But there are certain tracks that I have to always do, like Einstein, I have to do that forever, Stamina, it’s not a song but a 14s. Interlude, Riot Maker, Caribou Lou, I have to do those. There are certain songs I have to perform forever and those are just some of the few, but it’s extremely hard to try to come owa meaning up with a setlist. I just came up with one before I came out to Europe for my Red Rocks show and it’s fuckin’ crazy. I’m coming out to new shit like I never did before, just trying to bring my new music to the forefront, but I have to have an area where I do Einstein, Straight Out The Gate, shit like that.
If ever there was a single moment of total transformation, it was actually the moment of Tupac Shakur’s birth. In that instant, Tupac stepped through a door in time into a new reality – the reality of human life. The most critical number in Shakur’s numerology chart is based on the date of his birth – the moment when the curtain went up in Tupac Shakur’s life. “Me and MC Eiht are working on a new album,” Spice 1 says in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “We just talked about that, so look forward to us doing some new songs and doing the new album. We been talkin’ about doing that for years, but we just actually said, ‘Let’s do it,’ so we gonna get it in.
One of Tech’s most famous songs–it is in the Gold Club after all — “Hood Go Crazy” features guest spots from B.o.B and 2 Chainz. The Storm standout “Sriracha” featured guest verses from both Logic andJoyner Lucas. That’s three emcees who, like the sauce, can go on everything. Only a few days old “Like I Ain’t” has already emerged as a fan favorite from N9na.
I listen to Tricky too, I’m not too familiar with the UK rappers these days, maybe I do know some but don’t know they’re British, I just listen to music and if the music is good I’m with it. Far Out Magazine’s Mike Milenko recently met up with Strange Music founder and artist Tech N9ne in the middle of his European tour, with the UK getting three shows from the King of Darkness himself. Tech has gained a massive cult and wider mainstream following through both his charismatic on-stage persona and unique record label. A veteran hip hop performer, he’s seen everything from 90s East/West coast rivalries to present-day dramas and mixed with legendary rap royalty.
The craziest thing is how far he’s come since co-founding Strange Music back in 2000. He has notched 23 entries on the Billboard Top albums Chart and remains the record holder for “most Top 10 albums on the rap chart.” Not to mention, he cracked the Top 5 of the Billboard Top 200 four times. His collaborators have ranged from Eminem, The Doors, Lil Wayne, Tupac, Boyz II Men, T.I., MGK, Flatbush Zombies, and Gary Clark, Jr. to Slipknot, System of a Down, Deftones, and Logic. Mainstream went Tech when he ignited ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!