Danny Brown warps the clock back with 1999, his frenetic team-up with JOHNNASCUS that slices through Stardust like a razor on vinyl, dropping November 7, 2025, via Warp Records, and it captures that late-90s fever dream, all pixelated hooks and frantic flows that make you feel the millennium bug in your veins.
Brown’s always thrived on the edge, twisting rap into something unhinged, and this track is him at full throttle. He linked with JOHNNASCUS, the Chicago beatmaker who’s been bubbling in the underground with those warped, sample-heavy flips, to craft a sound that’s equal parts nostalgic trap and hyperpop frenzy. Picture chopped-up Timbaland snares glitching over Danny’s signature yelps, layered with Y2K-era synths that evoke flip phones and frosted tips.
Stardust isn’t your standard rap album; it’s Brown’s dive into a cosmic scrapbook, a 14-track sprawl blending his gritty storytelling with a roster of experimental outliers like Quadeca on the opener Book of Daniel, underscores flipping punk energy on Copycats, and Frost Children adding ethereal vibes to Green Light. The concept orbits fame’s glitter and grit, pulling from his Detroit roots to starlit what-ifs, clocking around 40 minutes of genre-bending fire. 1999 lands as track four, right after the abrasive Starburst, setting up the album’s pivot to weirder waters like Flowers with 8485.
Danny’s in one of those purple-patch runs, fresh off Scorched Earth tours that had him trading bars with JPEGMAFIA in packed warehouses, and his Bruiser EP last year proved he’s sharper than ever at 44. Stardust feels like his boldest swing yet, shedding some ego for collabs that push him into uncharted glitch-rap territory, like he’s finally letting the weirdos in his orbit co-pilot.
X exploded when the tracklist hit in September, with #Stardust1999 trending as fans dissected the Y2K nods and stacked JOHNNASCUS’s production against Brown’s classics, calling it the sleeper that might redefine his catalog. If Quaranta was the comedown, this is the cosmic rebound.
Dive into the 1999 lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Stardust tracks for more of Danny Brown’s glitchy genius.
| Lead Vocals | Danny Brown & JOHNNASCUS |
| Songwriter | Danny Brown & JOHNNASCUS |
| Music Producer | JOHNNASCUS |
| Label | Warp Records |
| Release Date | November 7, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Warp Records |
Lyrics of 1999 by Danny Brown
[Intro: Danny Brown]
Check
[Verse 1: Danny Brown]
Niggas Sop Like Smokah Hookah When They Ain’t Got No Hoes Around (Style)
If You Don’t Know Me Now, I’ll Hack Ya Jaw Like Bobby Brown (Uh-huh)
Broke It Down And Bring It Back But Won’t Get Shit Like Gamestop
Been Around The Block A Couple Times But Still Stuck In That Same Spot (Style)
I’m ’bout To Start A Website Called Lameassnigga.Com (Ha)
Put You On That Front Page, Like What The F**k Is You On? (Nah)
B**ch, This Big Bruiser, We Like Yakuza (‘Kuza), And This Ain’t What You Used To
My B**ch Be Thick Like Mewtwo, On Everyone Phone Like U2 (Style)
I Pull Up Wit’ That Doot-doot Then Start A Riot Like Zoot Suit (Doot-doot)
My Bank Account No Chute-schute, I Look Around, Like Who You?
I’m In The Booth Like Flamethrower, I’m Old-school Like Kangol
But Stay On That New Shit, So Wear It Like That Shoe Fit
[Bridge: Danny Brown]
(Heard It All Before) Ain’t No Sunshine Like Anderson
I Do What I Want, Why These Other Niggas Be Panderin’? (Style)
So I Ain’t With That Pamperin’, They Tamperin’ With That Style
But I Just Think Too Free For Them To Ever Lock Me Down (Go)
[Chorus: Johnnascus]
‘Cau-‘Cau-‘Cause They Ruptured It, His Skin
And The Blood In His Veins
W-while He Claws At His Choice Of Death Planned
It Feel Like Eyeglass, Can’t See
[Bridge: Johnnascus & Danny Brown]
The Whole World
It’s Just (Check)
[Verse 2: Danny Brown]
Think The Whole World Just Ended In 1999 (Style)
Got Us Trapped In That Matrix And Everybody Died (Uh)
It’s A Simulation, It Ain’t Real And Think Somebody Lied (Yeah)
Now We Glitchin’, No Fixin’, And We Are Dead Inside
These Our Last Days, Your Soul Paid For Everything We Lost (Lost)
You Can’t Take Credit, We All In There, Who Won, But At What Cost?
Let It Pour Down ‘fore It Come Up, It’s Dark Out, But The Sun’s Up (Up)
Start Rainin’ Bullets When The Guns Up, They Tryna Take It All From Us (Doot-doot-doot-doot)
Apocalypse Metropolis In Hell, Fight With A Pot To Piss
Try To Throw It, Put The Flame Out, Still Burn Hot When It Rain Drop (Drop)
[Verse 3: Johnnascus]
Triggers Up In My Eyelids That Dig And Shuts My Eyesight
I Can See Your Birth, Life, Death, And F**king Past Life
I Can See How Mad You Were, Stressed Out, You Were Someone I Loved
I Can See Your Body Heals In The Heat To Dry Eyes
Emerged When The World Ended In 1999
Just Some Remnants Of His Ghost Got Us Vanished From Time
[Outro: Danny Brown & Johnnascus]
(Nine, Whole World Just Ended In 1999-99) Go
(Whole World Just Ended In 1999) Go
(Whole World Just Ended In—)
(Whole— Whole— Whole— Whole-whole)
Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine (Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine)
(Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, N-nine)
(Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, N-nine)
(Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine, N-ni—)
