My Xperience
My Xperience is a reggae album by Jamaican dancehall performer Bounty Killer, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). Bounty Killer was one of dancehall's biggest stars in the 1990s and his harsh hip-hop-influenced songs made him a controversial figure. Most of the songs on My Xperience are morose tales of poverty and violence. The album featured the single "Hip-Hopera" (featuring Fugees).
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.<ref name="Barrow">Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs, Rough Guides, Template:ISBN</ref>
Reception
The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "Those who aren't big dancehall fans may find the hip-hop-influenced CD hard to get into; those who are heavily into it will find a lot to admire on My Xperience, which contains major dancehall hits like "Living Dangerously" and "Virgin Island". A variety of guests join Bounty—everyone from the Fugees on "Hip-Hopera" to reggae singer Barrington Levy on "Living Dangerously" to hardcore rapper Jeru the Damaja on "Suicide or Murder". Granted, dancehall has its limitations and can wear thin Template:Sic, but even so, My Xperience makes for an exhilarating listen". Template:Album ratings
Track listing
Personnel
- Rodney "Bounty Killer" Price – main artist, producer, arranger, engineer, executive producer
- Nel Ust Wyclef Jean – featured artist, producer, arranger, engineer, mixing
- Lauryn Hill – featured artist, producer, arranger
- Prakazrel "Pras" Michel – featured artist
- Anthony Malvo – featured artist, producer, arranger
- Anthony "Red Rose" Cameron – featured artist, producer, arranger
- Delroy "Junior" Reid – featured artist
- Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith – featured artist
- Barrington Levy – featured artist
- Corey "Raekwon" Woods – featured artist
- Moses "Beenie Man" Davis – featured artist
- Dennis Brown – featured artist
- Richie Stephens – featured artist, producer
- Kendrick "Jeru the Damaja" Davis – featured artist
- Lowell "Sly" Dunbar – producer, arranger
- Robbie Shakespeare – producer, arranger
- Lloyd "King Jammy" James – producer, arranger
- Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis – co-producer
- Erick Sermon – producer, arranger
- Paul "Jah Screw" Love – producer
- Robert "RZA" Diggs – producer, arranger, engineer
- Bobby Konders – producer, arranger
- Blahzay Blahzay – producer, arranger
- Aidan Jones – producer, arranger
- John "Johnny Wonder" Scilipoti – executive producer, editing, project coordinator
- Warren Riker – engineering, mixing
- Selwyn "4th Disciple" Bougard – engineer
- Paul "Jazzwad" Yebuah – engineer
- David Cole – engineer
- Collin "Bulby" York – mixing
- Chris Scott – mastering
- Paul Shields – mastering
- Leroy Champaign – art direction, design
- Tim Carter – photography
- Backra – engineer, mixing
- Computer Paul
- The Firehouse Crew
- Dean Fraser
- Troy Hightower – engineer
- Lynford "Fatta" Marshall – engineer, mixing
- David Sanguinetti – project coordinator
- Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
- Kirk – engineer, mixing
- Banton – engineer, mixing
- Joel Chin – compilation, editing
- James Goring – project coordinator
- Fat Man – engineer, mixing
Charts
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