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Revision as of 01:52, 29 March 2009

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Danny Is Dead, the fourth studio album and sixth release from American rapper/producer Danny!, is a half-hour long EP that was released July 17, 2007 (see 2007 in music) on Danny!'s 1911 Music/Badenov Records vanity label. The eight-song record is the extended play follow-up to his critically-acclaimed 2006 album Charm and comprised primarily of reduxes from Charm's standout tracks (namely, "Now You're Gone", "Cafe Surreal" and "Fly").

Like all of the titles in Danny!'s catalogue (except Charm and And I Love H.E.R.), production on Danny Is Dead was helmed solely by Danny! himself. There are also no guest appearances or features on the album, making Danny Is Dead the first record since Danny!'s debut, The College Kicked-Out, to be a completely solo effort.

Overview

Reception

The record was well-received and touted by critics as a sign of great music to come from Danny!. PopMatters optimistically stated that while Danny! certainly "has a brilliant album in him", Danny Is Dead ultimately "lacks the amazingness of both what he’s done and what he’s likely to do"[1]. RapReviews.com gave the album an 8.5 out of 10 -- the same score given to Charm -- and offered that Danny! "continues to impress...this rapper's career [is] definitely on the rise"[2].

Overall Danny Is Dead was hailed as an enjoyable album, short enough to not overwhelm listeners and long enough to keep them interested in future material. Presumably playing up his claims of being "A Tribe Called Quest on acid", Danny!'s first single from Danny Is Dead, entitled "Check It Out", is, for all intents and purposes, an energetic remake of their 1998 single "Find A Way". This song was the most well-received track from Danny Is Dead (followed closely by "Fly, Pt. 2"), and was briefly featured by sites such as Pitchfork Media[3], URB Magazine and Okayplayer[4].

Availability

Danny Is Dead was, like Charm before it, released worldwide through retail chains such as Best Buy, Barnes & Noble and FYE. More copies were pre-ordered and subsequently sold than anticipated, and a second short run of discs were pressed up not even a month after Danny Is Dead's July 17th release date. As a result, the album was listed as "out of stock" or "back-ordered" for several weeks, much to the dismay of fans attempting to track down the EP.

Three different versions of Danny Is Dead were manufactured and shipped to various outlets in different regions of the world. HMV's UK and Japanese stores have since stocked the item; on the Japanese retail version sold on HMV Japan, the bonus track "Just Friends (Live)" is included at the end of an instrumental reprise of "Now You're Back". In England, the never-before-released "Fullaschidt, Pt. 2" (also known as "Fullaschidt (remix)") is preceded by "Outro (Dead...?)", just as "Ebony Flower" is on the North American retail version. As of August 2007, only the Japanese retail version has been made available for sale on iTunes.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicSample(s)Length
1."Now You're Back" (Swain, Holland Dozier, Holland, Gaye, Johnson)Produced by Danny!Contains elements from "Since I Fell For You", by Laura Lee.2:57
2."The World Is Yours" (Swain, R. Glenn, Mizell)Produced by Danny!Contains samples from "Don't Leave", by Roger Glenn.3:51
3."Rhyme Writer Crime Fighter" (Swain, Gray)Produced by Danny!Contains elements from "Beverly Hills", by Steve Gray.2:41
4."Press Conference" (Swain, Coleman, Rushen, Rushen)Produced by Danny! 4:49
5."Cafe Surreal, Pt. 2" (Swain, Fickert, Groschner, Kallio, Linstadt, Linstadt, Malm, Rantala, Ruppert)Produced by Danny! 4:24
6."Fly, Pt. 2" (Swain, Pasqua, Williams)Produced by Danny! 3:20
7."Check It Out" (Swain, Dong-hwa, Gilberto, Muhammad, Smith, Taylor, Yancey)Produced by Danny!Contains elements from "Technova", by Towa Tei.3:57
8."Outro (Dead...?)"Produced by Danny! 3:58
UK Bonus Tracks
No.TitleSample(s)Length
9."Fullaschidt, Pt. 2" (Swain, Hawes, Jefferson, Simmons)Contains samples from "They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)", by the Spinners.2:55
Japan Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Just Friends (Live)" (Swain)3:08

Bonus tracks

  • "Fullaschidt, Pt. 2" (available on the UK version), 2:55
  • "Just Friends (Live)" (available on the Japanese version), 3:50

Credits

  • Danny! - Executive Producer, Producer, Composer, Featured Vocals

Trivia

  • "Check It Out" first appeared -- in instrumental form -- on Dream, Fulfilled, Danny!'s second instrumental album.
  • Similarly, the bonus tracks "Just Friends (Live)" and "Fullaschidt, Pt. 2" were previously used as tracks on Danny!'s instrumental albums: "Twilight Mist" from Dream, Interrupted and "Games They Play" from Dream, Fulfilled, respectively.
  • The ambulance sequence on "Outro (Dead...?)" is lifted from a portion of the ballad "Poor Charlotte", making Danny Is Dead the third consecutive studio album from Danny! to pay some sort of homage to The Miracles' City Of Angels LP.

Notes

  1. ^ Cober-Lake, Justin (2007-08-06). "Danny Is Dead: Album Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 2007-08-06. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Juon, Steve "Flash" (2007-07-16). "Danny!: Danny Is Dead (review)". RapReviews.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Patrin, Nate (2007-08-02). "New Music: Danny!'s 'Check it Out'". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2007-08-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Danny!...Is Dead!". Okayplayer. 2007-07-25. Retrieved 2007-08-03. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)


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