The Calm Before the Storm (Tech N9ne album)
{{Infobox album
| name = The Calm Before the Storm
| type = album
| artist = Tech N9ne
| cover = The Calm Before The Storm - Front.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1999|11|9}}
| recorded = 1996–99
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 1:12:53
| label = Midwestside Records
| producer = DJ Style, Don Juan, Polar Bear, QDIII
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Worst
| next_year = 2000
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-calm-before-the-storm-mw0000093934 | title=The Calm Before the Storm - Tech N9ne | Album | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}
}}
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".{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000051XS3/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00004HYMS&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1WWG6D31CSV6FG3885PD |title=The Calm Before The Storm Part 1: Tech N9ne: Music |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-09}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/calm-before-the-storm/325108631 |title=iTunes - Music - Calm Before the Storm by Tech N9ne |publisher=iTunes |date=1999-11-09 |access-date=2013-05-09}}
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
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 72:53
| writing_credits =
| title1 = Planet Rock 2K (Down South Remix)
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| length1 = 6:13
| title2 = Cloudy-Eyed Stroll (Remix)
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| extra2 = Don Juan
| length2 = 4:38
| title3 = Flipside (Rough Version)
| note3 =
| writer3 =
| extra3 = QDIII
| length3 = 4:32
| title4 = Mizzizy Gets Bizzy
| note4 = featuring Don Juan
| writer4 =
| extra4 = Don Juan
| length4 = 4:58
| title5 = On Our Way To L.A.
| note5 = featuring Don Juan
| writer5 =
| extra5 = Don Juan
| length5 = 4:37
| title6 = Spend The Night
| note6 = featuring Paul Law & Rock Money
| writer6 =
| extra6 = Don Juan
| length6 = 4:23
| title7 = Clueless
| note7 = featuring Larone Burnette & Solé
| writer7 =
| extra7 = Don Juan
| length7 = 5:50
| title8 = Questions (Rough Draft)
| note8 =
| writer8 =
| extra8 = QDIII, Don Juan (add.)
| length8 = 6:33
| title9 = Now It's On
| note9 = featuring Lejo
| writer9 =
| extra9 = DJ Style
| length9 = 5:11
| title10 = Bitch Sickness
| note10 = featuring Phats Bossi & Rame Royal
| writer10 =
| extra10 = Don Juan
| length10 = 5:04
| title11 = Soldiers At War
| note11 = featuring Big Scoob, Don Juan, L.V. & Short Nitty
| writer11 =
| extra11 = Don Juan
| length11 = 5:55
| title12 = Cotton Soldier
| note12 =
| writer12 =
| extra12 = Don Juan
| length12 = 4:36
| title13 = Relish
| note13 =
| writer13 =
| extra13 = Don Juan
| length13 = 4:32
| title14 = Mitchell Bade (Interlude)
| note14 =
| writer14 =
| extra14 =
| length14 = 1:27
| title15 = Mitchell Bade
| note15 = featuring Bakarii
| writer15 =
| extra15 = Don Juan
| length15 = 4:24
| all_writing =
}}
Samples
Now It's On
- "Moments in Love" by Art of Noise
Credits
- Artwork By [Artwork + Design] – Brion Dennis / Madwerks Graphics & Design
- Executive Producer – Boss Hoss, Don Juan
- Other [A&R, Project Co-ordinator] – Don Juan
- Other [Management] – Don Juan & Raychelle Banks / Mizery Entertainment
- Distributed by: Mizery Records
- Recorded at:
: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
References
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