Pre-Life Crisis

Pre-Life Crisis
Studio album by Count Bass D
Released	1995
Genre	Hip hop
Length	54:40
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".

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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[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

#	Title	Length	Songwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Performer(s)
1	The Dozens	3:38	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D
2	Sandwiches (I Got a Feeling)	4:39	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, (Mark Nash (musician) on Lead Guitar)
3	T-Boz (Part 1/2)	0:35	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, (Rod McGahaw on Flugelhorn)
4	Shake	4:08	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count 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)
5	T-Boz Tried to Talk to Me!	4:42	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, (Rod McGahaw on Flugelhorn)
6	Carmex	5:17	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D
7	I Got Needs	4:24	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, (Mark Nash on Lead Guitar), (Roger "Rock" Williams on Soprano Saxophone)
8	Broke Thursday	4:02	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D, Coolout (co-producer)	Count Bass D, Herbie Hancock, M. Ragin, P. Jackson
9	Agriculture	4:47	Dwight Conroy Farrell & Vincent Sims	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, Vincent Sims (Roger "Rock" Williams on Alto Flute)
10	Brown	4:01	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, (DJ Reggie (Reg) Mason & Vincent Sims on Background Throat)
11	The Hate Game	4:43	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D (Psalm 109 on inspiration)
12	Pink Tornado	3:15	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D, Jaco Pastorius
13	Sunday School	5:35	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D (Psalm 118:24 on inspiration)
14	Baker's Dozen (Instrumental)	1:01	Dwight Conroy Farrell	Count Bass D	Count Bass D

References

1. Ehrlich, Dimitri (Mar 1995). "A count of his own". Interview. Vol. 25, no. 3. p. 46.
2. Orr, Jay (29 Sep 1995). "New stuff". Nashville Banner. p. C1.
3. Nelson, Havelock (Mar 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 15 June 2024.
6. Rubin, Mike (June 1995). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 3. p. 104.
7. Zwerin, Mike (14 Feb 1996). "Count Bass D: Rap for People Who Like Music". Features. International Herald Tribune. p. 22.
8. Caramanica, Jon (Feb 20, 2003). "Free verse". Rolling Stone. No. 916. p. 64.

External links

• Count Bass D-Pre Life Crisis at Discogs