Brown might be drug dealing, stealing and rapping, but he still needs to have clean undies.

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(Photo: April Siese) “How old are you, man?” I sat in the balcony at the Roseland Theater, minding my own business and waiting for Danny Brown to come on at 10pm. As people slowly filled in the seats around me, the floor below was already swarming with young dudes, some shirtless, many in backwards ball caps. The last time I …

1. Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know?” (Domino) With new record AM, Arctic Monkeys demonstrate an evolution of their cocksure sound. Instead of the swagger and bluster of the early days, this Sheffield foursome now display more introspection and vulnerability than appeared possible for them just a few years ago. With the anthemic “Do I Wanna Know?” this progression …

[xrr rating=4.25/5]Equipped with his signature high-pitched delivery and an above average intellect, Danny Brown’s humor has always been cut with a heavy dose of satire. On previous mixtapes XXX and The Hybrid, Brown was eager to share the trails and tribulations which accompany a life of drug dealing and sexual promiscuity. Now 31 years old, the 19-track Old offers a …