this is kinda related, some shit I said before, in response to the same kind of question
"I don't know homie, for me the music is so good, it kind of depends on my mood, I have everything you could think of and I do have my favorites, but the question you pose is difficult for me because I have been listening to the shit in real time, meaning as it came out, and I know alot of the people on this board heard tech for the first time on anghellic and that is what they feel like started it all.(For me I started in 91, I was 13) Then they hear that he had previous works and they go back and listen. Calm before the storm is really good shit, hell most of the time when I am in other cities I will be playin that shit and mothafuckas act like its the hot new shit, when I tell them that is my homie and that shit is like 6 years old now, they see just how far ahead of the game he actually was. The calm before the storm album is a classic along with both worst discs but you have to understand that the material is dated, and even though futuristic in some senses, still part of another time in tech's life that I am guessing wont be revisited. For me knowing the man I appreciate all of the music equally in different respects, because I know that none of it is made just to be made. It all comes from the heart and soul of Tech. When he was wit them faulty niggas that are causing all of the probs he represented them by making some classic shit and making sure that everyone knew who was behind his shit(Dyamund and Don Juan) but could you imagine anyone else laying lyrics on the calm before the storm tracks..... hell naw. Next year when we get Everready I think you'll get a little of what you are looking for and alot more because something will be going on in Tech's life and he will spit it like only he can, some dark, some light (since he has had a pretty good run this last year) some on some "gangsta type shit" (due to probs in kc) a little bit of the AP feel because we still partying like a muthafucka. So in conclusion what I would like to hear is the culmination of styles from all of the albums we love and I think that is what we are gonna get, be ready because it will be a coming out party for Tech to the rest of the world, the lil john tour will be over (more fans) we got the juggalos(hella fans) existing Tech n9ne fans and hot new shit with the experiences from CBTS, THE WORST, THE WORST 2K, ANGHELLIC, ANGHELLIC REP, AP, to the sum it up, no more parts of his life (inside, outside) we are about to get the real Tech N9ne. All in one."