Sometimes the best takes a little longer.  For all of you fans waiting for your CD version of the Bad Season mixtape, we have some important news:  first off, we are blown away by the number of preorders we’ve received for this CD!  Thanks for showing your love for Tech N9ne and the whole Bad Season project!

Because of your amazing response, manufacturing hasn’t been able to keep up with our requests for the quantities we need to fill your orders and with Tech’s hectic schedule travelling the country recording his new album, we still want to find time to make sure he gets all of these signed for you!  It pains us to have to tell you, but there will be a slight delay in getting these discs out to you – but only because we want to make sure that Strange Music keeps providing you with the best!  We hope to have all these shipped from our warehouse by Monday 1/31 – you will receive an email with your tracking info once it leaves our warehouse.  Thanks for your understanding and keep an eye on your mailboxes cause your autographed copy of Bad Season will be heading your way soon!

After experiencing an overwhelmingly positive response from his first-ever mixtape—the XXL and DJ Whoo Kid hosted Bad Season— Tech N9ne will be dropping a special edition of the disc on iTunes next week.

The updated release will feature four new songs including the Royce Da 5’ 9” assisted “Curious (What Up Wit Ya Girl),” and three accapellas: “Speed of Sound,” “Blammers and Burners” and “Move (Remix).” [View the entire tracklisting below]

Fans can pre-order Bad Season now. The tape will be available for purchase on iTunes on Tuesday, January 25. —Elan Mancini

via Tech N9ne Links With Royce Da 5’ 9” for Bad Season Re-Release | XXLmag.com.

Tech N9ne is known to only collaborate with elite MC’s at the top of their game.  In this video clip, Tech N9ne sits in during a studio session with Bizzy as he records his verse for “Sex To The Beat” from Bad Season.  Fans may also remember Bizzy from his guest appearance on “Loud” from The Gates Mixed Plate.  Bizzy unleashes a rapid fire verse that leaves Tech ecstatic and visibly impressed by the young MC. Continue reading

The holidays may be gone, but the Bad Season is just getting started! Strange Music and DJ Whoo Kid are proud to announce the release of the Bad Season mixtape. Here’s your chance to preorder your copy of this critically acclaimed mixtape! We are releasing a high-quality CD version with 4 new tracks for you to digest! Pre-order your copy today and make sure that regardless of what the weather’s like outside, you’re always in the middle of a Bad Season.

No one could have seen the impact that Tech N9ne’s Bad Season would have on the internet.  The mixtape, which plays more like a full album, continues to spread around the world.  With everyone sharing their thoughts on the outcome, we have decided to let the fans speak their mind.  We would like to know what your favorite song on Bad Season is.

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The college inspired website, Swizzer.com, recently posted a lengthy review on Tech N9ne’s Bad Season.  The review is set up for both long time Tech fans and curious newcomers.

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Since it’s release last week, Bad Season has been making rounds on the hip hop circuit.  BallerStatus.com has listed Tech N9ne’s Bad Season under its weekly ’In Rotation” post for readers.  Bad Season is listed next to new projects by the likes of Rick Ross, Nipsey Hussle, Nas, Joe Budden, and Jay Rock’s own Black Hippy (for the song “Rolling Stone”).    Here is what BallerStatus.com had to say to readers:

Kansas City indie king, Tech N9ne, hooks up with XXL, DJ Whoo Kid and DJ Scream for one of his first mixtapes ever!

Click here to check out the full list, and remember to download Bad Season here.

Following an explosive release that broke traffic records and garnered the attention of all hip hop sites, Tech N9ne’s Bad Season has landed on XXLmag.com’s “100 Best Mixtapes Of 2010″.  Bad Season comes in at no. 11, and even though it narrowly missed the top 10, it still outranks major mixtapes by artists like Bun B, Scarface, Jim Jones, and The Game.   This is a monumental success for Tech N9ne on his first outing in the mixtape circuit. Here is what XXL said of Bad Season:

“On the highly anticipated first mixtape in the indie king’s 11-year solo career, Tech slightly tones down on the bizarre bars for an uncharacteristically more polished product.”

With all of the incredible feedback, perhaps this will open the doors for more Tech N9ne mixtapes. Click here for the full feature.  Fans can still download Bad Season for free by clicking here.

Do you think Tech should have placed higher in the rankings?  How does Bad Season compare to Tech N9ne’s other albums?

Ubiquitous and Godemis of CES Cru

For those who don’t know about CES Cru, you’re missing out.  Ubiquitous and Godemis have been ripping apart the Kansas City circuit limb from limb for a minute now.  Finally, after ten years of holding it down with scattershot rhymes and explosive live performances, the dynamic duo got their national stage to shine on Tech N9ne’s Bad Season mixtape.  “Livin’ Like I’m Dyin’” features the two MCs on the philosophical tip peppered with the dynamic wordplay and rhythms that made CES Cru what it is today.  We talked to the Kansas City wordsmiths to get their take on the mixtape and how it all came to be.  Ubiquitous filled us in on the story behind their contribution on Bad Season. Continue reading

If music was a drug, DJ Whoo Kid is a dealer, and with Tech N9ne, the infamous mixtape DJ found a special grade of dope that is of the highest cut. In our interview with DJ Whoo Kid about the “Ego Trippin’” video shoot, he revealed just how special it was to meet and work with the King of the Midwest, even grouping him with the likes of Michael Jackson and Nelson Mandela.

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