Pre-Life Crisis

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Pre-Life Crisis
Pre Life Crisis Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Count Bass D
Released1995
Genre Hip hop
Length54:40
Label Work
Producer Count Bass D
Count Bass D chronology
Pre-Life Crisis
(1995)		Art for Sale
(1997)

Pre-Life Crisis is the debut album by the American rapper and musician Count Bass D, released in 1995. [1] [2] Count Bass D played the majority of the instruments on the album. [3] The album's only single, "Sandwiches (I Got a Feeling)", received moderate radio and video airplay, in addition to being released on vinyl and CD, along with the B-side "T-Boz Tried to Talk to Me".

Contents

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club describes Pre-Life Crisis as "one of the strangest major-label rap albums of all time," but note that the rapper was dropped by Sony following its release. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin 7/10 [6]

The International Herald Tribune noted that Count Bass D's "raps are hard-hitting but mellifluous, minimum-expletive and laugh-sprinkled." [7] In 2003, Rolling Stone wrote that the "hyperquirky debut ... imagined an esoteric, fully live hip-hop wonder world that transcended the generic boombap." [8]

Track listing

#TitleLengthSongwriter(s)Producer(s)Performer(s)
1The Dozens3:38Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D
2Sandwiches (I Got a Feeling)4:39Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, (Mark Nash (musician) on Lead Guitar)
3T-Boz (Part 1/2)0:35Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, (Rod McGahaw on Flugelhorn)
4Shake4:08Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, (Mark Nash on Lead Guitar), (Rod McGahaw on Trumpet), (Kismick Martin on Additional Background Vocals & Freestyle on Vamp), (Vincent Sims on Additional Background Throat)
5T-Boz Tried to Talk to Me!4:42Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, (Rod McGahaw on Flugelhorn)
6Carmex5:17Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D
7I Got Needs4:24Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, (Mark Nash on Lead Guitar), (Roger "Rock" Williams on Soprano Saxophone)
8Broke Thursday4:02Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass D, Coolout (co-producer)Count Bass D, Herbie Hancock, M. Ragin, P. Jackson
9Agriculture4:47Dwight Conroy Farrell & Vincent SimsCount Bass DCount Bass D, Vincent Sims (Roger "Rock" Williams on Alto Flute)
10Brown4:01Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, (DJ Reggie (Reg) Mason & Vincent Sims on Background Throat)
11The Hate Game4:43Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D (Psalm 109 on inspiration)
12Pink Tornado3:15Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D, Jaco Pastorius
13Sunday School5:35Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D (Psalm 118:24 on inspiration)
14Baker's Dozen (Instrumental)1:01Dwight Conroy FarrellCount Bass DCount Bass D

References

  1. ↑ Ehrlich, Dimitri (March 1995). "A count of his own". Interview. Vol. 25, no. 3. p. 46.
  2. ↑ Orr, Jay (September 29, 1995). "New stuff". Nashville Banner. p. C1.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Havelock (March 4, 1995). "Count Bass-D breaks hip-hop mold". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 9. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (January 5, 2007). "Inventory: 10 Unjustly Overlooked Hip-Hop Classics". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Pre-Life Crisis Count Bass D". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  6. ↑ Rubin, Mike (June 1995). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 3. p. 104.
  7. ↑ Zwerin, Mike (February 14, 1996). "Count Bass D: Rap for People Who Like Music". Features. International Herald Tribune. p. 22.
  8. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (February 20, 2003). "Free verse". Rolling Stone. No. 916. p. 64.


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