Where Is Danny?
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| Studio album by Danny! | ||||
| Released | April 19, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | June 2009 - September 2010 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip-hop | |||
| Length | 60:00 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Producer | Danny! | |||
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Danny!'s sixth studio album, previously known to the press as Project X and later changed to Where Is Danny?, is the successor to the rapper's heralded And I Love H.E.R.: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The record—marketed primarily as a lo-fi "anti-album"—is a milestone in Danny!'s career, as it is his twelfth release (amidst a vast catalog that also includes instrumental albums,compilations and an EP) yet only his first for Interscope Records after being signed to the label for a little more than half a year.
Where Is Danny? holds the distinction of being the first album in Danny!'s discography to not feature an image of him, his likeness (à la Danny Is Dead) or even his name on the record's cover art, opting instead to use the iconic "Pistol" by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein in an effort to not only assert his status as an artist but to emphasize the album's brash, "in-your-face" content; the 2011 official release used an alternate "smoking gun" variant that was previously commissioned by TIME for their 1968 cover story on the prevalence of guns in America.
Where Is Danny? would go on to receive critical acclaim, ultimately winding up—much like his previous three studio albums—on the shortlist for the following year's Grammy Awards nominees. Following a strong interest from Jay-Z in Danny! (and Questlove's inclusion of a modified version of the title track in his 2012 ad campaign for Sonos), the album enjoyed a surge of attention in late 2012 a year after its release (see 2011 in music); Danny! subsequently offered Where Is Danny? as a free download temporarily despite presence in retail.
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