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A Killer Clown, a King and a straight up G. All three of these titles perfectly fit Aaron Yates, p/k/a Tech N9ne. He’s also a father, a rapper and a dude who just likes to get drunk with his boys and lip synch to Queen songs. With fans ranging from Busta Rhymes to Paul Wall, and everyone in between, this is one Clown who’s about to have the last laugh on those who said he couldn’t make it.
PhilaFlava.com: First off, is there any truth to the rumors of a Welcome To The Midwest remix, featuring Twista, as the next single?
Tech N9ne: Yeah. The original song was with Twista but it was done too late to be on the album. But they wanna do a video for it. I wanted Carribou Lou for the next single but they said that might be a problem with marketing cause of the liquor, ya know. But yeah, Twista’s verse is incredible. I’m not saying that Carribou Lou won’t come out as a single, but right now I think we’re working on making the Twista remix the next single. A lot of people seem to feel it’ll be a big thing for me, ya know.
PF: Speaking of Carribou Lou, I saw the video on Youtube of y’all drunkenly singing Bohemian Rhapsody.
Tech: (laughs)Yeah, that was me, Krizz Kaliko and Big Joe. We were celebrating a sold out show in Denver, CO., man.
PF: I thought that was some funny shit.
Tech: Oh yea, it definitely was, man. That’s one of my favorite songs, Bohemian Rhapsody.
PF: How’s the Everready tour going, by the way?
Tech: It’s over now. Yeah, we ended it uh...actually we got 5 more dates. But yeah, we sold out...I think...27 shows out of 30.
PF: Wow, congrats on that.
Tech: Thanks. Yeah, I got a new place off of that tour.(laughs)
PF: Speaking of touring, I’m in Philly and I don’t think you came through on this tour. Have you played Philly before?
Tech: Yes I have. Last I was there was on the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour with 311, Jay-Z, N.E.R.D. etc.. It was actually in Camden, NJ,.right across from Philly. I did another tour, I can’t remember the venues in Philly I played but we’re definitely coming back.
PF: You appear on a hidden track on the new X-Clan album. How did that come about and what was it like working with such a legendary group?
Tech: Oh my God. Maaan, let me tell ya like this. I came up on X-Clan and for Brother J to know who I am enough to call me to be on the X-Clan album, I’m just flattered, man. I went out to LA, brought my babies with me. The album is awesome, it’s wonderful. Cause I’m real particular about what I do.
PF: You’re also all over the soundtrack to the movie Alpha Dog. How did that come about? Cause if I’m watching a movie like that, I’m not exactly expecting to hear some Tech N9ne in it, ya know.
Tech: Yeah, you’re not. It’s crazy. Underground ass Tech N9ne.
PF: Yeah, you’re popping up everywhere.
Tech: Yeah! What’s the odds of Nick Cassavetes, who did Face Off with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, what’s the odds of him, after doing John Q with Denzel...for him and his wife to be in Tower Records and picking up Absolute Power?
PF: So that’s just how it happened? He was a fan?
Tech: Nah, he wasn’t even a fan of mine. He told me, him and his wife go out and buy 10 random albums, and if they don’t like em, they throw ‘em out That’s the same thing I do.. But he said he listened to Absolute Power start to finish, and called the fucking number on the back of the CD. And that was it. That’s God working, man.
PF: And on a similar note, how’d the Madden appearance come to be?
Tech: Man, that all happened cause a girl, who worked for us at JCOR–fuck JCOR forever I might add, for fucking up Anghellic–uh, Abigail, she used to work for us. She gave me a beat CD and when it got to number 9, ya know, number 9 being in everything in my life...the goddamn beat came on and it sounded like Bram Stoker made it. It sounded like Dracula.
PF: And that ended up being The Beast?
Tech: Yeah, The Beast! And we didn’t know it at the time, but the guys who did that beat ended up being the guys who do, ya know, all the music for the Madden games, the NBA Lives games and all that.
