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'''Brian Joseph Burton''', better known by his [[stage name]] '''Danger Mouse''', is an [[United States|American]] [[record producer|producer]] and [[DJ]] whose most recent work is with [[Cee-Lo]] as the duo [[Gnarls Barkley]]. He came to prominence in [[2004]] when he [[remix]]ed [[The Beatles]]' ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]'' and rapper [[Jay-Z]]'s ''[[The_Black_Album_The Black Album (Jay-Z)|Black Album]]'' to make ''[[The Grey Album]]''.

He has also produced the second [[Gorillaz]] album, 2005's ''[[Demon Days]]'', which earned him a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year]]. In addition, he worked with rapper [[MF DOOM]] on the collaboration [[DANGERDOOM]].

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While in Athens, Burton took second in a [[1998]] talent contest and was asked to open for a concert at the [[University of Georgia]] featuring [[OutKast]] and [[Goodie Mob]]. Afterwards, Burton approached [[Cee-Lo]], a member of Goodie Mob, and gave him an instrumental demo tape. It would be several years before the pair made contact again, but the two would eventually collaborate as [[Gnarls Barkley]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/magazine/18barkley.html| title=The D.J. Auteur|work=New York Times Magazine|accessdate=June 20|accessyear=2006}}</ref>

Burton's first original releases under the name Danger Mouse were his collaborations with [[rapper]] [[Jemini the gifted one|Jemini]], including the album ''[[Ghetto Pop Life]]'', released in 2003 on [[Lex Records]]. While the Danger Mouse debut was well received by critics, he did not rise to fame until he created ''[[The Grey Album]]'', mixing [[a cappella]] versions of [[Jay Z]]'s ''[[The_Black_Album_The Black Album (Jay-Z)|The Black Album]]'' over beats crafted from samples of [[The Beatles]]' ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]''. The remix album, originally created just for his friends, spread over the internet and became very popular with both the general audience and critics, with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' calling it "the ultimate remix record"<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5937152| title="DJ Makes Jay-Z Meet Beatles"|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=April 13|accessyear=2006}}</ref> and ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranking it the best record of the year.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dangermousesite.com/news_weekly_best.html| title="Records of the year"|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=April 13|accessyear=2006}}</ref> Danger Mouse was also named among the Men of the Year by ''[[GQ]]'' in 2004 and won the 2005 [[Wired magazine|''Wired'']] Rave Award.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/rave.html?pg=6| title=The 2005 Wired Rave Awards|work=Wired|accessdate=April 13|accessyear=2006}}</ref>

''The Grey Album'' also got the attention of [[Damon Albarn]], who enlisted Danger Mouse to produce [[Gorillaz]]' second studio album, ''[[Demon Days]]'' (much to the dismay of Gorillaz' record company [[EMI]], which also holds the rights to The Beatles' records and had previously served [[cease and desist]] orders against Danger Mouse over the use of their material on ''The Grey Album''). ''Demon Days'' earned Burton a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year|Producer of the Year]].

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Danger Mouse's next project was ''[[The Mouse and the Mask]]'', a collaboration with [[MF DOOM]] (as [[DANGERDOOM]]) about and for [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]]. The two had previously collaborated on the Danger Mouse remix of [[Zero 7]]'s "Somersault", on the Prince Po track "Social Distortion", and on Gorillaz' "November Has Come".

In 2006, Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo (as [[Gnarls Barkley]]) released their first album, ''[[St. Elsewhere (album)|St. Elsewhere]]'', which included the international hit single "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]". "Crazy" became the first [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number-one single]] based solely on [[digital download|downloads]].<ref>{{cite web| title="Crazy song makes musical history"| work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4870150.stm|accessdate=April 2|accessyear=2006}}</ref> The follow-up single, "[[Smiley Faces]]", was released on [[July 17]], [[2006]].

Danger Mouse is set to release ''[[Kill Your Heroes]]'', his second album with Jemini, in the summer of 2006. A collaborative album with [[Black Thought]] of [[The Roots]] is said to be in the works,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/audio/documentaries/060404_dangermouse_au_nb.ram| format=Real audio stream|title="Danger Mouse - The man behind Gnarls Barkley"|work=Lamacq Live'' on BBC Radio 1''&nbsp;|accessdate=April 13|accessyear=2006}}</ref> as well as another collaboration with Damon Albarn. He has also done production on the forthcoming album by [[The Rapture]], due out September 2006.

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