Immortal Technique
Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage n… Read Full Bio ↴Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is a Peruvian rapper, and an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely a mixture of socialist commentary on issues such as class hierarchy, poverty, religion, government and institutional racism.
Immortal Technique has voiced a desire to keep control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. He claimed in an interview to have sold close to 200,000 units of his three official releases.
Biography
Early life
Coronel is African-Peruvian and was born in 1978 in a military hospital in Lima. His family emigrated in 1980 to Harlem to escape the ongoing internal conflict in Peru. During his teenage years he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was "selfish and childish" behavior. He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Shortly after enrolling in Pennsylvania State University, he was arrested and charged with assault-related offenses due to his involvement in an altercation between fellow students, the charges stemming from this incident led to him being incarcerated for a year. After being paroled, he took political science classes at Baruch College in New York City for two semesters at the behest of his father, who allowed Coronel to live with him on the condition that he go to school. Honing his rapping skills in jail, and unable to find decent wage-paying employment after his release, Coronel began working on the restaurants of New York while bad mouthing MCs whenever the opportunity arose. This, coupled with his victories in numerous freestyle rap competitions of the New York underground hip hop scene such as Rocksteady Anniversary, Braggin Rites and others, led to his reputation as a ferocious Battle MC.
Revolutionary Vol.1 and Vol.2
In 2001 , Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol. 1 without the help of a record label or distribution, instead using money earned from his rap battle triumphs. Revolutionary Vol. 1 also contained the underground classic Dance With The Devil. In November 2002, he was listed by The Source in its "Unsigned Hype" column, highlighting artists that are not signed to a record label. The following year, in September 2003, he received the coveted "Hip Hop Quotable" in The Source for a song entitled "Industrial Revolution" from his second album. Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a "Hip Hop Quotable" while being unsigned. He released his second album Revolutionary Vol. 2 in 2003. In 2004, Viper Records and, in 2005, Babygrande Records re-released Immortal Technique's debut, Revolutionary Vol. 1, to make it available to a wider audience. "Point of No Return" from Revolutionary Vol 2 was used as the entrance theme for Rashad Evans during the UFC 88 Main Event between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans.
The 3rd World and The Middle Passage
Between 2005 and 2007 Immortal Technique began working on The Middle Passage and The 3rd World, the two albums that would serve a follow up to Revolutionary Vol. 2 and complete the series. He was also featured on several movie soundtracks and video game soundtracks, all the while touring relentlessly and becoming heavily involved in visiting prisons to speak to youth and working with immigrant rights activists and raising tens of thousands of dollars for children’s hospitals overseas. He invested his money not in items that are usually associated with fame but rather in large pieces of farmland in Latin America. He created a writing grant program for high school students as well.
Immortal Technique has voiced a desire to keep control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. He claimed in an interview to have sold close to 200,000 units of his three official releases.
Biography
Early life
Coronel is African-Peruvian and was born in 1978 in a military hospital in Lima. His family emigrated in 1980 to Harlem to escape the ongoing internal conflict in Peru. During his teenage years he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was "selfish and childish" behavior. He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Shortly after enrolling in Pennsylvania State University, he was arrested and charged with assault-related offenses due to his involvement in an altercation between fellow students, the charges stemming from this incident led to him being incarcerated for a year. After being paroled, he took political science classes at Baruch College in New York City for two semesters at the behest of his father, who allowed Coronel to live with him on the condition that he go to school. Honing his rapping skills in jail, and unable to find decent wage-paying employment after his release, Coronel began working on the restaurants of New York while bad mouthing MCs whenever the opportunity arose. This, coupled with his victories in numerous freestyle rap competitions of the New York underground hip hop scene such as Rocksteady Anniversary, Braggin Rites and others, led to his reputation as a ferocious Battle MC.
Revolutionary Vol.1 and Vol.2
In 2001 , Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol. 1 without the help of a record label or distribution, instead using money earned from his rap battle triumphs. Revolutionary Vol. 1 also contained the underground classic Dance With The Devil. In November 2002, he was listed by The Source in its "Unsigned Hype" column, highlighting artists that are not signed to a record label. The following year, in September 2003, he received the coveted "Hip Hop Quotable" in The Source for a song entitled "Industrial Revolution" from his second album. Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a "Hip Hop Quotable" while being unsigned. He released his second album Revolutionary Vol. 2 in 2003. In 2004, Viper Records and, in 2005, Babygrande Records re-released Immortal Technique's debut, Revolutionary Vol. 1, to make it available to a wider audience. "Point of No Return" from Revolutionary Vol 2 was used as the entrance theme for Rashad Evans during the UFC 88 Main Event between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans.
The 3rd World and The Middle Passage
Between 2005 and 2007 Immortal Technique began working on The Middle Passage and The 3rd World, the two albums that would serve a follow up to Revolutionary Vol. 2 and complete the series. He was also featured on several movie soundtracks and video game soundtracks, all the while touring relentlessly and becoming heavily involved in visiting prisons to speak to youth and working with immigrant rights activists and raising tens of thousands of dollars for children’s hospitals overseas. He invested his money not in items that are usually associated with fame but rather in large pieces of farmland in Latin America. He created a writing grant program for high school students as well.
