MEGA: Rap/Hip Hop DISCUSSION thread.

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Tech N9ne THREAD!!

Please tell me there are some people on here that at least know of Tech N9ne, or anyone else on Strange Music. In my opinion, he has the BEST flow, delivery, and lyrics in the rap game right now. Everything he writes is about REAL shit, and real shit that he has been through. Unlike most of these mainstream rappers who just rap about the same thing over and over and over, and have no real SUBSTANCE to their music. Any opinions?!
 
Tech N9ne... much underrated and every thing you posted above so true. For evidence of substance to his songs, read the lyrics to songs such as 'This Ring' , 'The Rain' and 'The Martini' just to name a few...
 
If I was still in highschool I'd probably like Tech N9ne, but his electro-orchestral beats and vocal manipulations just come across as really cheesy to me. That said, I would much rather listen to him than Rick Ross or Lil Wayne, so...I guess that's a good thing.
 
"If I had a master plan or plot, to put the world on lock, would I be dumb enough to show it to you? Or would I keep it on the down low, hit every town and blow, and make the world go BOOM?"

 
^Hip hop hipster alert, video has sub 100 views :D

Nah I'm just kiding, I dug it, maybe it qualifies for the psychedelic hip hop thread?
 
MrGrunge said:
If I was still in highschool I'd probably like Tech N9ne, but his electro-orchestral beats and vocal manipulations just come across as really cheesy to me. That said, I would much rather listen to him than Rick Ross or Lil Wayne, so...I guess that's a good thing.
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I'm 19, and I feel like his music is appealing to hip-hop try-hards who constantly bitch about Drake and Lil Wayne being the worst rappers in the world. He's not a bad rapper, but a lot of his music makes me cringe.

As for having the best flow & delivery in the game - listen to Tonedeff.
 
MrGrunge said:
If I was still in highschool I'd probably like Tech N9ne, but his electro-orchestral beats and vocal manipulations just come across as really cheesy to me. That said, I would much rather listen to him than Rick Ross or Lil Wayne, so...I guess that's a good thing.
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Vocal manipulations? You must've only heard one or two songs by him. Probably the ones with either T-Pain or Wayne. Cause tech RARELY does anything to his voice. I've seen multiple studio session videos and I've met him and he almost never does much to his voice at all... It sucks because he is underground, but has a few SEMI popular songs on BET and what-not. So most people that have an opinion on him, whether good or bad, have only heard a couple of his songs at most, and base their opinion SOLELY on those one or two songs. Tech has 12 studio albums and 5 EPs starting from 1999. But in my opinion, NO ONE is even CLOSE to his skill at flow and delivery. Again, I'm just stating my opinion, not starting any controversy or anything lol. What kind of hip-hop do you listen to MrGrunge?
 
^ I've heard an entire album of his (although I couldn't name it) so maybe it's unfair to base my opinion off of a single album, but it gave me a pretty good idea of his style.

Also, calling him "underground" is a bit of a stretch, yeah? He might not be an A-list rapper, but he's at least B-List. He's been on TV, films, won an MTV award, and I was in Kansas City around the time "All 6's and 7's" came out and he had billboards all over town. Granted, he's from KC, but so are hundreds/thousands of other artists who don't get their faces on billboards.
 
^ Exactly. He's accomplished all those things you've said above on his own, independently. It's not even like hes an independent artist who is just signed to an Indie label. That is his label, he created it. He has the most work ethic and effort than ANY rapper there is right now, hands down. ALL that man does is tour. He gets out to his fans. He does 1 hour meet and greets at every single one of his shows. And for your first statement, seriously every single album he has ever released sounds totally different, so I'd say yes, it is a little unfair to base you're opinion off of him off of one album. Especially if it was All 6's and 7's. Good album nonetheless, but his older stuff is much better.
 
I've listened to two albums, KOD and Everready and those were fairly similar styles, I do like him, but his music is very formulaic, his delivery is often pretty good but he's not the best lyricist and it's not particularly interesting or unusual music. The topics aren't deep or meaningful they're pretty generic and about doing drugs, having sexy times and partying. I think if you've listened to 3-4 songs you mostly know his style, if you didn't like it don't bother looking into him more.

Also he's pretty damn fucking famous, sure he's indy but he is definitely mainstream. He's got over a million likes on facebook that's quite a few.
 
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