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Infobox musical artist | name = Count Bass D| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Dwight Farrell| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1973|8|25| death_date =| origin = Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville , Tennessee , United States|U.S. | genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop , conscious hip hop , Soul music|Soul | occupation = Musician , record producer , Rapping|rapper , multi-instrumentalist | years_active = 1993–present| label =| associated_acts = MF DOOM , MF Grimm , Jneiro Jarel , DJ Pocket, J. Rawls , Insight, Edan | website = http://www.countbassd.com/ www.countbassd.com Dwight Conroy Farrell (born August 25, 1973), better known by the stage name Count Bass D , is an United States|American rapper , record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Nashville, Tennessee . His production style is characterised by layers of short Music Production Center|MPC samples and film snippets complemented with live instrumentation, and eccentric lyrics laid atop.Rodriguez, Kenny. " http://www.nobodysmiling.com/hiphop/interview/84837.php Count Bass D - Off The Record, pt. 1 - interview". Nobodysmiling.com. Dead link|date=October 2011|User:Mtirkmane
Early Life and career
Count Bass D was born on August 25, 1973, and was raised in the Bronx and Canton, Ohio|Canton Ohio . At the age of four his father, a West Indian minister, encouraged him to play music at his church. Count thereafter learned to play the piano , Organ_(music)|organ , and bass_(instrument)|bass . He then started gaining interest in Hip Hop, becoming better at rhyming while rapping with friends.
In his late teens, Count Bass D enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University in Nashville , to take advantage of the school's instruments to finish his demo tape. He then broadcasted his first Hip-Hop video on campus. His demo led him to getting a record deal with Chaos Recordings where he released his first studio album, Pre-Life Crisis in early 1995. Steve, Huey " http://music.aol.com/artist/count-bass-d/biography? flv=1 Count Bass D Biography". The album was considered too progressiveCitation needed|date=October 2011, and the label found it difficult to market the album. Count was then dropped from the label." http://www.countbassd.com/dwightspitz/ Dwight Spitz - Recording Process".
In 1997 Count released his first EP, Art For Stale on independent record label Spongebath Records , the album was later released in 2005, in Japan on Octave Records.Art For Sale " http://www.discogs.com/Count-Bass-D-Art-For-Sale/master/276165 Discogs - Count Bass D".
Ongoing career
In 2002, Count decided to make a more Hip Hop themed album, so he bought an Akai_S3000XL | Akai S-3000 sampler , and an Music Production Center|MPC -2000 drum machine and quickly learned to create new sounds. With these tools he released his second, and most critically acclaimed studio album, Dwight Spitz . It features appearances from other well known indie MCs, such as MF DOOM , and Edan . " http://www.countbassd.com/dwightspitz/ Dwight Spitz - Recording Process" In 2004, Count produced a track and guest appeared on MF DOOM 's MM..FOOD .
In 2005, Count released his second EP, Begborrowsteel on Jazzy Sport Records, Act Your Waist Size. his third studio album, on Fat Beats Records in 2006. In 2008, Count released a sequel album on 1320 Records, to Pre-Life Crisis, called L7 (Mid-Life Crisis) " http://www.discogs.com/Count-Bass-D-L7-Mid-Life-Crisis/release/1599661 Discogs - Count Bass D", he was 35 at the time of release.
2010-present
In 2010, Count teamed up with old friend, producer and rapper DJ Pocket, and made two collaborative albums in the same year. In the Loop " http://dominationrec.com/releases/countpocket_dom083.html In the Loop - Domination Recordings", and Activity " http://dominationrec.com/releases/countbassd_dom109.html Activity - Domination Recordings", both released on Domination records. In 2011, Count and rapper Insight, released a collaborative record called The Risktakers. " http://www.amazon.com/Risk-Takers-Count-Bass-Insight/dp/B004WDIT6I The Risktakers - Amazon On August 25, 2011, Count self-released his 5th studio album, #FULLCOUNT " http://www.discogs.com/Count-Bass-D-FULLCOUNT/release/3096652 Discogs - Count Bass D", on his own record label Dwight Farrell's Music.
The name of the album nods to the full self production of the album, rapping, with no guest features. #FULLCOUNT " http://twitter.com/#!/CountBassD/status/115938229819162624 Twitter - Count Bass D
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