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Danny Brown and Mndsgn serve up a decidedly sharp dart with "Sweeney Song." This joint drops ahead of the forthcoming Classic Drug References 7" box set from Sweeney Kovar, founder of the now-defunct Classic Drug References hip-hop blog. Danny Brown does some heavy lifting on the track, proving he continues to be a huge problem on the mic - a point Kovar touches on in his retelling of the track's inception:
"Danny was my longshot for this project. By the time I got moving on this he’d already signed with Fool’s Gold and was about to drop XXX, which would establish him as one of the fiercest MC’s out. I emailed and DM’d to no avail. One day I decided to try something really crazy and picked up the phone and called him. The stars were aligned and a rapper actually answered his phone. In all of two minutes he agreed to cut a track. I emailed him a .zip of beats I’d culled from the homies and about a week later I got a sendspace link entitled “SWEENY SONG.” He had taken a Mndsgn beat and absolutely ripped it to shreds. It’s been so long since he cut it that it now sounds like vintage Danny to me, which of course I love. I fixed the typo in the title and ran with it."
The Classic Drug References project is available for pre-order via Bandcamp. Sweeney Kovar's limited vinyl box sets ship on November 25th with a trio of records and a CDR magazine. The digital download will be available on December 3rd. Check the track below to get a taste of "Sweeney Song." Stay tuned for more.
