Charm is the critically acclaimed third studio album from American rapper/record producer Danny!, and the first of his records to be released commercially.

"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.

that he scrapped his original plans for a third album—revealed on "We Gon' Make It" from his previous LP to be a sequel to F.O.O.D.—to narrate a story of his own, and Charm was born.

plays the role of a desperate musician, also named Danny, who feels he deserves recognition for his contributions to music and longs for stardom and wealth.

After finally becoming willing to leave his hometown—with the incorrect assumption that he would be escaping similar temptations in the future—he announces his arrival for a second time ("The Last Laugh") and wryly pokes fun at those who made it difficult for him to achieve success ("Duck Soup").

's first encounter on the road is marred by racism ("Strange Fruit") as an unscrupulous hotel manager who learns of Danny!

Hoping to temporarily forget his troubles, a good friend invites him out to a club ("Move Somethin'") in the area.

While naming out countless problems—family turning their back on him, not being able to shop without being mobbed—his only real "problem", alcoholism, takes an ugly toll and Danny!

His health regained, he heads to the studio to begin work on his album but the label pressures him to use the same clichés and nonsense prevalent in his genre of music ("Lip Flappin'").

resumes his tour but becomes extremely paranoid about the audience's response, or lack thereof, to his performances ("No Guarantees (remix)").

decides to resign from music while wistfully imagining how his career would've turned out without the stifling of his creative freedom ("Cafe Surreal").

The mother of his child continues to chastise him for his decision to pursue a music career, financial woes are still in existence and he is still obligated to the job he dreads going to.

His daughter's mother urges him to check the answering machine for a message left for him; upon playback it is revealed to be an A&R executive from the aforementioned Galaxy Records, interested in signing Danny!

steps out of narrator mode and laments the loss of two former close friends, one by death and one by disassociation, on Charm's epilogue ("Now You're Gone").

[7] Clocking in at a staggering seventy-three minutes even and twenty-one tracks, critics that have since praised the record have also, in the same breath, denounced it for being too bulky.

's life, or that would eerily play itself out in the wake of Charm 's success (for example, receiving a phone call from an interested record label).

The record would go on to quietly achieve a great deal of success: music critics applauded his efforts immensely, media websites began hosting his discography and in October 2006, the first of two ballots drafted for the Grammy Awards of 2007 nomination process included songs from Charm in four different fields, spanning seven categories.

Definitive Jux Records caught wind of various tracks from Charm via a talent contest sponsored in part by MTVu and, impressed with what they heard, added Danny!