The illicit "Grey Album" was a landmark in rock/hip-hop collaboration, brilliantly splicing together Jay-Z and Beatles samples. Now Danger Mouse proving that was no fluke, bringing his genre-connecting production into work with MF Doom and others. As always, his collages sound both totally innovative and utterly logical: Anyone could have thought of this, but no one did.
Danger Mouse had a breakthrough year in 2004. The lauded artist/producer was honored as one of this year's GQ Men of the Year (alongside Kanye West), SPIN named him their "Eccentric Genius of the Year", was hailed as "The Hottest Hip-Hop Producer in the World" by NME, honored with Album of the Year by Entertainment Weekly as well as being added to Q Magazine's "Industry's 100 Most Influential People".
Danger Mouse gained notoriety after producing the infamous Grey Album, a unique hybrid of work touted as the one of the most intriguing hip hop productions of all time, an album which forever raised the bar on hip hop experimentalism, dubbed a 'bootleg masterpiece' by GQ. With one million downloads in just one week and an ensuing battle between major record companies, the media, the Internet and copyright advocates, the release of the Grey Album is considered a watershed moment in music history.
Danger Mouse had also received massive critical acclaim for his debut Danger Mouse & Jemini Ghetto Pop Life CD (SPIN magazine called it "a remarkable debut." URB magazine called it "an instant classic" and called "a Killer Hip-hop disc" by Entertainment Weekly). The album features guests including Tha Pharcyde, The Alkaholiks, & Cee-Lo.
For Danger Mouse, who just finished producing the new highly anticipated Gorillaz album as well as his new collab CD with MF Doom called Danger Doom , 2005 is already looking like it will be at a blistering pace.
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