His tenth studio album, K.O.D., was released October 27, 2009. He has spent his illustrious career making sure he’s been grinding harder than the average rapper, and is the best selling artist out of his hometown. With nine solo albums and two powerhouse collaboration projects under his belt, the Kansas City MC’s flow is sharper and slicker than it’s ever been.
“This is another roller coaster ride,” explains TECH N9NE about the release. “When it came time for Sickology 101, I knew I wanted to do a collabo album based on the study of being sick. It’s a beginner’s course for people who don’t know how to be sick lyrically or how to choose sick beats. It all starts with beats because they tell me exactly what to do.” Epic beats from YoungFyre, Wyshmaster, Seven and Matic Lee set the stage for TECH N9NE to weave his introspective and sometimes roguish lyrics around.
Sickology 101 brims with stellar appearances from lyrical heavyweights. On the opening title track, TECH N9NE slays alongside Chino XL and Crooked I, pulling listeners into the Hip-Hop classroom for a lesson in murdering a beat. It’s a twisted vision forged on undeniable grooves and quixotic wordplay.
The single, “Nothin,’” is an inspiring, honest anthem that features Messy Marv and Big Scoob. Meanwhile, on “Midwest Choppers 2,” TECH N9NE and Krayzie Bone cruise to the depths of darkness. “Krayzie Bone came through and murdered it,” says TECH N9NE. “I modeled the song after movies. When you do a sequel, there has to be a bigger body count and more people have to die. ‘Midwest Choppers 2’ is Autobahn-style. It makes you want to speed.”
TECH N9NE’s inimitable flow and rhyming take center stage on solo tracks, including the haunting, hypnotic “Red Nose.” He doesn’t pull any punches on the vitriolic, YoungFyre-produced “Blown Away,” either. It’s an open letter to several prominent urban artists who refused to play before him at radio festivals despite his massive concert draw.
With hits like “I’m A Playa,” “Caribou Lou” (which boasts 7.2 million MySpace plays), “Riotmaker,” “Like Yeah” and “Everybody Move,” it’s no wonder TECH N9NE counts a total of over 4.5 million YouTube video plays and an average of 40,000 MySpace visitors each day. His success knows no limits. The July 2008 release, Killer, debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart and Number 12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. He did it all on his own. There was no major label — just TECH N9NE’s own record company, Strange Music. TECH N9NE’s tracks have appeared in films like Gang Related and Alpha Dog as well as various TV shows, and he recently made his motion picture debut in The Life of Lucky Cucumber alongside members of MTV’s “Jackass” crew.
It hasn’t been an easy road, but TECH N9NE soldiers on and he’ll never stop. “They call me devil worshipper because I’m different. I give you music for my core. They’re the people that put me over the million mark. I raise my middle finger to everybody who judges me because my core audience is there for me. They will always love me, but I’m trying to reach others, too. It’s not over. My music is supposed to be for everybody, but some people just don’t get it. This album is the result; swallow it. It’s middle finger music, all-day and all-night.”
TECH N9NE never stops bringing that music directly to his fans, constantly reinforcing his status as one of the hardest-touring rap acts in the business. In 2008, TECH N9NE performed over 200 shows and he doesn’t show any signs of slowing down in 2009. In April, TECH will head out in support of Sickology 101 and spend two months on the road, performing live for his rabid fans.
Sickology 101 is prepping the world for TECH N9NE’s next masterpiece, K.O.D. “I want people to know that I’m getting better and better and I’m a machine. I do these collabo albums to give the fans more. This is a bridge record to K.O.D. It’s the farewell to the TECH N9NE you’ve known lately. It’s getting darker. A lot of people might not be able to go to the place I’m going, but this place is my specialty.”
“I don’t need people to kiss my hand,” assures TECH N9NE. “I’m not trippin’ on status, and I’m not a narcissist when it comes to rap. It’s my heart and soul pouring onto the paper. I write my life and I can’t hold back. This is what I know.”
Origin: Kansas City, Missouri
Year Formed: 1991
Official Site: http://www.therealtechn9ne.com/
JellySickle
Tech N9ne Lyrics
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All you haters stop!
