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- Summary: The latest full-length release from rapper Danny Brown features guest appearances by 8485, Femtanyl, Frost Children, IssBrokie, Jane Remover, JOHNNASCUS, Nnamdi, Quadeca, Ta Ukrainka, underscores, and Zheani.
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- Record Label: Warp
- Genre(s): Rap
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Apr 1, 2026Stardust is among his more adventurous collections to date. When paired with the clarity and vulnerability of Brown’s lyrical portrayals of his victories and failures, the fearlessness with which he embraces every creative impulse he considers make Stardust even more of a triumph.
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Nov 7, 2025As he ricochets through twitchy rave pulses, sugar-corroded pop sheen and chrome-filmed club futurism, Brown is still unmistakably himself – even if not all experimentation lands perfectly.
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Nov 6, 2025In many ways, Stardust feels like a companion to 2013’s Old, an album that similarly found Brown wrestling with fame and isolation, doubt and self-confidence, over some of the most groundbreaking EDM-inspired beats of the era. In revisiting these issues with a newfound maturity, Stardust is the sound of an artist coming full circle.
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MojoNov 12, 2025Jolting with energy and pitch-black humour, Stardust is a sonic pink'n'mix that finds Brown firmly relocating his psychedelic wildness. [Jan 2026, p.87]
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Nov 7, 2025Brown surrounds himself with hyperpop’s new guard, a coterie of mostly queer artists, such as femtanyl, 8485, and IssBrokie, whose cutting-edge idiosyncrasies and dialed-in performances help keep Stardust from feeling like a vacuous pastiche.
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The WireNov 14, 2025The results are overwhelmingly chirpy, but there's a frisson between his uniquely crusty voice and the shimmering digital surfaces. He sounds comfortable, but he doesn't blend in. [Dec 2025, p.63]
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Nov 12, 2025‘1999’ has a nice, early 90s computer game vibe, but the BMTH-esque screaming vocals completely kill any momentum that the two-minute track had. It really is a shame because there are plenty of moments here that make you think that Danny might turn the corner and bring back some of the whacky, darker vibes from the past, but those moments are always killed by embarrassing vocals, cringe worthy pop choruses and not enough of Danny himself actually rapping.