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.
NO MERCY
Immortal Technique Lyrics
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Lyrical projectiles with no mercy
I'm cold blooded like reptiles
Touch a pregnant bitch and make her give birth to a dead child
Every time I flex styles
Niggas vacate the premises and become exiles
I manufacture rhymes like textiles of x-files
And lighten juveniles
Organize a army that will make the devil's nervous
Competition is worthless
Like the electoral vote
If you provoke I'll break your motherfucking neck in a yoke
Your better off throwing your shitty life away sniffing coke
Technique will choke you into a spiritual state
And it will take a lake of hydrochloric acid to soften this
I'll fake your parents suicide and kill you in the orphanage
But I inspire ideological metamorphosis
Stop talking shit or I'll make your existence a memory
So you can have me frozen cryogenically for centuries
But I'll break the ice if anyone on the planet mentions me
I'll burn a hypocritical flag intentionally
Explosive revolutionary
Chemistry's my destiny
No mercy is what I chemically bomb on enemies
Your life's a fucking mistake, technique is the remedy
Destroy you before you become what you intended to be
And in the future you'll worship those that descended from me
No mercy is what I chemically bomb on enemies
Your life's a fucking mistake, technique is the remedy
Destroy you before you become what you intended to be
And in the future you'll worship those that descended from me
When I fight you I won't snipe you
I'll use a HIV infected needle to strike you
As well as anyone that vaguely resembles or looks like you
And just to spite you I'll force your children
At gun point to bite you
And rip a piece off
To start the beef off of the rest of your petty limited life
I'm coming at cha to catch ya by surprising the sight
Nobodies stupid enough to back ya when tactically attack ya
Because my style is nasty like protruding bone fractures
And your a played out dirty pussy devil
Like Margaret Datcher
But technique never get captured inside the rapture
Cause I mastered the art of causing natural disasters
You should learn the difference
In between the students and the master
My stature is the dispatcher of damaging decibels
And even though my starving people are considered expendable
I consecutively escape the racist court puritanical
I spit raw kinetic energy that's immeasurable
Retaliation for perpetration is unendable
Mercy is not extendible
I'll break your fucking brain down into psychological chemicals
No mercy is what I chemically bomb on enemies
Your life's a fucking mistake, technique is the remedy
Destroy you before you become what you intended to be
And in the future you'll worship those that descended from me
No mercy is what I chemically bomb on enemies
Your life's a fucking mistake, technique is the remedy
Destroy you before you become what you intended to be
And in the future you'll worship those that descended from me
In Immortal Technique's song "No Mercy," the lyrics speak to the rapper's unrelenting ability to destroy his enemies. The opening lines declare that he is a weapon that fires lyrical projectiles with no mercy, and his ability to make people vacate the premises with his style is compared to cold-blooded reptiles. The imagery throughout the song is intense and often violent, with lines like "touch a pregnant bitch and make her give birth to a dead child," and "I'll break your motherfucking neck in a yoke."
The song's chorus repeats the phrase "no mercy is what I chemically bomb on enemies," emphasizing the idea that the rapper is a force to be reckoned with and will stop at nothing to destroy those who oppose him. The lyrics also touch on themes of revolution and creating change, with lines like "organize a army that will make the devil's nervous" and "I inspire ideological metamorphosis."
Overall, "No Mercy" is a powerful statement of the rapper's ability to dominate his enemies and inspire others to create change in the world.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm a weapon that fires
I am a rapper whose words pack a punch, like a weapon.
Lyrical projectiles with no mercy
My lyrics are like projectiles, aimed with no mercy.
I'm cold blooded like reptiles
I have a tough exterior and am unemotional, like a reptile.
Touch a pregnant bitch and make her give birth to a dead child
I am capable of extreme violence, even towards pregnant women and their unborn children.
Every time I flex styles
Every time I change up my rap style, people can't handle it and leave the scene.
Niggas vacate the premises and become exiles
People flee when I start rapping because they can't handle my intensity.
I manufacture rhymes like textiles of x-files
I create rhymes with intricate detail and complexity, like the plots of X-Files episodes.
And lighten juveniles
My words can inspire and uplift young people.
Living life with no purpose
Many people are just wasting time and not really living for anything meaningful.
Organize a army that will make the devil's nervous
I want to unite people and create a powerful force that can overcome the forces of evil.
Competition is worthless
I don't see any value in competing with others because it's a distraction from what's really important.
Like the electoral vote
The electoral vote is pointless and doesn't actually represent the will of the people.
If you provoke I'll break your motherfucking neck in a yoke
If someone tries to start something with me, I'll end it violently.
Your better off throwing your shitty life away sniffing coke
You're better off just doing something that's destructive instead of trying to take me on.
Technique will choke you into a spiritual state
My words can have a profound effect on a person's spirit or soul.
And it will take a lake of hydrochloric acid to soften this
It would take something this extreme to get me to back down from what I believe in.
I'll fake your parents suicide and kill you in the orphanage
I am capable of violent revenge and can strike in a sneaky and manipulative way.
But I inspire ideological metamorphosis
Despite my violent tendencies, I also have the power to inspire people to change their beliefs for the better.
Stop talking shit or I'll make your existence a memory
If someone continues to provoke me, I'll make them disappear from existence.
So you can have me frozen cryogenically for centuries
Even if someone manages to defeat me, I'll still be remembered and revered for centuries to come.
But I'll break the ice if anyone on the planet mentions me
I am not easily forgotten and my name is powerful enough to evoke a reaction from people.
I'll burn a hypocritical flag intentionally
I am willing to challenge patriotism and perceived notions of what it means to be an American.
Explosive revolutionary
I am a powerful force for change and revolution that can ignite sudden and dramatic shifts in society.
Chemistry's my destiny
All of these elements of my persona come together to make me who I am, and it's what I was meant to be.
No mercy is what I chemically bomb on enemies
I have no mercy or compassion for those who oppose me, and will violently destroy them.
Your life's a fucking mistake, technique is the remedy
I see those who oppose me as mistakes, and my words are the cure to their misguided ways.
Destroy you before you become what you intended to be
I will stop people from reaching their potential if they stand in opposition to me.
And in the future you'll worship those that descended from me
My legacy will continue on and people will continue to worship those who follow in my footsteps.
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Repent and believe the gospel
This is a prime example of what a rap song should sound like!! The Flow, The beat , The punchlines, The energy and The passion. One of my favorite rappers of All Time. I will never let his music die
T C
Well put. Nothing more need be said imo. Other than legendary. Seen him on russia today amd other news networks ,though rarely , his perspective is very relatable.
Braden Danehey
This man is literally the most underrated thing ever
King Avalos
Braden Playz U ain’t lying 👌🔥
CaddyV
If he kept his music like this I'd agree, but it went off into political and conspiracy bullshit
THECHOSEN ONE VII*XX*VI-19-9V,
Naa nigga we underground buryd 6 ft deep ,where tf you been ?
GoodBrotherMusic
@CaddyV Wow this is exactly like the guy bashing tom morello for being political in a band called rage against the machine. I'm assuming you've never listened to anything by tech.
Justin Poly
At this phase of his career yes.
Dustin Jones
NOBODY ON THE PLANET RAPS HARDER THAN IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE
Darik
A fucking men. 🙌🙌