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Danny Brown talks about Eminem vs Benzino & MGK on Drink Champs

In the latest episode of Drink Champs, Detroit’s own Danny Brown sits down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN to discuss his journey to sobriety, his love for Detroit style pizza, and his take on the Eminem vs. MGK and Eminem vs. Benzino beef. Brown also delves into his musical influences, including Nas, Ghostface Killah, and the UK grime scene. The Detroit rapper shares stories about losing his teeth, his experiences with Adderall, and his admiration for the Insane Clown Posse’s business model. Throughout the interview, Brown showcases his unique personality and his deep appreciation for hip hop culture.

At one point of the interview N.O.R.E. asked him whose side he’s on in Slim Shady and Benzino beef. Here is what Danny replied: “I mean, I’m obviously going to ride with my city. I’m an Eminem guy.” Later, the crew talked about Eminem vs Machine Gun Kelly and Em’s influence on the game.

DJ EFN: Eminem or MGK?
Danny Brown: C’mon man. Y’all tryna be funny now. I mean, of course it’s gonna be Em. We would not get MGK if it was not for Em. No white boys coming around, you know. We had 3rd Bass, [Beastie Boys, Vanilla Ice]. My favorite white rapper right now is El-P.

N.O.R.E.: I’m not gonna lie, we just had Benzino on Drink Champs. I did defend Eminem as much as I can but my favorite white rapper of all times is Eminem. I can’t deny that at all. Zino is my brother but the thing about it is, I don’t like Eminem because he’s white, I like Eminem because I like Eminem. That’s it. I know what he was trying to bait me into doing but no, it’s not I like him because he’s white, I like him because I like syllables, I like how he puts motherf–king words together. F–k that, I don’t care.
Danny Brown: I mean, that’s rappers’ rapper type s–t. You understand how difficult it is to do what he do when you do this s–t. So, motherf–kers always trying to talk s–t. Like ‘we don’t hear Eminem in the club.’ N-gga! You still go to the club?! You hear Eminem at f–king football games and stadiums and s–t like that. At the end of the day, no one can take what he’s done for white boy rappers. It wouldn’t be y’all n–gas now it’s so many f–king Eminem clones in this s–t.

N.O.R.E.: If you go to Spotify, Eminem is still No.1 f–king artist listened to. You know why I wanted to defend Eminem? It’s not only because of Benzino. It’s because I hate when people say ‘yeah, he’s nice for white for a white guy.’ He’s nice because he’s nice!
Danny Brown: No, he was better than n–gas when he first came out. That’s the way he got cracking.

Danny Brown says it’s hard to work with Eminem

Danny Brown has just released new album, titled Quaranta. It marks his sixth and final album released on Warp Records, with future releases being handled through his own label Bruiser Brigade Records.

To promote the album, The Detroit rapper sat down with Vulture magazine for an exclusive interview where he briefly talked about Eminem.

Interviewer: I have been thinking a lot about “Detroit vs. Everybody,” which features you and Eminem. Is there a relationship there? I feel like we should have had a long history of collaborations.

Danny Brown: I would love that. I only met him one time. It is kind of hard to work with him, I feel. He has got his small circle, and that is all he f–ks with. You can not blame him.

For the full interview, visit Vulture here.

Few months ago, Danny Brown talked about Eminem and how Slim Shady influenced his style on his Danny Brown Show with Logic. “I think Eminem is having a blast. That’s really what I think. Of course he can quit tomorrow and his legacy is still stamped. But he’s still out here like ‘f–k that, coffee pot.’ He’s still out here like ‘I’mma do what I wanna do, I don’t give a f–k.” I’m pretty sure he knows motherf–kers joking on him and this and that but it’s a fact that he don’t give a f–k. He still keep going. He’s still busting bars. I appreciate that more than anything. People look at this s–t like a young man game and this and that but nah man, let him rock. What if he was caught in the moment of like ‘I gotta make s–t that you all motherf–kers to like.’ I think he’s making s–t that he enjoys. And I feel like he probably was doing that s–t at one point of time in his career where he was like ‘I gotta make a hit song, I gotta do this and that.’ It’s Em. He got a legion of f–king followers. I actually had a pleasure to open for him few times. My biggest show I ever played. F–king Wembley Stadium with Eminem and it was f–king amazing. I can’t never say nothing bad about Eminem. And I got a lot of my style from him. To be honest.” Danny said.

