The original track samples someone declaring, “Real music’s gonna last. BULL$#!+.” The sequel to that track is one of six new songs included on the deluxe edition. Music writer Dart Adams introduces the deluxe edition by writing, “I’m just glad we have cats like Count Bass D in this current time to help us in the constant war between real music & bu11$#!+.” That isn’t self-censorship, but rather a reference to Bass D’s song “Real Music vs.
Count Bass D first showed up on my radar when I heard his guest verse on MF DOOM‘s “Potholderz” (which the Count also produced) off 2004 record Mm.Food? The collaboration between the two idiosyncratic hip-hop artists dates back to Dwight Spitz, on which DOOM appears on the tracks “Quite Buttery” and “Make a Buck.” The album is available streaming and for download on his Bandcamp. The album is available to purchase digitally for $10 and, most important of all, it still sounds as good today as it did back then.On August 25, Count Bass D released the tenth-anniversary deluxe edition of his little known, but nevertheless classic album Dwight Spitz. The latest addition is a 10th anniversary re-issue of Dwight Spitz complete with bonus tracks and extensive (digital) liner notes from Boston-based hip hop scribe Dart Adams that gives context to the album’s importance and place in modern hip hop history. It fast became a must have for the heads.įast forwar 11 years and you’ll find Dwight still active, still pumping out releases and still turning heads, most notably via his busy Bandcamp page where he’s been adding enough music to keep you listening for a whole week. The album not only showed Dwight’s flair for sample flips and neck-snappin’ beats but also included appearances from underground icons (then MF) DOOM and Edan. In 2002 Count Bass D released the Dwight Spitz album on High Times, sealing his position as one of the most underrated yet creative producer/MC in hip hop, no small feat for an artist based in Tenessee who had come up at a time when anything released between the East and West coast was often ignored.
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