Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Count Bass D-Dwight Spitz (2002)


Count Bass D is a producer/MC/DJ/piano player hailing from Nashville Tennessee. If any of ya'll heard of him it would most likely be from the sick verse he dropped in Potholders on MM... Food with MF DOOM (who is actually featured twice on Dwight Spitz). You also can hear him mention DOOM multiple times throughout the entire album. He's got a sick ass flow and some production skills to match.

From the opening track "Jussa Playa" you can get an idea of the kind of awesome production that is all over this album. Dwight Spitz is comprised mostly of short songs and short instrumental skits. "Say No to Drugs" is a perfect example of Bass' humorous sampling style using a sample from a sugar advertisement. Count even sample his kids (Cana And Hezekiah) voices on a couple of these instrumentals.

"Sanctuary" has to be one of my favorite tracks on the album. Count Bass D totally rips it up on the mic over the hypnotic and mesmerizing beat.
EDIT: Zack just clued me into why this track might be so hypnotic and all. It's gotta be that Doors sample of Jim Morrison repeating "Can you give me sanctuary?" fucking legit shit man.

DOOM comes in on the track "Quite Buttery" and shreds like always but this time over some Bass D beats and pianos. Pretty short and sweet track.

Another stand out track is "Seven Years" featuring Dionne Farris. Count flows about his wife and three kids not trying to hide his status as a family man and tears it up at the same time. And those fucking oboe's he sampled are fucking genius.

A few tracks fall a little flat but overall Dwight Spitz is an amazing album throughout containing great production, fitting instrumental interludes, solid guest spots from Edan, J Rawls, and DOOM, and of course sick flows from the Count himself.

Count Bass D-Dwight Spitz (2002)

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1Jussa Player (1:20)




2Aural S(ect)S (1:30)




3Gon' Get Yours (0:33)




4Antemeridian (1:37)




5Postmeridian (0:56)




6How We Met (1:18)




7Just Say No to Drugs (0:30)




8Sanctuary (1:43)




9Subwoofer (Dumile) (2:11)




10Truth to Light (1:30)




11Real Music vs. Bu11$#! + (1:29)




12August 25, 2001 (3:29)




13Hello Test Test (0:49)




14Blackman Dreams (2:03)




15Reign or Shine (1:28)




16Quite Buttery (1:06)




17Blues for Percy Carey (1:51)




18Seven Years (3:29)




19Ohio Players (2:07)




20Dwight Spitz (3:18)




21Make a Buck (3:43)




22My First Piece (3:04)




23Take Control (3:44)




24Coming Soon (0:17)




25Beat 4our (26:34)

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