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Tech N9ne’s ‘Seepage’ EP Makes AllHipHop.com’s Top 40 Albums Of 2010

Jeff Nelson — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:17:56 +0000

Tech N9ne’s dark and twisted Seepage EP recently found itself on AllHipHop.com’s list of the 40 best albums of 2010. Here’s what the website had to say:

Sometimes great things are born out of tragedy. The same can be said about Tech N9ne’s Sophomore EP, Seepage. After learning the news that his mother had been institutionalized again and witnessing his best friend break down over the death of a loved one, Tech N9ne looked to his IPOD for solace. During that time is when he came across all of the beats used in Seepage. The emotionally charged EP features five tracks and one skit and is broken up into three sections: Anger, Madness and The Hole with Tech N9ne pouring his heart out in each one. The album paints a picture filled with hurt, questions of God and the supernatural so close to Tech N9ne’s heart that he refuses to talk to the press about the album. This is one of the realest releases of 2010.

“One of the realest releases of 2010″! Not bad for an EP! Other albums included on the list were Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Rick Ross’ Teflon Don, Yelawolf’s Trunk Muzik, and Strange Music label mate Brotha Lynch Hung’s Dinner and a Movie.

Click here to read the full feature.

PISSED: Tech Hits Twitter In Response To KC Star Review [Social]

Victor Sandoval — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:09:23 +0000

The Kansas City Star published a review of Tech N9ne’s Seepage EP today. The review, for the most part, is a typical write up of Tech’s music and the basis for the EP. The author, Joel Francis, really helps set the tone of the dark music on the EP, and seems to have a good handle on Tech N9ne’s catalog. In trying to highlight the darkest points of the CD, the author had the following to say:

The blackest moment is the brief “Bite Me.” Stopping shy of two minutes, the song opens with a snippet from an unmade porno before Tech N9ne fantasizes about vampirically raping a “teen ho.” The female-sung chorus of “bite me/excite me” suggests the act is consensual, but the screams and pleas to stop through the song’s fade reveal the truth. The sick savagery is reinforced with a creepy violin loop that recalls the “Transylvanian Lullaby” in “Young Frankenstein.”

Tech took exception to the comments about rape and voiced his concern over his official Twitter. Turning to his fans for their thoughts, he tweeted this:

“Help me out Yaw! If dracula bites a girl against her will its not rape right?”

“That’s more like assault right ?”

“Well maybe even attempted murder cause dracula kills but not rape right?”

He later showed his concern over the article as well:

“Well why the Fuck the kc star say I’m raping a teen on BITE ME?”

“she asked me to bite her DURING consensual sex then I bit all the way and she said stop biting.”

“They said I’m talkin bout raping a teen Ho when she was down for the sex PLUS asked for the biting!”

“I won’t take slanders like this. She was all the way wit it till I went super nosferatu on her! NOT RAPE!”

“WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN MY MAMA READS THE KC STAR TODAY AND READS THAT?”

“AND MY MOTHER IN LAW AND AUNTS AND MY PREACHER UNCLES& MY MUSLIM STEP DAD!”

“AND MY SONS TEACHERS! I’M PISSED.”

Obviously disheartened by the words chosen in the review, Tech N9ne has shown that he is not shying away from voicing his opinion.

Click here for the full review.

‘Seepage EP’ Available For FREE At Guvera.com

strange — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:00:14 +0000

Tech N9ne’s latest release the Seepage EP is now available FOR FREE at Guvera.com. You may remember Guvera.com as the main sponsor of the recent Independent Grind Tour, but in case you don’t, here’s a small recap: you download songs, they don’t cost you any money, the artists still get paid. Click here to visit Tech N9ne’s page on Guvera.com.

Seepage Debuts Big On Charts

Victor Sandoval — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:16:15 +0000

Following the success of past Strange releases, the Seepage EP has made its mark on the sales charts. The first Soundscan reports have hit the web placing Tech N9ne’s Seepage at No. 57 on the charts. Only seven days after its release, Seepage has sold 7,600 copies. Impressive for any artist with a digital release, but much more for an independent artist like Tech N9ne.

The online exclusive EP was released last week and has found success (you may recall how it peaked as the top available release on iTunes) without radio or video support. Singles like “Seepage” and “Alucard” have already become favorites among fans. The Seepage EP is an extension of the K.O.D. album, with six brand new songs. This is sure to be yet another sign of Tech N9ne’s power within a declining industry.

Click here to purchase your copy of the Seepage EP.