PF: Another case of good luck then.
Tech: Yeah, and it’s about time too. Cause I’ve been kicking and getting kicked down for years, man. Know what I’m sayin’, Sylis? Cause I’ve been getting kicked in my ass since I started. And I keep getting up stronger every time, man. Know what I mean? That’s why I named the album Everready. Everready, Everready, Everready. I keep coming back stronger and stronger. It has a religious theme to it, cause Everready is like a doctrine. It’s being worshipped and it’s being praised right now.
PF: Bout To Bubble, you namecheck everyone from E-40 to Ill Bill to Busta Rhymes...
Tech: Yeah...everyone one of them, what I said in the song is what they actually said. Busta saluted us and said “Nobody could rip it like me and Spliff but y’all were something else tonight. It was beautiful.” So I mean, if Busta Rhymes salutes you...you go it. You talking about performing AND rapping, if Busta Rhymes salutes you...you got it, bro.
PF: It seems like you’re starting to get more mainstream recognition from these dudes.
Tech: It’s just like I said. “House on the hills/Hella tip drill/Paul Wall said he’d do me up a red grill”...He told me that when we did a show, down in Oklahoma. He said, “You’re real incredible, I love your stuff, know what I mean?” He told me that. That’s the south. And in the East? Ill Bill, know what I mean? I was just out there doing some stuff with them.
PF: Oh, really?
Tech: Yeah, with La Coka Nostra.
PF: And is that gonna be for their album?
Tech: Yeah, for the La Coka Nostra album. We did it, it’s done. They still ain’t let me hear it yet. But yeah, I’m real excited to be a part of that. That’s the new House Of Pain, bro. They can do their goddamn thing on the lyrics, too.
PF: Back to Everready...favorite song? I figure something like The Rain gotta be up there.
Tech: The Rain...The Rain comes from my heart, man. It’s gonna be one of my favorite songs for life. Cause what I did, was take all the things I’ve heard from my daughters for years and put it in a song. And she learned it. She learned it in one hour, man.
PF: That’s gotta be a bittersweet thing. Cause it’s some heartbreaking subject matter.
Tech: Oh yeah, man. We taped it for a DVD too so you’ll see. (At this point, Tech randomly yells his signature TECH N9NE phrase)
Tech: (laughs) Sorry bout that. That was for some fans. High school kids just jogging by.
PF: Speaking of which, you relocated to LA, right?
Tech: Yeah, but I’m staying in Kansas City now.
My wife and kids are out in L.A., but I’m gonna get them outta there before the next terrible thing happens out there.
PF: On the topic of LA, you were in a movie recently, right? Jack’s Law?
Tech: Yeah, Jack’s Law. With Danny Trejo. Danny shot me, actually. Shot me in the chest and threw me through a window. Danny, he talked to me a lot. That’s all he did. I met him at an autograph signing I was doing in Salt Lake City.
PF: What’s that like? When a celebrity recognizes you.
Tech: It’s wonderful, man. And it’s only getting worse. I just stay grounded. Cause, ya know, I was raised Christian, then later on became Muslim. And I learned through that to always be real. Be able to back up what I say cause people are gonna be there to catch your little fuck ups and throw it back in your face.
PF: That’s something that I think makes people listen to your music. Cause even though you got the whole Killa Clown shit goin on, you’re still kinda like an everyman type person.
Tech: Yeah, ya know...the Killa Clown is always in me. And my black fans, a lot of them don’t like it. They think I’m on some devil shit but it’s not. I can’t fake that. Ya know, my black fans, they’ll say they want me to stay on the gangsta shit. But the Killa Clown is always in me.
PF: So what do you have coming out from Strange Music this year? Krizz Kaliko, Skatterman...we got albums coming out from those dudes?
Tech: Yes they are, yes they are. We got Krizz Kaliko, Skatterman, Snug Brim, Critical Bill, ya know. It’s rolling. Then after that it’s Tech N9ne–Killer.
PF: Is that the next full album from you?
