Twitch EP

Twitch EP
EP by Danny Brown
Released	August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	28:57
Danny Brown chronology
Atrocity Exhibition (2016) Twitch EP (2018) U Know What I'm Sayin? (2019)

Reign Supreme (also known as Twitch EP) is an extended play by American rapper Danny Brown. It was released on August 28, 2018 on DatPiff and features songs that Danny Brown played on his Twitch stream in the month of August 2018. The mixtape features uncredited guest appearances from Bruiser Brigade members ZelooperZ, Dopehead, Fat Ray and Kash Tha Kushman.

Background

In July 2014, Danny Brown announced that his group Bruiser Brigade would release their debut album, tentatively titled Reign Supreme in October of that year.^[1] In a March 2015 interview, when asked about how far completed the album was, Dopehead replied "A heart beat".^[2] The album never released.

Danny Brown started streaming on Twitch the Japanese role-playing video game Persona 5 on August 24, 2018.^[3][4] Clips of the Persona 5 streams got attention on Twitter and brought more viewers to his stream. He streamed more Persona 5 the following day, then turned the stream into a live listening party of 12 unreleased songs.^[4] He went on to clarify that "This shit ain't coming out, it's only for Twitch" and joked around saying it was the "first Twitch album ever".^[5] He said that the songs he previewed were not songs from his new album and that none of the samples had been cleared.^[5][4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	4.0/5[6]
Stereogum	favorable[4]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Funeral Lines"	3:18
2.	"Dreams"	3:03
3.	"Space Trip"	2:46
4.	"Nightmares"	2:20
5.	"Cut It Up"	3:39
6.	"Toxic"	2:45
7.	"8 Ball Flow"	3:36
8.	"Out My Mind"	3:47
9.	"Choppa Choppa"	3:23

References

1. C.M, Emmanuel (24 July 2014). "Danny Brown's Rap Group Bruiser Brigade Will Drop Their Album 'Reign Supreme' In October - XXL". XXL Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
2. Little, Jack (16 March 2015). "Interview: Dopehead on the Bruiser Brigade album, shotting drugs and turning up". MadGoodMusic. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
3. Darville, Jordan (24 August 2018). "Watch Danny Brown discuss his favorite "anime bitch" on Twitch". The Fader. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
4. Breihan, Tom (29 August 2018). "Is Danny Brown's Twitch Stream The Future Of Mixtapes?". Stereogum. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
5. Kim, Michelle (25 August 2018). "Danny Brown Plays New Songs on Twitch: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
6. Scott, Dana (6 September 2018). "Review: Danny Brown is a Promethean Game-changer on his "Twitch EP"". HipHopDX. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
7. Schube, Will (6 September 2018). ""Danny Brown's ear for talent outweighs his larger-than-life persona on a mixtape that finds him ceding center stage to accentuate and support the voices of other rappers in his crew."". Retrieved 16 December 2023.