Tech N9ne – Trippin’ Comin’ [Song]

Jeff Nelson — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:00:43 +0000

With “Trippin’ Comin’” Tech delivers his ode to paranoia. An ominous song of unrest released during a time of unprecedented success, Tech N9ne still hasn’t forgotten that no matter how many collabo offers and how many appearances in whatever magazines or networks happen, he still has to watch his back. The bigger you get, the bigger the target on your back, and for Tech, an ultimate survivor in an unforgiving business, this fact necessitates caution. Before Tech even starts his flow, a backwards soundbite is played. Translated, Tech says:

“Some might call me uhh, paranoid but I think I would just say that I was very aware of my surroundings.”

Tech launches into his flow over a beat consisting of motion synths that pan back and forth underneath an unsettling chord progression. In the chorus, aided by Krizz Kaliko (once again proving that he can flip any style he wants), Tech alerts us of his awareness:

“When they all talking loud, feeling proud ’cause no one is gunning
Hey, I can feel the trippin’ comin’…
Yeah, I can feel the trippin’ comin’…
Yo, I can feel it comin’…
When I’m down for the town, in the club, or even with a woman
Hey, I can feel the trippin’ comin’…
Yeah, I can feel the trippin’ comin’…
Yo, I can feel it comin’…”

The song ends with another backwards soundbite. Played in reverse, Tech says:

“No matter how big I get, or how much money I make
The seepage will always find a way!!”

Is Tech reserved to the fact that he can’t escape the darkness or is this a promise to his fans…or both? Click here to purchase your copy of the Seepage EP on iTunes.

‘Bite Me’ [Song]

Jeff Nelson — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:00:25 +0000

On his latest release, the Seepage EP, Tech N9ne follows “Alucard” perfectly with the short and disturbing bedroom horror story “Bite Me”. On this track, Tech relays his carnal knowledge of a young 19-year-old woman who has an insatiable appetite for pain, particularly that of being bitten by the king of independent hip hop. Over chilling strings that sound like they were sampled from a classic horror flick, Tech paints the picture with grotesque details:

“She all in it then she told a nigga to bite her neck
I’m excited because the gush will give my nut the right effect
But where will I hide a set of double d’s
If I try to get her jugular open
I’m gonna keep with the pokin’
Have to really be strokin’ her all night
I’m wet, sunk my teeth in
Bitches in heat send me over the top they get hot
Then I gotta bring the beast in
She knows not what she ask or what this night be
This might be the day that she die because she told an animal to

[Female] Bite me
Excite me
Just bite me
Not lightly
I hope this scar is forever
Baby I’m getting wetter
The harder the better”

At the end of the song we hear the female in reference scream for more and as Tech succumbs to his and her desire she lets out another scream–presumably her last. “Bite Me” is a classic dark tale that only the K.O.D. could deliver.

Click here to purchase your copy of the Seepage EP on iTunes.

Strange Music Blog EXCLUSIVE: Tech Talks ‘Seepage’

Jeff Nelson — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:15:02 +0000

Given the release of the Seepage EP and the positive response it has garnered from fans, we thought it’d be good to hear from the man himself what he thinks about the EP and the acclaim that it has generated. In between shows on the Independent Grind Tour and Meet and Greets, we were able to get Tech on the phone to share his thoughts. Here’s what he had to say.

A lot of response from Seepage has been pretty positive–

Yeah I’ve been reading everything on therealtechn9ne.com and thesiccness.net for the last three days.

Oh yeah?

I’ve been reading everything.

It seems that your core fanbase really loves the darker stuff. How does that make you feel? Does it ever make you feel limited in what you can do in terms of your output?

I think I did it to myself by being inside-out so I can’t cry about it, you know what I’m saying? Obviously, if I couldn’t do that kind of music I wouldn’t. I guess I’m good at it: the stuff that I want to get away from. So it’s like, I can’t be a crybaby. Maybe I should start talking about Seepage, because I’m going to continue to get mad when people ask me and they don’t really understand so it’s like…I can’t cry about it if I’m the one who put it out there! You know what I’m sizzlin’? Why the fuck am I going to cry about it? I just got to take it in and realize that they love me for the crazy things that I say and the crazy things I’ve been saying since Anghellic or even before that.

Did any claims that you went soft inspire any of the material?

It pissed me off. It pissed me off before I went to Europe–and with all the bad news on top of it, that fueled me to go ahead and make it. But yes, it pissed me off, and when I say “you fucktards” it’s dedicated to those people who said I was going soft on The Gates Mixed Plate when it was an album where I wanted to relax, you know what I’m sizzlin’? They didn’t peep that they just put it like “Oh he’s whack. He’s sucking mainstream dick. Oh he’s losing his touch” and everything. In “Seepage” when I say “fucktards” it’s dedicated to those people who said they weren’t looking forward to seeing my next album because I was going mainstream and sucking mainstream dick when I told them that the mainstream was going to go me.

