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U Know What I'm Sayin? (stylized as uknowhatimsayin¿) is the fifth 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.
Release and promotion
On November 1, 2017, Danny Brown revealed he was at work 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 collective 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 later confirmed the news by sharing a screenshot on his Instagram. Brown announced on April 30, 2019 that his fifth album U Know What I'm Sayin? would be released later that year, with executive production from Q-Tip.
On June 4, 2019, Brown debuted a new track produced by Q-Tip, that would later be titled "Best Life", during his performance at Primavera Sound 2019. On September 5, 2019, the album's lead single, "Dirty Laundry", was released with an official music video. With the announcement, Brown also revealed the album's cover art and release date of October 4, 2019. On September 17, 2019, "Best Life" was released as the album's second single.
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Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 84/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Clash 9/10
Mojo 4/5 stars
Q 4/5 stars
U Know What I'm Sayin? received acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 8 reviews. In his review for Q, Rupert Howe praised the album, writing, "Uknowhatimsayin¿ is Brown's most compelling set to date, but still boasts the wild-eyed, synaptic rush that made his earlier works so arresting." Andy Cowan of Mojo gave the album a favorable review, writing, "It's avowedly less manic, but Uknowhatimsayin¿ still cuts deep."
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