Charm (album)
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| Studio album by Danny! | ||||
| Released | March 14, 2006 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | October 2005 - November 2005 | |||
| Genre | Hip-Hop | |||
| Length | 73:00 | |||
| Label | Badenov Records/1911 Music | |||
| Producer | Danny! | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Hip-Hop Linguistics |  |
| Okayplayer | (89/100) |
| RapReviews.com |    |
| Stylus Magazine | B |
Charm is the critically acclaimed third studio album from American rapper/record producer Danny! (see 2006 in music) and the first of his records to be released commercially. As evidenced in the title, Charm was a huge milestone in Danny!'s career; after two unsuccessful attempts to make a name for himself in the music world (2004's The College Kicked-Out and 2005's F.O.O.D.), the record unanimously won rave reviews, culminating in the inclusion of the album on the 49th Annual Grammy Awards short list and, eventually, a record deal with Definitive Jux Records.
Widely regarded as one of the strongest entries in his discography (rivaled by 2008's And I Love H.E.R.), Charm helped Danny! achieve a moderate buzz in the underground hip-hop community and become South Carolina's most heralded hip-hop artist to date. The song "Cafe Surreal" from this album would go on to become a signature tune in commercial bumpers for the MTV early morning video countdown program aMTV, being played since its pilot in early 2009, and was also featured in a 2013 ad campaign for Crown Royal.
It is widely assumed that Danny!'s admiration for The Miracles' album City of Angels, and the subsequent reinterpretation of its storyline for Charm, was initiated in 2005 when he sampled one of its songs for his second album, F.O.O.D. "Poor Charlotte", a somber ballad chronicling the life of a young woman longing for Hollywood stardom at any and all costs, was used for F.O.O.D. 's title track.
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