"Midlife Crisis" is negative lee nyce's seventh independent project in the Verbal Anime catalog & the only album that has survived two seperate computer crashes in late 2017 & mid-2018.
After performing lost songs in 2019...
"Midlife Crisis" was re-recorded in two different sessions in 2020. The first with 8 tracks being done with DATA GANG/1615's egoDEF: however, due to COVID-19 the process was halted midway. As restrictions lifted, the second session would find the last half being done with killwolf Studios' Daniel Blaine & Turd Curry - finishing up what would become the "Midlife Crisis" full length.
To credit this drawn out process, "Midlife Crisis" is the only release in the Verbal Anime catalog that was arranged not only as a complete project, but also into two selections - the first as a Summer EP entitled 'Summer Stare' & the second a Fall EP entitled 'Autumn Thoughts'. And (depending on your mood) this is the only album that can be played front to back [Fall -to- Summer] or back to front [Summer -to- Fall] however the listener chooses to approach their day...
credits
released December 25, 2021
Written/Performed by negative lee nyce
Cover Artwork by Marc Whitney
Cover Artwork Rendered by W. Curry Photography
mArC wHiTnEy appears courtesy of himself.
Chad Nickell appears courtesy of The Loose Change.
Intro Rendered by After Touch Productions
Production from: Leslie Charles (2), Axian & Guru Griff (3)
Zag (4), Athena (5), Kid Sugoi (6,10,13,15,20), Moetourboat (7)
Kazam (8), Mittens (9), bugseed (11), Loserlik (12), Jirom (14)
CoryaYO (16), Blue In Green (17), Fris (18), Caleb Belkin (19)
gf BEATS (21), Big Syst (22), ThatKidGoran (23)
tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 14, 16, 18, 21
Recorded @ Dexter's Lab by egoDEF +
Mixed/Engineered by egoDEF for DATA / 1615
tracks 4*, 7*, 8, 11*, 12, 13, 17, 19*, 23
Recorded @ Bearded Gooses by D. Blaine +
Mixed/Engineered by Daniel Blaine for killwolf Strudios
*Co-Mixed by TURD Curry for killwolf Studios
track 22
Recorded @ Dexter's Lab by lee nyce for Verbal Anime
Mixed/Engineered by Big Syst for DATA / 1615
tracks 6, 10, 15, 20
Arranged by lee nyce for Verbal Anime
Mixed/Engineered by Daniel Blaine for killwolf Studios
Executive Produced by lee nyce for Verbal Anime
Published by Under-gradS Publishing
"Discovered a culture in elementary. Wrote through high school. Found Sugoi in '96 (online). Rhymed at college & created illegal prophets outta' backpack w/ Under-gradS. Perfected 'mangle'd soul' in '05. DATA started in 2010. And now - you're here..."