Following his 2013 studio effort Old, Danny Brown returns with his forthcoming LP Atrocity Exhibition, a nod to English post-punk band Joy Division‘s 1980 track of the same name.
“The name of my next album is Atrocity Exhibition,” the Detroit rapper tweeted Monday (July 18). When a Twitter user made the connection between Brown’s album title and Joy Division, Brown responded, “Ummmmm I know that lol!!!” The Joy Division album, in turn, was named after a 1970 book by J.G. Ballard.
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The name of my next album is
— Danny Brown (@xdannyxbrownx) July 18, 2016
Atrocity Exhibition
— Danny Brown (@xdannyxbrownx) July 18, 2016
This is the way!!!! ….. Step inside!!!! #AtrocityEXhibition
— Danny Brown (@xdannyxbrownx) July 18, 2016
Brown also announced his Exhibition tour with fellow Detroit MC ZelooperZ and Houston rhymer Maxo Kream on Instagram. He recently released “When It Rain” last month.