Tech: Yeah. We’re just starting work on that. I was gonna do an album called Ism, with stuff that didn’t make it onto the Everready album. But I decided I didn’t wanna give the fans an album of songs that are already 3 years old. So there’s not gonna be any Ism. It’s going straight to Killer, all new material. I gotta keep it fresh, man. I gotta keep it poppin’. That’s what the fans wanna hear.
PF: What’s up with this group Kabosh you got?
You and Krizz Kaliko doing a rock type thing? Tech: Yeah man, we’re gonna do ghetto rock. It’s gonna be insane. It’s called Kabosh. What it means, the actual word is spelled k-i-b-o-s-h, it means to put a halt to something, but we spell it Kabosh. Ya know what I’m sizzlin’? Cause they ain’t gonna believe how much these niggas is rockin out. Doin rock and roll, know what I mean? It’s gonna be ghetto rock, know what I mean? It’s gonna be hard lyrics, ya know. It’s gonna be wonderful.
PF: Yeah, even on Everready, you got that hard hitting rock type sound on The Beast and even on Bout To Bubble.
Tech: Yeah, I have to man, I have to. Bout To Bubble, I mean – I’m a B-Boy, man. Ya know, Planet Rock and all that, know what I’m sizzlin? And Art Of Noise. And uh, I just wanted to bring that back with Bout To Bubble, know what I’m sayin? Yeah, I had to bring it back, uh, flip it...3 thou style.
PF: You worked with Rick Rock a lot on this new album, and have guest spots from E-40 and Brotha Lynch Hung...
Tech: Yeah that’s all love. I’ve known 40 since I was in my teens, ya know. I go to the Bay and it’s always love. Which is why it’s unfortunate what happened with Mac Dre
PF: Yeah I was gonna ask you about that. It’s terrible what happened to Mac, especially it being in KC since KC and the Bay are kinda like cousins to each other.
Tech: It’s like brothers and sisters. And to have the fans finger pointing...
PF:...with the whole Fat Tone thing...
Tech: Yeah, I mean Fat Tone died for nothing. He had nothing to do with it, with Dre. This was just some street shit. To have the fans saying “Oh, Fat Tone killed Mac Dre” or “Tech N9ne killed Mac Dre.” Ya know what I’m saying? I’ve been to the Bay like three times since then and they got nothing but love for me. Even when I’m in Santa Cruz, my Federation home boys out there, know what I’m sayin’?
PF: And you go way back with The Regime and Yuckmouth and all them dudes, too.
Tech: Totally. I’m still an honorary member of the Regime, First Infantry.
PF: That’s something else I wanted to ask you. If there was anything in the works with you and Yuck and the Regime.
Tech: Yeah, I mean, Yuck’s all over the world .It’s hard to get two bosses together. That’s how it is, we’re on the road for days but anytime we see each other it’s all love. He came to my show out in LA Feb 7th.
PF: Outside of Strange Music, what are you listening to at the moment?
Tech: I’m listening to uh...everything from System Of A Down. From Toxicity to Mesmerize and Hypnotize and all that. Slipknot, Floetry, Gnarls Barkley. Snoop Dogg and The Game, we listened to them back to back already and played em out.
PF:What’s the scene in KC like right now?
Tech: It’s the same as it is in Philly or anywhere else. There’s shit poppin’ in the underground, for sure.
PF: Yeah, actually, a dude from KC posts on the site this is going on. His name’s Mac Lethal.
Tech: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I know Mac. He’s a good dude. Tell him I said much love and to keep doing his thing.
PF: Yeah, he just signed to Rhymesayers, actually.
Tech: Yeah, I heard about that.
PF: Anyway, I’m gonna let ya get on with what you gotta do. I appreciate you taking the time out for us.
Tech: Oh yeah. No doubt. I appreciate you having the interest to wanna interview me, know what I’m sayin?