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Immortal Technique Lyrics
4th Branch The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish A fake…
Angel of Death Immortal Technique, I live life stranglin' death I walk thr…
Angels & Demons Quote from 1993 Film "…
Apocrypha Hang my head and cry (Repeat)…
Audio Technician [L.I.F.E. Long] JS-1, Technique, LIFELong, yo I only rol…
Beast of the Beast Get ya dough, watch it go back to the People that…
Beef & Broccoli Look, let me make something Abundantly clear for people Who …
Belly of the Beast This hip-hop verse is somewhat of a change, somewhat of…
Bin Laden I pledge no allegiance, fuck the President's speeches! What …
Bin Laden (Feat.Chuck-D (Mos Def - talking) Man, you hear this bullshit they be…
Black Out Special ...I'm the majority of America futuristically After I die, …
Black Vikings [Verse 1: immortal technique] Back like I was locked up, put…
Brooklyn Academy I’m a beast of the underground Hotter than lava rocks You do…
Burn This This is Immortal Technique. Harlem, New York. All over the…
Bush Knocked Down the Towers Man you hear this bullshit they be talkin' Everyday man It…
Caught in a Hustle [Verse 1] They say the odds against me, are crooked and…
Caught In The Hustle They say the odds against me are crooked and impossible Lik…
Cause of Death [Talking] Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2 Yeah, br…
Civil War [Verse 1 - Immortal Technique] The ghetto is like a prison…
Creation Immortal Technique, disintegrates mic's when I spit I cause …
Creation and Destruction -GoDj Immortal Technique, disintegrates mic's when I spit I cause…
Crimes Of The Heart [Verse 1] I turned 21 in prison, locked up at night Now…
Crossing Boundaries [Verse 1] I never make songs to disrespect woman or to judge…
Crossing the Border "Crossing The Boundary" I never make songs to disrespect wom…
Crossing the Boundary [Verse 1] I never make songs to disrespect woman or to judge…
Dance With the Devil I once knew a nigga whose real name was William His…
Dance Wth The Devil I once knew a nigga whose real name was William His…
Death March This is an invasion An occupation Immortal Technique The evi…
Dominant Species Yo, in a hundred years form now Everyone who's living on…
DRUGS IS DRUGS "You're new blood you ever Kill a man before?" "No" "You eve…
Eyes in the Sky [Chorus:] I am the eye in the sky looking at you…
Field nigga Boogie Take it back to the days when we raised us…
Fight Until the End Dem' shoot at us Turn around and deny it. People on the…
Freedom of Speech Freedom of speech, motherfucker Okay, something for the kids…
Freestyle I won't rhyme about puttin a Hole in your in dome I…
Fuck Up for Life "Fuck You" Get, yo, hands... up against the wall and spread…
Fuck You (Hook) Get, yo, hands... up against the wall and spread the…
Getaway Yo, I hate my job, so I always look to…
Golpe De Estado Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Motherfucker! Ya te dije Que se acabado la…
Harlem Renaissance Harlem once was red line district rated Designated ghetto li…
Harlem Streets Yeah.... Harlem streets stay flooded in white powder Like th…
Hip Hop Speach You not as cold as me Mother fucker, stop pretendin I'll mur…
Hollywood Drive By [Immortal Technique:] Somebody talked shit to me in L.A. an…
Hollywood Driveby [Immortal Technique:] Somebody talked shit to me in L.A. and…
Homeland To think about the origins of hip hop in this…
Illest I burn my bridges with a blow torch A rebel born…
Immortal Technique I won’t rhyme about Putting a hole in your dome I get…
Immortal_Technique_-_Internally_Bleeding__ [Verse] Yea... Yea... Ay yo The things I've seen in life wil…
In the Club Freestyle Immortal Technique Nigga I know I look like, Immortal Techn…
Industrial Revolution Yeah nigga, Immortal Technique, metaphysics The bling-bling…
Industrial Revolution feat. DJ Yeah nigga, Immortal Technique, metaphysics The bling-bli…
Internally Bleeding [Verse] Yea... Yea... Ay yo The things I've seen in life wil…
Intro "You're listening to Immortal Technique, and this is Revolut…
Keepin' It Raw "How can we be sure of anything?" – [?] Keepin′ it…
Land of the Gun (James Nichols from Bowling for Columbine) Them people, law…
Leaving the Past [Verse 1] They told me I would never make it, I…
Lick Shots [Intro] This is the Invasion! The Evil Genius Green Lantern!…
Lion Dens Freestyle Yeah.... Harlem streets stay flooded in white powder Like t…
Mark Of The Beast [Verse 1: Akir] Get ya dough watch it go, back to…
Message & The Money (Immortal Technique) Before we go any further.. I would li…
Military Minds [Intro: Immortal Technique] Yeah, The worst thing you cou…
Mistakes It's hard to breathe and hard to run when your…
