The Calm Before the Storm: Part I

The Calm Before the Storm: Part I, commonly referred to as simply The Calm Before the Storm, is the first regional album by American rapper Tech N9ne. It was released on November 9, 1999, on the label Midwestside Records, with production credits from DJ Style, Don Juan, Polar Bear, and QDIII. The album has sold at least 21,000 copies to date and features the regional hits "Mitchell Bade" and "Now It's On" (both featured on Tech N9ne's first compilation for Strange Music); remixes of his singles "Cloudy-Eyed Stroll" and "Planet Rock 2K"; and "Questions" from the Gang Related soundtrack.
==Track Listing==
Number	Title 	Writers 	Producer(s) 	Length
1 	Planet Rock 2K (Down South Remix) 	 	Don Juan, Polar Bear	6:13
2 	Cloudy-Eyed Stroll (Remix) 	 	Don Juan 	4:38
3 	Flipside (Rough Version) 	 	QDIII 	4:32
4 	Mizzizy Gets Bizzy [feat. Don Juan] 	 	Don Juan 	4:58
5 	On Our Way To L.A. [feat. Don Juan] 	 	Don Juan 	4:37
6 	Spend the Night [feat. Paul Law and Rock Money] 	 	Don Juan 	4:23
7 	Clueless [feat. Larone Burnette and Solé] 	 	Don Juan 	5:50
8 	Questions (Rough Draft) 	 	QDIII, Don Juan 	6:33
9 	Now It's On [feat. Lejo] 	Lejo Green, Aaron Yates	Will the Weirdo 	5:11
10 	Bitch Sickness [feat. Phats Bossi and Rame Royal] 	 	Don Juan 	5:04
11 	Soldiers At War [feat. Big Scoob, Don Juan, L.V., and Short Nitty]	 	Don Juan 	5:55
12 	Cotton Soldier 	 	Don Juan 	4:36
13 	Relish 	 	Don Juan 	4:32
14 	Mitchell Bade (Interlude) 	 	 	1:27
15 	Mitchell Bade [feat. Mr. Whitebear] 	M. Whitebear, Yates 	Don Juan 	4:24
==Samples==
*"Planet Rock 2K (Down South Remix)" features a sample of "Drag Rap" by Showboys
*"Now It's On" features a sample of "Moments In Love" by Art of Noise
==Notes==
*Slightly different versions of "Planet Rock 2K (Down South Remix)" appear on Tech N9ne's albums The Worst and Anghellic
*"Questions" appears on the Gang Related soundtrack
*"Now It's On" and "Mitchell Bade" also appear on Tech N9ne's 2005 compilation Vintage Tech
*A remix of "Now It's On" appears on Young Droop's compilation album Lethal Weaponz
==Personnel==
Big Scoob: featured performer, track 11
Boss Hoss: executive producer
B'zle: artwork
Don Juan: executive producer; A&R; project coordinator; management; producer, tracks 1-2, 4-7, 10-13, 15; co-producer, track 8; featured performer, tracks 4-5, 11
Larone Burnette: featured performer, track 7
Lejo: featured performer/writer, track 9
L.V.: featured performer, track 11
Mr. Whitebear: featured performer/writer, track 15
Paul Law: featured performer, track 6
Phats Bossi: featured performer, track 10
Polar Bear: co-producer, track 1
QDIII: producer, tracks 3, 8
Rame Royal: featured performer, track 10
Raychelle Banks: management
Rock Money: featured performer, track 6
Short Nitty: featured performer, track 11
Solé: featured performer, track 7
Tech N9ne: album artist