Whoo, man
This beat is uh
What
Rick rocker
T-9
E-40
[Verse 1: Tech N9ne]
They hate it when you bubble
See 'em in they huddles always making trouble (What? Who?)
Jealous fellas man
Fall up in the spot and from the jump they don't like me
Hat to the back and I'm felling real hyphy
Imma star so I'm in with the belly pistol
That's cause the haters be sucking on jelly sickles
That mean the cycle of jealousies real thick man
I'm feeling its bout to pop off real quick man
But I ain't trying to have the fedas come and pinch me
Cause he's plotting on my cheddar on my minske
Never tempt me the grench so you better
Never let another nell nother fella come against me
Off in Missouri its jelly sickle city jealousy
Watching and it ain't the right stare, nightmares
Don't let me go and rock the red spiked hair
They hate it when I do that right there (Right Thurr!) Yeah
[Hook]
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
To much will make you sick
You acting like a trick bitch
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
Jelly sickle sickness
You acting like a trick bitch
[Verse 2: E-40]
Quit bumping your gums spark your tongue
Keep a real pimp game up out your mouth
If I get on your line and dump two on your spine like it a 80's drought
I'm about that Valley-Jo
Po Po be throwing tantrums
Cause I live up on a hill with a view on a acre in a big white who white mansion
I be all up in the dirty
Where they cook them fried turkeys
Be up in Houston with Mike Jones and Paul Wall
You want that fast quota
I want that slow nickle
Everything I got I worked for so quit hating on me nigga
Look at the trees, look at the sky, look at the moon
Look at these keys, look at my ride, I'ma tycoon
From the land of the gangsters and pimps and hustlers
Where a hundred will get you three hundred dollars worth of poppers
Every time I look around
Every time I look around somebody done bit my style
Wanna smile in my face and take my place hate
But it ain't gone be no way no how
Wow
I'm lit like a candle and they hating
Cause I'm hot like a left sink handle
[Hook 2X]
[Verse 3: Tech N9ne]
Jelly sickle
Look at how that jelly trickles
Down his elbows
And you can smell those
Playa haters from Calabassas to Melrose
During his jail pulls
And knocked him out of his shell toes
When I walk into the spot them suckas sucking on them sickles
Hate to see me shining get to tripping when they off they ripple
I get these rappers dripping jelly to the third degree
Most of them in my city never know me but yet they heard of me
At the BET awards chilling with the Federation
Never forget the woman at the door giving
Away the shoes didn't really want me to have 'em
Man I had a ticket I had to grab 'em
Come to find out I was in a rhyme bout a couple years ago
Here's the blow cause I rake up dough
She was one of the women I left behind up at the wake up show
Congratulate me cause I'm a go getta
For sho hitta E-40 and Nina some flow spitter's
But that don't mean you gotta hate
Jealousy's a sickness take another lick Mitch
You acting like a trick bitch
[Hook 2X ]
The lyrics of Tech N9ne's song Jellysickle speak of the jealousy that the rapper experiences from people who cannot handle seeing him successful. The opening lines suggest that Tech N9ne acknowledges that there are people who hate when a person becomes successful and urges them to stop. He then notes that such people are always making trouble and are insecure about his success. The lyrics suggest that the rapper is a star and that people who hate cannot handle that, leading them to try to undermine his achievements.
Tech N9ne then begins talking about his haters and refers to them as 'jealous fellas.' He notes that when he falls up in a spot, the jump does not like him, indicating that people who hate him do so for no apparent reason. The rapper brands himself a star and carries a belly pistol since "the haters are sucking on jelly sickles." Tech N9ne implies that the concept of 'jelly sickle' is this cycle of jealousies that are prevalent amongst people. The jealousy is so thick that he anticipates something terrible is about to pop off soon.
According to the lyrics, the rapper associates with gangster spots where the jelly sickles can act as a reminder of hate from people who hate to see his success. In essence, Jellysickle is a song that discusses the concept of hate and jealousy that Tech N9ne encounters for being successful.
