"Stardust is as much a hyperpop album as it is a rap album, and I'd even say it's as much a Danny Brown album as it is a showcase for all of his collaborators on it. (Sometimes, like on the JOHNNASCUS collab "1999," it's also trap metal.) There are times on Stardust when we get some of the best songs of Danny Brown's career, and other times when Danny sounds like the guest on his collaborator's song-and I don't mean that as a diss."
"After making a bid for the canon of grown-ass man rap albums with 2023's Quaranta, Danny Brown has gone in the opposite direction with Stardust, an album that wholly embraces the Gen Z-oriented genre of hyperpop. Almost every song is a collaboration with a different artist from in or around the world of hyperpop—including but not limited to Quadeca, underscores, Jane Remover, Frost Children, Femtanyl, JOHNNASCUS, 8485, and Ta Ukrainka—and Danny avoids the "How do you do, fellow kids?" allegations."
November 2025 produced numerous rap releases with five albums standing out. Danny Brown's Stardust fully embraces Gen Z-oriented hyperpop and features near-constant collaborations with artists such as Quadeca, underscores, Jane Remover, Frost Children, Femtanyl, JOHNNASCUS, 8485, and Ta Ukrainka. The record blends hyperpop and rap, occasionally incorporating trap metal moments like the JOHNNASCUS collaboration "1999." Stardust alternates between some of the strongest songs of Danny Brown's career and moments where Brown sounds like a guest on his collaborators' tracks. The album operates as a musical collective that showcases collaborators alongside Brown's distinctive voice and vision.
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