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Pre-Life Crisis

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All Count Bass D's albums are gold. This one I beleive is his first album, released about 10 years ago. Still sounds sharp, clean, clear and jumpin. Count played almost all the instruments on this album which is quite impressive considering how layered, smooth and electric it is. Count is a great rapper and singer, count rhymes and sings about things that no one else would even think about. His lyrics are fresh, his beats are dope, Count Bass D dope period.

This is my favorite Count Bass D album. I wouldn't compare this to any other of his albums, because it's different. This is a feel good hip hop album. The Count uses actual instruments, sings, raps...it's great! You can go w/the newer Count Bass, where it's mostly turntablism, but this is proof of an album that has had actual work put into it. The catchy choruses and versus will have you quoting, and singing along for days.

In 1995, Count Bass D dropped this album under Bobbito Garcia and Pete Nice's Hoppoh record label. Kurious Jorge's Costipated Monkey (which is a GREAT album) was the only other album released under the Hoppoh imprint. Hoping to recieve another dope release similar to the one mentioned above, I bought this cd, disliked it, and immediately took it back. Fast forward to 2011, I stumbled across this album and decided to give it another shot. I thought maybe like MF DOOM's Doomsday album I may have slept on Count's debut. WRONG! I have heard his other albums and they don't resemble this album what so ever. There is very little sampling, which is uncommon for a 1995 east coast release. It seems like every beat on the album was handcrafted by an elevator Jazz band. His rhymes are aiiight, but I never considered Count to be an ill lyricist. If you like to collect albums then pick this up for your collection, if you can find a $2 bargain on it like I did. But otherwise, stick to his later releases.

This '95 album of Count Bass D's is different from his 2004 release, Dwight Spitz, in that it has boring beats and rhymes about being a player instead of rhymes about keeping hip hop real. It's a good album, but by far is only a Pre-Life Crisis before the man finds his plan and begins to spit.