If Chromatics were playing music for a dark disco, Danny Brown was at the strip club at the end of the block. Very much a party rapper, Brown is more concerned with describing very specific sexual acts in very specific detail than flexing his formidible skills in wordplay and flow. Though the 2 Live Crew act was nothing new, it did seem Brown prefers Adderol to pot.
On a sidenote, there has been excessive airhorn and gun cocking sound effect usage this weekend. As an Aziz Ansari fan, I can't help but think of his character, Randy (from Funny People) everytime I hear it.
Headlining the Blue stage, Grimes unceremoniously kicked off her performance after a hurried soundcheck in front of a rapt audience. The first time the crowd got even a glimpse of Claire Boucher onstage, they went crazy.
Pitchfork's celebration of on-the-rise rap artists continued with Schoolboy Q on the Blue stage. Q (legally Quincy Matthew Hanley) is a big guy with a gravelly voice and a gregarious personality. His flow seems suited to storytelling, but like his pal A$AP Rocky, Q is mostly just talking about weed. Not anything specific or interesting about weed, just the fact that he has it and likes to smoke it. Take for instance this lyric from early in his set: "Got no money, but I got some weed." That last part is the refrain and it really drove the crowd crazy. It was really boring to me. It got me thinking that maybe marijuana should be legalized just to get talented rappers like Q to tackle more interesting subject matter.
The intricate guitar parts and death march vocals conjured a basement game of Dungeons and Dragons. I'm not sure the band had anything to do with it, but there was even a horrible dank smell coming from beneath the stage. If they are capable of making their music smell, The Atlas Moth could be the best metal band in history.