Modern Day Slavery [...they say nothing wrong A change is gonna come -- You k…
Natural Beauty They corrupted the priceless African image of Isis Replaced …
Never Know Why Put her out in the cold, didn't want her close…
No Me Importa Look I ain't never been afraid to tell how I…
No Mercy I'm a weapon that fires Lyrical projectiles with no mercy I'…
Obnoxious "- Asshole" Immortal Technique: Ha ha ha I'm obnoxious, m…
One [Intro] Akir: Yo tech, it's the last call baby it's good Imm…
Open Your Eyes [Repeated in background] (Open your eyes before you die) We…
Parole 980505A, Yeah nigga what? You made parole. Pack your stuff, …
Payback These fuckin' snakes man Fuckin' up our lives I'll take a pi…
Payback (feat. Diabolic …
Peruvian Cocaine I'm on the border of Bolivia, working for pennies Treated li…
Peruvian Cocaine feat. C-Rayz (feat. see-Rayz Walz, Diabolic, Loucipher, Poison Pen, Pum…
Peruvian Cocaine Ft. CrayzWalz Pumpkinhead Loucipher Tonedeff Diabolic & Poison Pen I'm on the border of Bolivia, working for pennies Treated li…
Point of No Return [Talking] Yeah...It's that real this time around Immortal Te…
Point of Now Return This is the point of no return, I could never…
Positive Balance Big Zoo, uh Technique, uh Positive balances, uh, uh Pound f…
positive balance feat. big zoo Big Zoo, uh Technique, uh Positive balances, uh, uh Pou…
Prophecy So you're the motherfucker they call immortal technique What…
Razor Blade Death Sticks Yeah P, yeah You don't want to fuck with me Up in…
Rebel Arms What you thought it was over?! Shit ain't over 'til we Say…
Reverse Pimpology Hypocrites, hookers, sex offenders Ya'll niggas want to be p…
Revolutionary Yo load the fuck up (locked and loading) You too (locked…
Revolutionary Intro "You’re listening to Immortal Technique, and this is Re…
Rich Man's World Arthur Jensen: "You get up and howl about america and…
Rich Mans World Quote from 1976 film "…
Rich Man’s World Arthur Jensen: "You get up and howl about america and…
Running Nowhere People are running, where are they going People are running,…
Sign Of The Times Imagine the Word of God Without religious groupies Imagine a…
Silence Immortal Technique Born of apocalypse, the birth of the bea…
Speak Your Mind You have to speak the truth You have to speak your…
Street Hustle Intro: I see a lot mother fuckers talk about gettin money…
Stronghold Grip [ad libs for first 22 seconds] [Immortal Technique] Immorta…
Stronghold Movement [Immortal Technique] If any of you niggaz ever try to touch…
That OK, let's go, talk to 'em, holler Don't you get tired…
That's What It Is OK, let's go, talk to 'em, holler Don't you get tired…
The 3rd World Immortal Technique and DJ Green Lantern third world mother f…
The 4th Branch The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish A fake…
The Cause of Death [Talking] Immortal Technique Revolutionary Volume 2 Yeah, br…
The Getaway Yo, I hate my job, so I always look to…
The Illest I burn my bridges with a blow torch A rebel born…
The Land of the Gun (James Nichols from Bowling for Columbine) Them people, law…
The Martyr Quote from 1998 Film "…
The Message & The Money [Immortal Technique] Before we go any further.. I would like…
The Other White Meat Immortal Technique: The profile of a wanted man, Persecuted…
The People Are Shit (Immortal Technique) Yeah its Harlem (ahahaa) Tellin' you t…
The Point Of No Return This is the point of no return, I could never…
The Poverty of Philosophy Most of my Latino and black people who are struggling…
The Prophecy So you're the motherfucker they call immortal technique What…
The Rebel Yeah, yeah...Immortal Technique...(you know) Harlem to South…
The War vs Us All The war against us all This war in Iraq isn't the…
Toast to the dead [Chorus:] Rest in peace Here's another warriors song, rep th…
Top of the Food Chain (Uptown, haha) Immortal Technique, Poison Pen We the top of …
Truth There is more to life than how many woman you…
Últimas Palabras A new American revolution has Begun not against The forces o…
Underground Railroad Freestyle I hacked the pentagon for self incrminating evidence a repu…
Understand Why But you don't seem to understand why But you don't seem…
Voices Of The Voiceless From West End to the West Bank I write righteous rhymes…
W.A.R [Chorus] We are renegades. This means W.A.R. 16s bust to bre…
Watchout 100 percent independent I'm the fuckin' boss The only unsign…
WORLD WAR 3 Immortal Technique and DJ Green Lantern Third world mother f…
you never knew She was on her way to becoming a college graduate Wouldn't…
You Never Know She was on her way to becoming a college graduate Wouldn't…
You Never Know F. Jean Grae [Verse 1] She was on her way to becoming a college…
Young Lords New to the world fresh out the barrio I was an…