Despite the eeriely familiar title, broken flowerpots are nowhere to be found on the cover of “Danny is Dead.” The underground sensation undoubtedly has the same thing in mind that De La Soul did on their similarly titled album though, which is to distance himself from the already established cliches about the kind of hip-hop he does. Danny is already out there as “the best rapper you don’t know,” the underground’s answer to Kanye West as both a lyricist and producer, and the architect of “Charm” – easily one of 2006’s best albums. In fact “Charm” put the South Carolina native who had once seriously considered giving up on rap altogether on the short list for a Grammy, and while he didn’t end up winning it certainly caused scores of people to get a late pass and check out what Danny was all about. Soon enough Danny joined the Definitive Jux crew.