEGMafia, the album received widespread critical acclaim, appearing on several publications' year-end lists.
Background
On November 1, 2017, Danny Brown revealed he was working on a follow-up effort to Atrocity Exhibition, telling Complex that the album was "being produced by one producer, who's legendary in hip-hop. And it's gonna be a big deal". Q-Tip, famous for being the main producer for New York hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, revealed his involvement with Brown's album during a guest appearance on Elton John's Rocket Hour show on Beats 1 radio on March 21, 2019. Brown initially began working with A Tribe Called Quest member Ali Shaheed Muhammad, before eventually working with Q-Tip instead. Brown later explained that the album and its title, UKnoWhatImSayin?, doesn't have a concept; "Half the time, when black people say, 'You know what I'm sayin'', they're never saying nothing ...
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