"Killer" on XXL"s "25 Essential Independant Hip Hop Albums

[KrazyMan]

Tech N9ne Killer; Strange Music, 2008
Dynamic by nature, Tech N9ne pushed his singular approach to hip-hop to a massive level with this 32-cut double LP, a high-octane whirlwind of bombastic production, intricate lyricism and accessible debauchery. And to think, this tour-de-force came from the inconspicuous Kansas City, Missouri underground scene. Killer is also notable for being the release that put Tech’s career sales mark over the one million hump, not to mention its brilliant cover artwork.

http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=84371&page=6

 

[casperog]

yea killer was a good album i thought..it deserves some more credit.. hopefully tech sees this and does another 2 disc album with similia theme(S) ..

killer was way more than 1 style..it had a whole bunch of styles guess wait and see


#it was a weird list tho...some names in there than id never expect at all...good to see tech amongst names like Master P,NWA and that

 

[4SidedLie]

You are a nuttrider

 

[ant_johnson_16]

Killer?

 

[MysticOracle]

i wouldnt call it an essential album...it was good...not ground breaking by any means.....must have been the first album XXL ever heard from tech

 

[L.D.S.]

This is part of the knob-polishing XXL will do when you get famous.

I liked Killer, but Absolute Power is more "essential" on a holistic level.

 

[kansascitycat]

Alot of those albums on there were not TRULY independent albums.

 

[identity-x]

Alot of those albums on there were not TRULY independent albums.

yup. I mean...some were ran independently, but were subsidiaries of one of the majors (Priority under EMI [i think] for example).

Still a good overview of the independent grind

 

[Zer0.MediA]

When is XXL going to publish their "all Tech N9ne" special issue?

 

[Minne]

When is XXL going to publish their "all Tech N9ne" special issue?

Probably next year

 

[CONMAN999]

Am I the only one who hates Top # lists that have like 8 pages. I get tired of clicking and shit, and they take long to load.

 

[LJAD33]

Absolute Power is more apporiate for the list because of the FTI campaign and how Strange let people download it for free and how it still managed to sell very well. The editors probably just barley discovered Tech's music and aren't familar with anything before 2008.

 

[KirbyDaAlmighty]

Handful of terrific artists on there.

Tech, Blue & Exile, Little Brother, Cage (Hell's Winter is my favorite of his albums), Atmosphere, Hieroglyphics, Slum Village, etc.

 

[Mikal]

killer? im not even gona waste my time looking at this list

 

[Kain]

Absolute Power is more apporiate for the list because of the FTI campaign and how Strange let people download it for free and how it still managed to sell very well. The editors probably just barley discovered Tech's music and aren't familar with anything before 2008.

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Killer was a "#1 independent album," whereas Absolute Power was not. Also take into account that Killer is still his best performing album in terms of the Billboard 200, it reached #12 whereas AP only made it up to #79. That, and Killer was geared toward the "XXL/Source/etc." crowd, what with Ice Cube, Brother J, Shawnna and Scarface being on there.

 

[BTNH187]

MLK>>>>Killer IMO

Killer was good, but I thought it was one of his weaker albums

 

[LJAD33]

I guess in terms of Sales and chat position Killer wolud be.

 

[UGT]

killer was killer period ..

 

[smittytillidie]

Killer was the "last real attempt to get the industry to really embrace my music" album. Or that's how I thought it was. But, it was definitely well-rounded. However, not my fav. But, if I could take 15 songs out of the 2 discs and create one disc...it would for sure be my fav album lol

 

[b-rock920]

I thought Killer was pretty dope but some of the sextion was weak to me which kinda brought the album down a little bit.