Check Danny Brown’s latest music video from the new album below:

Danny Brown and Logic discuss “old and new Eminem”

In the latest episode of The Danny Brown show, Danny Brown is joined by Logic! The two jump right into their shared experiences with anxiety while on tour and performing. Logic has always been very open about mental health and Danny finds out more about his philosophy on anxiety, maturing, and the rap game in general. They have a lot of admiration for other rappers in the game, young and old. We get to hear about their thoughts on how hip hop is evolving, in the micro and macro sense. Danny and Logic get into a few Ask Danny questions regarding classical music, relationships, and fan gifts. Logic has some differing opinions on what Danny considers to be white people s–t. At one point, they also talked about Eminem when a fan question came on Slim Shady.

Question: What are your thoughts on Eminem nowadays? Obviously the first three records in Slim Shady EP are instant classics I feel he has moments and decent records since but I feel now he has lost touch in terms of making consistently enjoyable music. There is no doubt he can rap. I was wondering, what is your take on him as an artist these days?

Danny Brown: I think Eminem is having a blast. That’s really what I think. Of course he can quit tomorrow and his legacy is still stamped. But he’s still out here like ‘f–k that, coffee pot.’ He’s still out here like ‘I’mma do what I wanna do, I don’t give a f–k.” I’m pretty sure he knows motherf–kers joking on him and this and that but it’s a fact that he don’t give a f–k. He still keep going. He’s still busting bars. I appreciate that more than anything. People look at this s–t like a young man game and this and that but nah man, let him rock. What if he was caught in the moment of like ‘I gotta make s–t that you all motherf–kers to like.’ I think he’s making s–t that he enjoys. And I feel like he probably was doing that s–t at one point of time in his career where he was like ‘I gotta make a hit song, I gotta do this and that.’ It’s Em. He got a legion of f–king followers. I actually had a pleasure to open for him few times. My biggest show I ever played. F–king Wembley Stadium with Eminem and it was f–king amazing. I can’t never say nothing bad about Eminem. And I got a lot of my style from him. To be honest.

Logic: Eminem is THE S–T bro! I can get what this person just said about his first three albums, like they are instant classics but first of all, they were not instant classics. That motherf–ker was s–t on by everybody. Everybody was s–ting on Eminem. They were like ‘who let the white boy at house party.’ I was there. I remember that. I saw that. I grew up with it. He fought for his place in hip-hop. And I think the music he makes now is grown s–t. He’s talking about real s–t but he’s also having fun. So for this person to be like ‘yo his earliest s–t is the best s–t’ but bro, he’s new s–t now has just billions of streams, all the time, when he drops. If it was not good, people would not listen to it dawg. I love when Eminem…we gotta song called ‘Homicide’. THAT’S THE S–T I LOVE FROM EM. When he’s f–king rapping mannequin! I love it.

Danny Brown: Me personally, I think the second one, Slim Shady, that was instant classic. But I think that was his most commercial attempt. There was a lot of Dre s–t. But to me, my favorite Eminem is the fourth one. Encore! That’s the one I f–king identified the most because he was talking about Detroit, and you gotta think me being from Detroit, Eminem was pretty much our first big rapper. Detroit didn’t have a lot of f–king rappers. When he first came out we were supportive of him all day.

You can watch the interview below. The Eminem talk starts at 38:10.

Danny Brown talks getting inspired by Eminem, says it hurts him when some people discredit Em

Detroit’s Danny Brown has recently sat down FLAGRANT where he told some of his wildest stories, including an incident that happened while opening for Eminem at his one of the biggest shows. He also talked about getting inspired by Eminem and being hurt from people who try to discredit Slim Shady.

“When Eminem came out, it gave me hope. Because, I was like, ‘damn, my ni**a from Detroit made it!’ I changed my whole rap style after that. That style comes from Eminem. Everybody was like ‘that’s going to be a style of Detroit.’ I just literally studied and tried to rap like Eminem.” said Danny Brown.

Then he continues: “I feel bad how people try to treat Em now. I feel like this is the most purest of him being in hip-hop to be honest. He’s having fun. He is not having no pressure to make hit songs or to be big rapper like before he had all that s**t. He’s obviously making music to have fun and everybody trying to make him like meme and joke on him and s**t. That type of s**t would make me not want to make music. And the fact that he’s still making music like ‘f**k everybody’ is amazing but he probably is not an internet guy like we are so he probably don’t see none of this s**t but it kinda hurts my hart man because I’m like ‘Man, Eminem does not deserve that s**t.”

“I met Eminem few times. I played real bad show one time. I opened for him and at Wembley, my biggest show ever. It was an amazing show. 100,000 people! But one time I did too much f**king Adderall and I was just sad and s**t. It was me, Run The Jewels, Russ and Em. And I was just playing the show and the crowd was not really f**king with me. And I was like ‘f**k this show’ and I just threw the microphone into the crowd and walked off stage.” -Danny Brown added.

You can watch the interview below: