Songs Danny Brown Should Remix

Danny Brown is at his best when he digs deep. It's the reflective and introspective tracks that really struck chords on XXX, and it's the ones plumbing his tortured past and confused present that make up the bulk of Old. That said, there's a reason that the lewd, raucous, and hilarious Danny Brown is a persona that's helped him reach his current level of popularity. The outrageous Danny Brown, popping molly and eating pussy, is wildly entertaining, and "Yeah Hoe," a collaboration between Barcelona-based Sinjin Hawke and Atlanta mainstay Gangsta Boo, would make a perfect canvas for that side of Brown. To put it lightly, he would destroy this track. Everything from the poundingly catchy bass and synths to the first line—"I love the gangsta niggas, the gangsta niggas love me"—is made for Brown to lay out a blistering, probably offensive and totally characteristic verse.

With Pusha T's My Name is My Name, he delivered a little something for everyone. Out of all the songs, "Suicide" isn't going to be the big radio single, but it's bound to be a favorite among fans of Clipse who miss hearing Pusha spit daggers over Pharrell production. It's the kind of beat that begs to be murdered, and we can image Danny jumping on and doing a fine job with that. Plus, hearing Pusha and Danny together works.

"Wait a second," you might think, "Banks sings soft, emotive, love songs, where the hell would Danny Brown fit into that equation?" Well, although some of Banks' songs (e.g. "Bedroom Wall") are delicate, and inappropriate for a Danny Brown remix, she often goes for powerful, purposeful electronic production, as on the two songs below. "25 Bucks," produced by, and featuring, Purity Ring, is one of the standouts from the first half of OLD,  and Brown in serious mode, backed up by a big Banks chorus would be exciting to hear.

Danny Brown has been vocal about his love of grime,  specifically citing Dizzee Rascal as an influence, as well as working with the new school of British grime producers on OLD. Hearing him on Darq E Freaker's colorful grime beats is great, but if he took it back and remixed "I Luv U," from 2003's Boy In Da Corner, it would probably be the rawest shit he'd ever make. There are only a few American MCs who wouldn't get eaten alive by this beat (which Dizzee himself produced), and Danny Brown is one  who could add something, especially as he is well versed in the song's subject matter of promiscuous women.

This is a pairing we would give almost anything to see. Kingdom, especially on his latest EP, is making bass-heavy, off-kilter experimental electronic music somewhere between dance and hip-hop, and it only takes one listen to see that these are the kind of beats Danny Brown would eat alive. It's easy to imagine Brown crowing "chuuuch" at the beginning of "OG Master" or "Viper Lash," but if we'd give him any Kingdom beat it would be "Corpse." Old is a menacing album, made more convincing by its ever-present twinges of regret and melancholy, and "Corpse" is made for the threatening side of Danny Brown, an instrumental for the Adderall Admiral to go to war to.

If there's one thing Danny Brown is full of, it's molly surprises. He's been on tracks with Purity Ring, Charlie XCX, and Portugal. The Man, and his eclectic taste in music leads to some left-field collaborations that you'd probably never expect. So what else could Danny Brown turn up on that would be surprising but also pretty cool? Lorde. She's got the No. 1 song in the country right now with "Royals," but the transition from edgy young artist to mainstream pop star can be difficult. If she's worried about losing her edge, the answer is pretty obvious: Danny Brown.

This one would make a lot of sense. Both Danny Brown and Boldy James are from Detroit, and have been through some shit. They may have very different rapping styles, but are incredibly engaging in their own way, and having the two on a track together telling gritty street tales would be awesome. A remix of James' "Chirps" would be interesting just to hear the two rappers' different approaches, and, depending on whether Brown went with his Side A or Side B flow, it would either be full of contrasts or just a gritty, grimy track.

We like it when Danny Brown gets dark and personal, when he digs back into his past for inspiration, and comes with content that is so much more than the molly and pussy-based content that, for some people, defines the Detroit MC. This haunting Zomby beat would give Brown the space to get into some deep topics, but packs enough punch, with that serious low end, to fit in with his current, sub-rattling output. Ominous, eerie, and so ready for a Danny Brown remix.

Faze Miyake has hard-edged, futuristic grime beats for days (as well as more trap influenced beats), and since Danny Brown has already worked with various of Miyake's contemporaries, this is the kind of collaboration that could definitely happen. Rather than going for an all-out party-starter like "Dip", a Brown remix of "Sclattersz" would be a dark and menacing monster of a track, along the lines of "Blunt After Blunt."

As soon as Old finished downloading, the first thing we clicked on were the tracks with Rustie on the producer credits. No matter how good the album is as a straight run-through, it was nearly impossible to hold off the impulse to go directly to the collaboration we had been waiting to hear since rumors of the two working together started months ago. And, in a great album, "Dope Song" and "Break It" are, undeniably, standouts. Based on the chemistry they demonstrated on that pair, Danny Brown could jump on almost any Rustie track and kill it, so we decided to make things a little more difficult with this pick and throw in Flume to complicate the equation. He gave a softer edge and haunting samples to Rustie's "Slasherr," maintaining the exuberance of the original while adding a completely new dimension to the mix. We know Danny Brown and Rustie are already a pair to be reckoned with, but we want to see what happens when you keep stacking great on top of great.