PF: For sure. Peace.
via-http://www.philaflava.com/tech_9.htm
A Killer Clown, a King and a straight up G. All three of these titles perfectly fit Aaron Yates, p/k/a Tech N9ne. He’s also a father, a rapper and a dude who just likes to get drunk with his boys and lip synch to Queen songs. With fans ranging from Busta Rhymes to Paul Wall, and everyone in between, this is one Clown who’s about to have the last laugh on those who said he couldn’t make it.
PhilaFlava.com: First off, is there any truth to the rumors of a Welcome To The Midwest remix, featuring Twista, as the next single?
Tech N9ne: Yeah. The original song was with Twista but it was done too late to be on the album. But they wanna do a video for it. I wanted Carribou Lou for the next single but they said that might be a problem with marketing cause of the liquor, ya know. But yeah, Twista’s verse is incredible. I’m not saying that Carribou Lou won’t come out as a single, but right now I think we’re working on making the Twista remix the next single. A lot of people seem to feel it’ll be a big thing for me, ya know.
PF: Speaking of Carribou Lou, I saw the video on Youtube of y’all drunkenly singing Bohemian Rhapsody.
Tech: (laughs)Yeah, that was me, Krizz Kaliko and Big Joe. We were celebrating a sold out show in Denver, CO., man.
PF: I thought that was some funny shit.
Tech: Oh yea, it definitely was, man. That’s one of my favorite songs, Bohemian Rhapsody.
PF: How’s the Everready tour going, by the way?
Tech: It’s over now. Yeah, we ended it uh...actually we got 5 more dates. But yeah, we sold out...I think...27 shows out of 30.
PF: Wow, congrats on that.
Tech: Thanks. Yeah, I got a new place off of that tour.(laughs)
PF: Speaking of touring, I’m in Philly and I don’t think you came through on this tour. Have you played Philly before?
Tech: Yes I have. Last I was there was on the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour with 311, Jay-Z, N.E.R.D. etc.. It was actually in Camden, NJ,.right across from Philly. I did another tour, I can’t remember the venues in Philly I played but we’re definitely coming back.
PF: You appear on a hidden track on the new X-Clan album. How did that come about and what was it like working with such a legendary group?
Tech: Oh my God. Maaan, let me tell ya like this. I came up on X-Clan and for Brother J to know who I am enough to call me to be on the X-Clan album, I’m just flattered, man. I went out to LA, brought my babies with me. The album is awesome, it’s wonderful. Cause I’m real particular about what I do.
PF: You’re also all over the soundtrack to the movie Alpha Dog. How did that come about? Cause if I’m watching a movie like that, I’m not exactly expecting to hear some Tech N9ne in it, ya know.
Tech: Yeah, you’re not. It’s crazy. Underground ass Tech N9ne.
PF: Yeah, you’re popping up everywhere.
Tech: Yeah! What’s the odds of Nick Cassavetes, who did Face Off with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, what’s the odds of him, after doing John Q with Denzel...for him and his wife to be in Tower Records and picking up Absolute Power?
PF: So that’s just how it happened? He was a fan?
Tech: Nah, he wasn’t even a fan of mine. He told me, him and his wife go out and buy 10 random albums, and if they don’t like em, they throw ‘em out That’s the same thing I do.. But he said he listened to Absolute Power start to finish, and called the fucking number on the back of the CD. And that was it. That’s God working, man.
PF: And on a similar note, how’d the Madden appearance come to be?
Tech: Man, that all happened cause a girl, who worked for us at JCOR–fuck JCOR forever I might add, for fucking up Anghellic–uh, Abigail, she used to work for us. She gave me a beat CD and when it got to number 9, ya know, number 9 being in everything in my life...the goddamn beat came on and it sounded like Bram Stoker made it. It sounded like Dracula.
PF: And that ended up being The Beast?
Tech: Yeah, The Beast! And we didn’t know it at the time, but the guys who did that beat ended up being the guys who do, ya know, all the music for the Madden games, the NBA Lives games and all that.
PF: Another case of good luck then.
