DANNY!: Danny Is Dead [Japan Bonus Tracks]

Danny!

Danny Is Dead [Japan Bonus Tracks]

© 2007 Badenov Records/1911 Music (460005101940)

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The fourth studio release -- and last as an independent artist -- from South Carolina's most prolific producer/MC.

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Freshly signed to indie rap powerhouse Def Jux and eager to record, producer/MC Danny! self-released an EP, "Danny Is Dead", to pass the time. What resulted from this is a stronger-sounding rapper, surer in his flow and rhymes, able to portray his personality confidently, but in a good-natured, not arrogant, way: in short, someone who is most definitely ready for a Def Jux debut. Beat-wise, "Danny Is Dead "(the title based on the De La Soul album) is much like his other releases, sampling soul and R&B tracks and with constant, but not heavy, drums, from the quick, bouncy "Rhyme Writer Crime Fighter" to the Tribe-inspired (rather, reinterpreted) "Check It Out" ("Now you caught my heart for the evening/Kiss my check, moved in, you confused things," he says in the hook, making sure to give credit to his influences, both Q-Tip and J Dilla). But Danny!'s got his own style, too, a kind of melodic, triplet-driven delivery (and much smoother and quicker than Kanye West, to whom he is sometimes compared), heard best in the very witty, very smart "Press Conference," in which the MC plays all the parts, rhyming the answers with the questions to address what he's been going through lately (getting signed to Def Jux after other deals fell through, receiving an invitation to the Grammys, wondering if he'll ever get the recognition he thinks he deserves). It's short, clocking in at exactly 30 minutes, but it's solid and fun; there's no filler here. Despite the title, "Danny Is Dead" is definitely a good sign of things to come.

~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

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  • If you're looking for REAL hip hop look no further!
    author: Shoshaughna

    I just happened to come across this guy while I was browsing on Myspace and the guy spits knowledge. Uses real beats and instruments. Not what you would find on 106&Park. I love how he talks about everyday things I can relate to. Not that "my rims are 125 inches, I love hoes, I have a million, bazillion, gazillion dollars and I can buy Lambos and Ferraris." I can't relate to any of that ish. So it's refreshing to hear someone down to earth.

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