Label: Shady/Aftermath/Interscope



Danny Brown: "That's when I was really stretched out trying to get into music, trying to get it going. That album: I measure myself to it. I'm not saying I'm on that level. I was like, "I have to be able to rap at least this good." That was like a measuring stick to me. I've tried my best to get that lyrical in my own way, though. I know I can't do what he does, and I don't want to be a carbon copy of anything. I still got to do what I do. But I stayed with that album a lot. I learned a lot from that album, too. The Marshall Mathers LP is my favorite album, but Encore was off the wall with songs like 'Rainman.' It was like his darkest album, but his funniest. I'm all about dark humor. Marshall Mathers was just all funny. There was a couple dark songs. Encore was just dark, but funny. Even the songs that were supposed to be funny were uncomfortable. That's what I liked about it."