Tech: Yeah, and it’s about time too. Cause I’ve been kicking and getting kicked down for years, man. Know what I’m sayin’, Sylis? Cause I’ve been getting kicked in my ass since I started. And I keep getting up stronger every time, man. Know what I mean? That’s why I named the album Everready. Everready, Everready, Everready. I keep coming back stronger and stronger. It has a religious theme to it, cause Everready is like a doctrine. It’s being worshipped and it’s being praised right now.
PF: Bout To Bubble, you namecheck everyone from E-40 to Ill Bill to Busta Rhymes...
Tech: Yeah...everyone one of them, what I said in the song is what they actually said. Busta saluted us and said “Nobody could rip it like me and Spliff but y’all were something else tonight. It was beautiful.” So I mean, if Busta Rhymes salutes you...you go it. You talking about performing AND rapping, if Busta Rhymes salutes you...you got it, bro.
PF: It seems like you’re starting to get more mainstream recognition from these dudes.
Tech: It’s just like I said. “House on the hills/Hella tip drill/Paul Wall said he’d do me up a red grill”...He told me that when we did a show, down in Oklahoma. He said, “You’re real incredible, I love your stuff, know what I mean?” He told me that. That’s the south. And in the East? Ill Bill, know what I mean? I was just out there doing some stuff with them.
PF: Oh, really?
Tech: Yeah, with La Coka Nostra.
PF: And is that gonna be for their album?
Tech: Yeah, for the La Coka Nostra album. We did it, it’s done. They still ain’t let me hear it yet. But yeah, I’m real excited to be a part of that. That’s the new House Of Pain, bro. They can do their goddamn thing on the lyrics, too.
PF: Back to Everready...favorite song? I figure something like The Rain gotta be up there.
Tech: The Rain...The Rain comes from my heart, man. It’s gonna be one of my favorite songs for life. Cause what I did, was take all the things I’ve heard from my daughters for years and put it in a song. And she learned it. She learned it in one hour, man.
PF: That’s gotta be a bittersweet thing. Cause it’s some heartbreaking subject matter.
Tech: Oh yeah, man. We taped it for a DVD too so you’ll see. (At this point, Tech randomly yells his signature TECH N9NE phrase)
Tech: (laughs) Sorry bout that. That was for some fans. High school kids just jogging by.
PF: Speaking of which, you relocated to LA, right?
Tech: Yeah, but I’m staying in Kansas City now.
My wife and kids are out in L.A., but I’m gonna get them outta there before the next terrible thing happens out there.
PF: On the topic of LA, you were in a movie recently, right? Jack’s Law?
Tech: Yeah, Jack’s Law. With Danny Trejo. Danny shot me, actually. Shot me in the chest and threw me through a window. Danny, he talked to me a lot. That’s all he did. I met him at an autograph signing I was doing in Salt Lake City.
PF: What’s that like? When a celebrity recognizes you.
Tech: It’s wonderful, man. And it’s only getting worse. I just stay grounded. Cause, ya know, I was raised Christian, then later on became Muslim. And I learned through that to always be real. Be able to back up what I say cause people are gonna be there to catch your little fuck ups and throw it back in your face.
PF: That’s something that I think makes people listen to your music. Cause even though you got the whole Killa Clown shit goin on, you’re still kinda like an everyman type person.
Tech: Yeah, ya know...the Killa Clown is always in me. And my black fans, a lot of them don’t like it. They think I’m on some devil shit but it’s not. I can’t fake that. Ya know, my black fans, they’ll say they want me to stay on the gangsta shit. But the Killa Clown is always in me.
PF: So what do you have coming out from Strange Music this year? Krizz Kaliko, Skatterman...we got albums coming out from those dudes?
Tech: Yes they are, yes they are. We got Krizz Kaliko, Skatterman, Snug Brim, Critical Bill, ya know. It’s rolling. Then after that it’s Tech N9ne–Killer.
PF: Is that the next full album from you?
