The Calm Before the Storm (Tech N9ne album)

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The Calm Before the Storm
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ReleasedNovember 9, 1999 (1999-11-09)
Recorded1996–99
Genre Hip hop
Length1:12:53
Label Midwestside Records
Producer DJ Style, Don Juan, Polar Bear, QDIII
Tech N9ne chronology
The Calm Before the Storm
(1999)
The Worst
(2000)
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The Calm Before the Storm: Part 1 is the first regional studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne. It was released on November 9, 1999. The track "Questions" also appeared on the soundtrack for the film "Gang Related". [2] [3]

Contents

On May 14, 2015, Tech N9ne announced that the title of his Seventeenth album will be The Storm, follow up to his debut album The Calm Before The Storm.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Planet Rock 2K (Down South Remix)" 6:13
2."Cloudy-Eyed Stroll (Remix)"Don Juan4:38
3."Flipside (Rough Version)"QDIII4:32
4."Mizzizy Gets Bizzy" (featuring Don Juan)Don Juan4:58
5."On Our Way To L.A." (featuring Don Juan)Don Juan4:37
6."Spend The Night" (featuring Paul Law & Rock Money)Don Juan4:23
7."Clueless" (featuring Larone Burnette & Solé)Don Juan5:50
8."Questions (Rough Draft)"QDIII, Don Juan (add.)6:33
9."Now It's On" (featuring Lejo)DJ Style5:11
10."Bitch Sickness" (featuring Phats Bossi & Rame Royal)Don Juan5:04
11."Soldiers At War" (featuring Big Scoob, Don Juan, L.V. & Short Nitty)Don Juan5:55
12."Cotton Soldier"Don Juan4:36
13."Relish"Don Juan4:32
14."Mitchell Bade (Interlude)" 1:27
15."Mitchell Bade" (featuring Bakarii)Don Juan4:24
Total length:72:53

Samples

Now It's On

Credits

Don Juan – *MidWestSide Studios, K.C., MO.
QDIII – *QDIII Soundlab, L.A., CA.
Kev – *BBC Studios, K.C., MO.
DJ Style – *Lock And Load, Lawrences, KS

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