It seemed to me that you let people know well ahead of time that you were just going to be kicking it with The Gates Mixed Plate.

Yeah.

And yet they still responded the way they did.

It pissed me off hella! After that I felt like I had something to prove to my fans. I always feel like I have to impress my fans, even people on the siccness, zero media…a lot of people that usually say the negative stuff: those people, as much as it pisses me off sometimes with what the fuck they say, they motivate me to do something even harder. I’m going to always need people like Zero Media to not agree with everything I fucking do. I mean, that’s just me talking real even though I don’t like a lot of shit that they say.

How did you come up with the name Seepage? What does that mean to you?

If you look at the K.O.D. cover, I have black tar substance coming out of my hands. That seepage is coming out of my eye on the cover.

When did you record these? Was it after you got back from Europe?

Yes.

Tell me about “Alucard”. A lot of fans are digging the hell out of that song. What does it mean to you and what does the title mean?

“Alucard” is Dracula backwards and the reason I say I’m Dracula is because I’ve been in this rap game since it started and I’ve seen the rise and fall of a lot of MCs and I’m still here on the incline. So I feel like a vampire, Dracula: everlasting life in this music game, you know what I’m sizzlin’? At the end I said names like 40-water (E-40), Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Outkast, because I feel like all these other people have been around just like me and still on the incline.

Click here to purchase your copy of The Seepage EP on iTunes.

‘Seepage’ [Song]

Jeff Nelson — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:00:09 +0000

The title track ‘Seepage’ is the first song to kick off Tech N9ne’s latest Seepage EP. The track opens up with leftover dialogue from the preceding “Choking From It” skit. In what sounds like an ancient tape that was recovered amongst wreckage, Tech describes the purpose behind his K.O.D. album: “my angel’s dyin’…”

Then Tech explodes into a verse that possesses more verve and passion than we’ve heard from him since the aforementioned album. The beat he raps over is as ominous as can be, featuring a single bass note that continuously goes up and down an octave, offering no musical resolution, as if there’s no escape from the darkness that Tech has tried to brush off time and time again. Most telling is the second verse, where at the end he addresses all his critics that thought he went soft on The Gates Mixed Plate:

“Big Yates, he’s stuck in the sick state
Some speakin that his fate to be wack when he gets cake
Well, he gets cake and the critics they spit hate
But the sinister shit shakes, so long to the mixed plate
I just ate, pretty punany and mustard
cycles in lust, stars eating seepage, these nuts charred
What I got to say to the people who pick at and gut stars
Thinkin Imma lose the ability to bust hard, YOU FUCKTARDS!”

“Seepage” is a declaration: Tech’s still got it, but not only that, he never lost it in the first place.

Click here to purchase your copy of the Seepage EP on iTunes.

Favorite Track From Tech N9ne ‘SEEPAGE EP’? [Poll]

strange — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:00:05 +0000

As the latest release from Tech N9ne, Seepage EP, continues to rank on top of the leaderboard on iTunes, we want to know what songs you have been bumpin’ the most in the past couple of days? Label mate Krizz Kaliko ran a poll recently and we found that you like the two songs featuring him on Seepage EP – and from the results gathered at the time of this post, the 644 votes speak for themselves with almost an equal split of people preferring ‘”Trippin’ Comin’” over “Asshole” and vice versa. We’ve seen lot’s of feedback on the Seepage EP and even with the overwhelming support for the EP, it seems that fans can’t agree on which is their favorite track. We want you to set the record straight– once and for all– which are the best tracks on Seepage EP? Take a minute to vote and post your reasoning below. If your friends ever want to know what Seepage is all about, you send them here first.

Why did you choose the tracks you did? Post your answers in the comments below!

Tech N9ne Shows His True Blood With ‘Alucard’ [Song]

Terra Buchanan — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:15:55 +0000

Tech N9ne is back again with some dark and deep lyrics about what everyone in the music industry is thinking but rarely ever says. ”Alucard” (dracula spelled backwards) talks about how Tech’s life in music will be ever lasting. We see artists come and go with one hit wonders on mainstream radio everyday that have no actual message, but Tech N9ne continues to say what the mainstream is afraid to say, letting his voice be heard about how the music industry has treated those who choose to play their own game by their own rules. Tech says in the chorus “Alucard everlasting / Timeless bars when I’m rapping / All these stars never last, and I will still stand while everyone’s passing.” Like a Dracula everlasting in life, Tech will continue to make the music we love through the years and stay true to who he is. The song talks about how many of the industry shunned him as “dead” when he started, but now they see how he is breathing new life, and now many want a piece of that eternity.

Click here to purchase the Seepage EP on iTunes.