Didn't know this Danny Boy album was this good! 75% produced by Quik and 25% by Devante Swing

[C-Styles]

Anyone know why Death Row failed to put this out in 96?? How you gonna have quik produced almost the whole album and not put this sh*t out?? the piff on this man

makes me wonder what else in that vault they got...

 

[DPG]

Everything was put on the back burner when Pac arrived.

 

[Craig Mack]

That Vegas night ruined everything

 

[karim]

Everything was put on the back burner when Pac died.

fixed

 

[DPG]

fixed

From Danny Boy himself:

 

[Jacaveli The Don]

This is my jam from the album:

Danny Boy - Steppin' [DJ Quik]


This is a cool one too, more mellow, the female background singer really makes it something else:

Danny Boy - How Many Times [DJ Quik]

 

[Geechiedan214]

Link?

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

From Danny Boy himself:

Any new 2Pac, Snoop, Dr. Dre, DPG or LBC unreleased exclusives yet, my brother?

 

[I love Latina women]

the whole album is nice
the "come when i call remix"

smooth as hell! produced by quik!

 

[tuckgod]

Come When I Call just doesn't sound the same

 

[3rdWorld]

Didn't he come out?

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Come When I Call just doesn't sound the same

Especially when you consider he was singing about getting some man butt.

 

[Eza]

I need to revisit this album, I remember initially not feeling it too much when I first downloaded it back in like 2010 but I'm sure it's some slaps on here I overlooked.

 

[MusicConsulting]

Anyone know why Death Row failed to put this out in 96?? How you gonna have quik produced almost the whole album and not put this sh*t out?? the piff on this man

makes me wonder what else in that vault they got...

I heard something interesting, if you look at pictures of Stokley from Mint Condition & photos of Danny Boy. Danny Boy was obsessed with Stokley's sound & look.
At one point Danny Boy said in a previous interview, he ran into him and the meeting was awkward because Stokley was aware of what Danny Boy was doing.

Let's compare photos:

The first thing you notice is the glasses but then you look at the facial hair & if you pull up Stokley images, he couldnt help it. He was a emulating machine.
He said Stokley looked mad, I think that has to be a shock when you look at an image like this flipping on the channels or seeing someone on stage w/ that voice:

& now Stokley:

Danny Boy wouldn't have survived the backlash from the Mint Hive if he was more known. I think if his debut came out, people would probably pay attention to how he sounds & his vocal runs.

But this is no diss to Danny, Stokley said he was able to escape his early eighties Prince emulation with developing over time & then getting signed AFTER he was able to overcome that , if he had been a solo artist in 1985 he would've sounded like "Ready for the world"

I like the album, but Quik & Devante didn't have the monopoly for radio at that time for outside R&B/Soul acts. Evidence of this is his collaborations with Debarge. Most of the collaborations are hooks not actual Debarge song. Deathrow never would've been able to launch a R&B artist like Danny Boy. Deathrow was already boxed in as the definitive "Gangsta Rap" label of this era. That's 2 strikes, the third strike is the fact that R Kelly season was in full swing. A bonus strike is, Stokley probably would've put him in the ER if DB had a massive hit.

Look at his face, "Man, I know someone is going to take my glasses and sound, just remember I told you first."

 

[tuckgod]

Especially when you consider he was singing about getting some man butt.

Exactly