Tech: Yeah. We’re just starting work on that. I was gonna do an album called Ism, with stuff that didn’t make it onto the Everready album. But I decided I didn’t wanna give the fans an album of songs that are already 3 years old. So there’s not gonna be any Ism. It’s going straight to Killer, all new material. I gotta keep it fresh, man. I gotta keep it poppin’. That’s what the fans wanna hear.
PF: What’s up with this group Kabosh you got?
You and Krizz Kaliko doing a rock type thing? Tech: Yeah man, we’re gonna do ghetto rock. It’s gonna be insane. It’s called Kabosh. What it means, the actual word is spelled k-i-b-o-s-h, it means to put a halt to something, but we spell it Kabosh. Ya know what I’m sizzlin’? Cause they ain’t gonna believe how much these niggas is rockin out. Doin rock and roll, know what I mean? It’s gonna be ghetto rock, know what I mean? It’s gonna be hard lyrics, ya know. It’s gonna be wonderful.
PF: Yeah, even on Everready, you got that hard hitting rock type sound on The Beast and even on Bout To Bubble.
Tech: Yeah, I have to man, I have to. Bout To Bubble, I mean – I’m a B-Boy, man. Ya know, Planet Rock and all that, know what I’m sizzlin? And Art Of Noise. And uh, I just wanted to bring that back with Bout To Bubble, know what I’m sayin? Yeah, I had to bring it back, uh, flip it...3 thou style.
PF: You worked with Rick Rock a lot on this new album, and have guest spots from E-40 and Brotha Lynch Hung...
Tech: Yeah that’s all love. I’ve known 40 since I was in my teens, ya know. I go to the Bay and it’s always love. Which is why it’s unfortunate what happened with Mac Dre
PF: Yeah I was gonna ask you about that. It’s terrible what happened to Mac, especially it being in KC since KC and the Bay are kinda like cousins to each other.
Tech: It’s like brothers and sisters. And to have the fans finger pointing...
PF:...with the whole Fat Tone thing...
Tech: Yeah, I mean Fat Tone died for nothing. He had nothing to do with it, with Dre. This was just some street shit. To have the fans saying “Oh, Fat Tone killed Mac Dre” or “Tech N9ne killed Mac Dre.” Ya know what I’m saying? I’ve been to the Bay like three times since then and they got nothing but love for me. Even when I’m in Santa Cruz, my Federation home boys out there, know what I’m sayin’?
PF: And you go way back with The Regime and Yuckmouth and all them dudes, too.
Tech: Totally. I’m still an honorary member of the Regime, First Infantry.
PF: That’s something else I wanted to ask you. If there was anything in the works with you and Yuck and the Regime.
Tech: Yeah, I mean, Yuck’s all over the world .It’s hard to get two bosses together. That’s how it is, we’re on the road for days but anytime we see each other it’s all love. He came to my show out in LA Feb 7th.
PF: Outside of Strange Music, what are you listening to at the moment?
Tech: I’m listening to uh...everything from System Of A Down. From Toxicity to Mesmerize and Hypnotize and all that. Slipknot, Floetry, Gnarls Barkley. Snoop Dogg and The Game, we listened to them back to back already and played em out.
PF:What’s the scene in KC like right now?
Tech: It’s the same as it is in Philly or anywhere else. There’s shit poppin’ in the underground, for sure.
PF: Yeah, actually, a dude from KC posts on the site this is going on. His name’s Mac Lethal.
Tech: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I know Mac. He’s a good dude. Tell him I said much love and to keep doing his thing.
PF: Yeah, he just signed to Rhymesayers, actually.
Tech: Yeah, I heard about that.
PF: Anyway, I’m gonna let ya get on with what you gotta do. I appreciate you taking the time out for us.
Tech: Oh yeah. No doubt. I appreciate you having the interest to wanna interview me, know what I’m sayin?
PF: For sure. Peace.
via-http://www.philaflava.com/tech_9.htm
