This is fairly old (not too old though) .. its from Your Music Magazine (local mag based in santa cruz CA) ... some coo stuff. There are pages of pix an stuff.. I got it at the Tech concert i went to.
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Words by: D-tox
In 1985, Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates found his calling. On a dare, he picked up a pen and wrote a rhyme. The next day he went to school and performed that rhyme. His life has never been the same. In the 18 years since that day, this motor-mouthed rapper has performed sould out shows from L.A. to NY. The most requested rapper in his hometown of Kansas City, Tech N9ne has worked with many producers including Icy Rock, Rubonyx, Ronnz, Femi, 5150, Polar Bear, QD111, DJ Revolution, Dred Scott, King Tech, Mike Dean, Bosko, Tone Capone, and Tricky Stewart, just to name a few. He has written or rapped on songs with Tupac, Roger Troutman, D12, Brotha Lynch, C-Bo, Spice One, Yukmouth, MC Ren of NWA, King Tech and Sway, and Sole. Tech N9ne was one ina crew of rappers (including Eminem, KRS-1, and Chino XL) features in King Tech and Sways' "Anthem Song" video via interscope. Tech N9ne is currently working on songs for his upcoming Strange Music/ MSC release "Everready"., which should be coming out soon after he gets off the road.
:note: I will call D-Tox D and Tech N9ne T)
D- Who are your biggest musical influences?
T- Public Enemy, Run DMC, all the originators.
D- You have worked with many big name producers. who do you think you are most compatible with?
T- QD111. Definitely QDIII.
D-If ou could work with any new or upcoming producers, who would it be?
T-Neptunes or Timberland.
D- You worked with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' label.. what was the out come of that?
T- Yea, Progressive Records, but Charon Hayward f**ked what up. But it was a good learning experience.
D- What was it like growing up as Tech N9ne?
T- Weird.. my mother was a christian, and that was very loving, and my father was a strick muslim; he didn't let us eat pork or celebrate christmas so that was pretty hard at twelve years old.
D- I bet.
T- (laughs) Yeah, but it makes for good music.
D- Definitely. I noticed when youre on stage sometimes you integrate dancing in your act. Whats up with that?
T- Yea! I used to all into break dancing.
D- If you could make a song with an artist dead or alive, who would it be?
T- I already made a song with Tupac so I would have to say Biggie.
D- Can we be expecting a new album anytime soon, if sowhat will it be called?
T- Yea, soon as I get off the road, I'll get to work on it. Its gonna be called "Everready- The Religion." You know your belief. It's about making people believe.
D- Have you named any of the up coming song or go the concepts for them?
T- Yea, I picked nine beats. I'm gonna do psycho bitches 2 and i'm hoping to get John Carpenter to do the beat on his vintage keyboard from Halloween 2. I hope to work with System of a Down,... you know, hit from every angle.
D- Right on. On your newest album "Absolute Power" I quote a line "Don Juan we done". Whats the deal with that?
T- Just like it sounds. I'm done with that dude. He took a beautiful thing and f**ked it up.
D- On stage I see you guys are wearing shirts that say 'F**k JCORE'. Whats up with that?
T- We found out that JCORE was ruining my life, because "Anghellic was my life, so we rode up there with a couple of big motherf**kers. "Give us out CD back. We need this. This is my music." It was two weeks after 9/11, We still flew out there. The office was right down the street from it, you could still see the smoke, thats how serious is was, to get my music back, to get my life back. When youre goin to get your life, life, nothing can stop you. Well JCORE f**ked us and thats why "Anghellic" is called the reparation because we had to come out of our own pockets to distribute it.
D- How many songs were written under the influence?
T- Well, I quit doin drugs in '96, but i was rollin when we did "Absolute Power".
D-Alright. Who's Hoopie Glee?
T- (laughing) No, no man.... hoopie glee is like when youre happy. I wonder how many other people thought that?
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Words by: D-tox
In 1985, Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates found his calling. On a dare, he picked up a pen and wrote a rhyme. The next day he went to school and performed that rhyme. His life has never been the same. In the 18 years since that day, this motor-mouthed rapper has performed sould out shows from L.A. to NY. The most requested rapper in his hometown of Kansas City, Tech N9ne has worked with many producers including Icy Rock, Rubonyx, Ronnz, Femi, 5150, Polar Bear, QD111, DJ Revolution, Dred Scott, King Tech, Mike Dean, Bosko, Tone Capone, and Tricky Stewart, just to name a few. He has written or rapped on songs with Tupac, Roger Troutman, D12, Brotha Lynch, C-Bo, Spice One, Yukmouth, MC Ren of NWA, King Tech and Sway, and Sole. Tech N9ne was one ina crew of rappers (including Eminem, KRS-1, and Chino XL) features in King Tech and Sways' "Anthem Song" video via interscope. Tech N9ne is currently working on songs for his upcoming Strange Music/ MSC release "Everready"., which should be coming out soon after he gets off the road.
:note: I will call D-Tox D and Tech N9ne T) D- Who are your biggest musical influences?
T- Public Enemy, Run DMC, all the originators.
D- You have worked with many big name producers. who do you think you are most compatible with?
T- QD111. Definitely QDIII.
D-If ou could work with any new or upcoming producers, who would it be?
T-Neptunes or Timberland.
D- You worked with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' label.. what was the out come of that?
T- Yea, Progressive Records, but Charon Hayward f**ked what up. But it was a good learning experience.
D- What was it like growing up as Tech N9ne?
T- Weird.. my mother was a christian, and that was very loving, and my father was a strick muslim; he didn't let us eat pork or celebrate christmas so that was pretty hard at twelve years old.
D- I bet.
T- (laughs) Yeah, but it makes for good music.
D- Definitely. I noticed when youre on stage sometimes you integrate dancing in your act. Whats up with that?
T- Yea! I used to all into break dancing.
D- If you could make a song with an artist dead or alive, who would it be?
T- I already made a song with Tupac so I would have to say Biggie.
D- Can we be expecting a new album anytime soon, if sowhat will it be called?
T- Yea, soon as I get off the road, I'll get to work on it. Its gonna be called "Everready- The Religion." You know your belief. It's about making people believe.
D- Have you named any of the up coming song or go the concepts for them?
T- Yea, I picked nine beats. I'm gonna do psycho bitches 2 and i'm hoping to get John Carpenter to do the beat on his vintage keyboard from Halloween 2. I hope to work with System of a Down,... you know, hit from every angle.
D- Right on. On your newest album "Absolute Power" I quote a line "Don Juan we done". Whats the deal with that?
T- Just like it sounds. I'm done with that dude. He took a beautiful thing and f**ked it up.
D- On stage I see you guys are wearing shirts that say 'F**k JCORE'. Whats up with that?
T- We found out that JCORE was ruining my life, because "Anghellic was my life, so we rode up there with a couple of big motherf**kers. "Give us out CD back. We need this. This is my music." It was two weeks after 9/11, We still flew out there. The office was right down the street from it, you could still see the smoke, thats how serious is was, to get my music back, to get my life back. When youre goin to get your life, life, nothing can stop you. Well JCORE f**ked us and thats why "Anghellic" is called the reparation because we had to come out of our own pockets to distribute it.
D- How many songs were written under the influence?
T- Well, I quit doin drugs in '96, but i was rollin when we did "Absolute Power".
D-Alright. Who's Hoopie Glee?
T- (laughing) No, no man.... hoopie glee is like when youre happy. I wonder how many other people thought that?
