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| Dwight Spitz | ||||
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| Released | April 30, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 55:40 | |||
| Label | Day By Day [1] | |||
| Producer | Count Bass D, DJ Pocket, J. Rawls | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| RapReviews | 8/10 [2] |
Dwight Spitz is the third album by the American hip hop artist and multi-instrumentalist Count Bass D, released in 2002. [3] [4]
After the release of Pre-Life Crisis , Count Bass D felt he had overshot his own talent. In 2002, he decided to make a more hip hop-themed album, so he bought an Akai S-3000 sampler and an MPC-2000 drum machine and quickly learned to create beats using samples. Dwight Spitz is his first album with a more traditional hip hop theme. [5] The album has collaborations with Edan, J. Rawls, Dione Farris and MF DOOM.
A deluxe edition was released on Count Bass D's Bandcamp on August 25, 2013, to celebrate the album's ten year anniversary. The edition included six new bonus tracks.
The A.V. Club called the album "lovingly assembled and wonderfully idiosyncratic." [6] Rolling Stone deemed it a "little headphone masterpiece." [7] The East Bay Express wrote: "Whimsical, original, and extremely funky, the Count's third album is his best yet, overflowing with ear-tickling production and charismatic rhymes." [8]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jussa Playa" | Count Bass D | 1:28 |
| 2. | "Aural S(ECT)s" | Count Bass D | 1:30 |
| 3. | "Gon' Get Yours" | Count Bass D | 0:33 |
| 4. | "Antemeridian" | Count Bass D | 1:37 |
| 5. | "Postmeridian" | Count Bass D | 0:56 |
| 6. | "How We Met" (feat. Edan) | Count Bass D | 1:18 |
| 7. | "Just Say No To Drugs" | Count Bass D | 0:31 |
| 8. | "Sanctuary" | Count Bass D | 1:43 |
| 9. | "Subwoofer (Dumile)" | Count Bass D | 2:11 |
| 10. | "Truth To Light" | Count Bass D | 1:30 |
| 11. | "Real Music Vs. Bu11$#!+" | Count Bass D | 1:29 |
| 12. | "August 25, 2001" | Count Bass D | 3:29 |
| 13. | "Hello Test Test" (feat. Cana and Hezekiah) | Count Bass D | 0:51 |
| 14. | "Blackman Dreams" (feat. Lil D) | Count Bass D | 2:03 |
| 15. | "Reign Or Shine" (feat. Rayna Shine) | Count Bass D | 1:28 |
| 16. | "Quite Buttery" (feat. MF DOOM) | Count Bass D | 1:06 |
| 17. | "Blues For Percy Carey" | Count Bass D | 1:52 |
| 18. | "Seven Years" (feat. Dionne Farris) | Count Bass D | 3:29 |
| 19. | "Ohio Playas" | J. Rawls | 2:07 |
| 20. | "Dwight Spitz" | Count Bass D | 3:20 |
| 21. | "Make A Buck" (feat. MF DOOM) | DJ Pocket | 3:44 |
| 22. | "My First Piece" (feat. Oriana Lee and Hezekiah) | Count Bass D | 3:04 |
| 23. | "Take Control" | Count Bass D | 3:44 |
| 24. | "Coming Soon" | Count Bass D | 0:17 |
| 25. | "Beat 4our" (Contains hidden track) | Count Bass D | 26:35 |
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 26. | "Snow First, Snow Second, Snow Third" | Count Bass D | 4:14 |
| 27. | "Nine Years Part 1" | Count Bass D | 2:02 |
| 28. | "Nine Years Part 2" | Count Bass D | 1:16 |
| 29. | "Real Music vs. Bull$#!+ Part 2" | Count Bass D | 2:03 |
| 30. | "Seven Years Bonus Beats" | Count Bass D | 1:56 |
| 31. | "I'm A Man" | Count Bass D | 0:44 |
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