Danger Mouse and Black Thought share their latest collaborative single, 'Aquamarine' featuring British soul star, Michael Kiwanuka.
Aquamarine is the latest single from the duo’s highly-anticipated album, Cheat Codes, out 12 August. Danger Mouse’s rousing, cinematic production and Black Thought’s razor-sharp vocals are perfectly complimented by Kiwanuka’s soaring and soulful hook. The single is accompanied by a kaleidoscopic video directed by UK creative duo UNCANNY.
Aquamarine continues Danger Mouse and Kiwanuka’s fruitful creative collaboration, following their work on the singer’s breakout, chart-topping album, Love & Hate, and the Mercury Music Prize-winning follow up, Kiwanuka.
Listen to ‘Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka)’ by Danger Mouse and Black Thought on the Tottenham Hotspur fan playlist on Spotify.
“For Aquamarine, when I heard the music I just had a feeling to sing about standing up for something that’s unique and following that path”, says Kiwanuka. “I don’t know why but that’s what came out. Sometimes when you’re following something that’s unique to you it’s as if ‘enemies are all around’. At times life can feel fragile like ‘everything’s burning down’. For some reason the chords and music made me feel that way.”
Cheat Codes will be Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop album since his DANGERDOOM collaboration with the late MF DOOM, and follows Black Thought’s pioneering output with The Roots and critically acclaimed solo trilogy, Streams Of Thought. In addition to Michael Kiwanuka, the record features A$AP Rocky, Run The Jewels, Kid Sister, MF DOOM, Joey Bada$$, Conway the Machine and others.
Together, these multiple Grammy winners make a formidable duo. Meticulously built over several years, Cheat Codes finds DM taking widescreen, soul-infused hip-hop soundscapes to new heights, whilst BT’s incredible lyricism, razor-sharp rapping and raw hunger are somehow more commanding and thrilling than ever.
It’s this unique alchemy and ability to raise each other’s game that makes Cheat Codes more than just the sum of its parts, and much more than typical producer-meets-rapper arrangement or side project.
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