My Xperience

My Xperience
Studio album by Bounty Killer
Released	September 17, 1996
Genre	Dancehall ragga
Length	1:12:40
Label	VP TVT
Producer	Johnny Wonder (exec.) Bounty Killer (also exec.) Anthony Red Rose Anthony Malvo Erick Sermon Jah Screw King Jammy RZA Sly and Robbie
Bounty Killer chronology
No Argument (1995) My Xperience (1996) Ghetto Gramma (1997)

My Xperience is a reggae album by Jamaican dancehall performer Bounty Killer, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). Bounty Killer was one of dancehall's biggest stars in the 1990s and his harsh hip-hop-influenced songs made him a controversial figure. Most of the songs on My Xperience are morose tales of poverty and violence. The album featured the single "Hip-Hopera" (featuring Fugees).

The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs. ^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "Those who aren't big dancehall fans may find the hip-hop-influenced CD hard to get into; those who are heavily into it will find a lot to admire on My Xperience, which contains major dancehall hits like "Living Dangerously" and "Virgin Island". A variety of guests join Bounty—everyone from the Fugees on "Hip-Hopera" to reggae singer Barrington Levy on "Living Dangerously" to hardcore rapper Jeru the Damaja on "Suicide or Murder". Granted, dancehall has its limitations and can wear thin after awhile[ sic ], but even so, My Xperience makes for an exhilarating listen".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Muzik	10/10 [3]
NME	8/10 [4]
RapReviews	8.5/10 [5]
Spin	8/10 [6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fed Up"	Rodney Price Ivy Williams Lowell Dunbar	Sly & Robbie	3:47
2.	"The Lord Is My Light and Salvation"	Price I. Williams Morris Wellington	King Jammys	3:40
3.	"Hip-Hopera ("Mr. Punk")" (featuring the Fugees)	Price Wyclef Jean Lauryn Hill Prakazrel Michel I. Williams	Wyclef Jean Lauryn Hill Jerry Duplessis (co.)	4:17
4.	"Guns & Roses" (featuring Anthony Malvo and Anthony Red Rose)	Price Anthony Malvo Anthony Cameron I. Williams	Anthony Malvo Anthony Red Rose	3:24
5.	"Mama (Scare Dem Version)"	Price Paul Yebuah	Bounty Killer	3:15
6.	"Change Like the Weather" (featuring Junior Reid and Busta Rhymes)	Price Delroy Reid Trevor Smith Erick Sermon	Erick Sermon	4:27
7.	"War Beyond the Stars"	Price I. Williams Cleveland Browne Wycliffe Johnson	Bounty Killer	4:01
8.	"Living Dangerously" (featuring Barrington Levy)	Price Barrington Levy Paul Love Harry Hyams Winston Sela	Jah Screw	3:39
9.	"War Face (Ask Fi War) Remix" (featuring Raekwon)	Price Corey Woods Robert Diggs	RZA	3:41
10.	"Marathon ("To Chicago")"	Price Yebuah	Bounty Killer	3:24
11.	"Revolution III" (featuring Beenie Man and Dennis Brown)	Price Moses Davis Dennis Brown Dunbar Robbie Shakespeare	Sly & Robbie	4:04
12.	"Gun Down"	Price Winston Riley I. Williams	Bounty Killer	3:21
13.	"Mi Nature"	Price I. Williams	Sly & Robbie	3:21
14.	"Virgin Island"	Price Yebuah	Bounty Killer	2:58
15.	"Who Send Dem"	Price Yebuah	Bounty Killer	3:14
16.	"Seek God (Remix)" (featuring Junior Reid)	Price Reid	Bounty Killer	4:04
17.	"Maniac" (featuring Richie Stephens)	Price Richie Stephens Michael Sembello Dennis Matkosky	Richie Stephens	4:00
18.	"Suicide or Murder" (featuring Jeru the Damaja)	Price Kendrick Davis I. Williams	Bobby Konders Blahzay Blahzay D.J. Nassi	3:21
19.	"Benz & the Bimma"	Price I. Williams Dunbar	Aidan Jones	3:11
20.	"My Experience"	Price Yebuah	Bounty Killer	3:31
Total length:				1:12:40

Personnel

• Rodney "Bounty Killer" Price – main artist, producer, arranger, engineer, executive producer
• Nel Ust Wyclef Jean – featured artist, producer, arranger, engineer, mixing
• Lauryn Hill – featured artist, producer, arranger
• Prakazrel "Pras" Michel – featured artist
• Anthony Malvo – featured artist, producer, arranger
• Anthony "Red Rose" Cameron – featured artist, producer, arranger
• Delroy "Junior" Reid – featured artist
• Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith – featured artist
• Barrington Levy – featured artist
• Corey "Raekwon" Woods – featured artist
• Moses "Beenie Man" Davis – featured artist
• Dennis Brown – featured artist
• Richie Stephens – featured artist, producer
• Kendrick "Jeru the Damaja" Davis – featured artist
• Lowell "Sly" Dunbar – producer, arranger
• Robbie Shakespeare – producer, arranger
• Lloyd "King Jammy" James – producer, arranger
• Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis – co-producer
• Erick Sermon – producer, arranger
• Paul "Jah Screw" Love – producer
• Robert "RZA" Diggs – producer, arranger, engineer
• Bobby Konders – producer, arranger
• Blahzay Blahzay – producer, arranger
• Aidan Jones – producer, arranger
• John "Johnny Wonder" Scilipoti – executive producer, editing, project coordinator
• Warren Riker – engineering, mixing
• Selwyn "4th Disciple" Bougard – engineer
• Paul "Jazzwad" Yebuah – engineer
• David Cole – engineer
• Collin "Bulby" York – mixing
• Chris Scott – mastering
• Paul Shields – mastering
• Leroy Champaign – art direction, design
• Tim Carter – photography
• Backra – engineer, mixing
• Computer Paul
• The Firehouse Crew
• Dean Fraser
• Troy Hightower – engineer
• Lynford "Fatta" Marshall – engineer, mixing
• David Sanguinetti – project coordinator
• Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
• Kirk – engineer, mixing
• Banton – engineer, mixing
• Joel Chin – compilation, editing
• James Goring – project coordinator
• Fat Man – engineer, mixing

Charts

Chart performance for My Xperience

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [7]	145
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [8]	27
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9]	6
US Reggae Albums (Billboard) [10]	1

References

1. Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs, Rough Guides, ISBN   1-85828-567-4
2. Henderson, Alex. "Bounty Killer - My Xperience Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved February 17, 2023.
3. Bardowell, Derek (February 1997). "Bounty Killer: My Xperience" (PDF). Muzik . No. 21. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
4. "NME.COM - BOUNTY KILLER - My Xperience - 18/1/1997". NME . August 17, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17. Retrieved February 17, 2023– via web.archive.org.
5. Laze (November 1996). "Bounty Killer :: My Xperience :: TVT Records/Blunt Recordings/VP Records". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
6. Cooper, Carol (January 1997). "Records". Spin . Vol. 12, no. 10. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 84, 86. ISSN   0886-3032 . Retrieved February 17, 2023.
7. "Bounty Killer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
8. "Bounty Killer Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
9. "Bounty Killer Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
10. "Bounty Killer Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

External links

• My Xperience at Discogs (list of releases)