Line by Line Meaning
They hate it when you bubble
People don't like it when you become successful
See 'em in they huddles always making trouble (What? Who?)
They gather and conspire against you
Jealous fellas man
The people who are against you are jealous
Fall up in the spot and from the jump they don't like me
When you enter a place, they're already hating on you
Hat to the back and I'm feeling real hyphy
I have my hat backward and I'm excited
Imma star so I'm in with the belly pistol
I'm famous, so I have a gun with me for protection
That's cause the haters be sucking on jelly sickles
That's because the haters are very jealous
But I ain't trying to have the fedas come and pinch me
I don't want the police to come and arrest me
Cause he's plotting on my cheddar on my minske
Because someone is planning to steal from me
Take a lick of this Jelly sickle sickness
This jealousy is like a disease
To much will make you sick You acting like a trick bitch
Being too jealous will make you act foolish and disrespectful
Quit bumping your gums spark your tongue
Stop talking and start acting
If I get on your line and dump two on your spine like it's an 80's drought
If I get angry with you, I will hurt you
Where a hundred will get you three hundred dollars worth of poppers
A small amount of money will get you a large quantity of drugs
Every time I look around somebody done bit my style
People are copying my style
Jelly sickle Look at how that jelly trickles
Jealousy is a slow, ugly thing
Playa haters from Calabassas to Melrose
People who hate are everywhere
During his jail pulls And knocked him out of his shell toes
In jail, someone beat him up and took his shoes
Most of them in my city never know me but yet they heard of me
Many people have heard of me, but they don't know me personally
Congratulate me 'cause I'm a go-getter
Celebrate my success because I work hard for it
For sho hitta E-40 and Nina some flow spitter's
Tech N9ne and E-40 are great rappers
But that don't mean you gotta hate Jealousy's a sickness take another lick Mitch You acting like a trick bitch
But that's no reason to hate. Jealousy is a disease. Stop acting foolish and disrespectful, Mitch.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: AARON YATES, EARL STEVENS, EARL T STEVENS, RICARDO THOMAS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@yigitefeturan9151
Hey
All you haters stop!
Whoo, man
This beat is uh
What
Rick rocker
T-9
E-40
Jellysickle yo
They hate it when you bubble
See 'em in they huddles always making trouble (What? Who?)
Jealous fellas man
Fall up in the spot and from the jump they don't like me
Hat to the back and I'm felling real hyphy
Imma star so I'm in with the belly pistol
That's cause the haters be sucking on jelly sickles
That mean the cycle of jealousies real thick man
I'm feeling its bout to pop off real quick man
But I ain't trying to have the fedas come and pinch me
Cause he's plotting on my cheddar on my minske
Never tempt me the grench so you better
Never let another nell nother fella come against me
Off in Missouri its jelly sickle city jealousy
Watching and it ain't the right stare, nightmares
Don't let me go and rock the red spiked hair
They hate it when I do that right there (Right Thurr!) Yeah
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
To much will make you sick
You acting like a trick bitch
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
Jelly sickle sickness
You acting like a trick bitch
Quit bumping your gums spark your tongue
Keep a real pimp game up out your mouth
If I get on your line and dump two on your spine like it a 80's drought
I'm about that Valley-Jo
Po Po be throwing tantrums
Cause I live up on a hill with a view on a acre in a big white who white mansion
I be all up in the dirty
Where they cook them fried turkeys
Be up in Houston with Mike Jones and Paul Wall
You want that fast quota
I want that slow nickle
Everything I got I worked for so quit hating on me nigga
Look at the trees, look at the sky, look at the moon
Look at these keys, look at my ride, I'ma tycoon
From the land of the gangsters and pimps and hustlers
Where a hundred will get you three hundred dollars worth of poppers
Every time I look around
Every time I look around somebody done bit my style
Wanna smile in my face and take my place hate
But it ain't gone be no way no how
Wow
I'm lit like a candle and they hating
Cause I'm hot like a left sink handle
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
To much will make you sick
You acting like a trick bitch
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
Jelly sickle sickness
You acting like a trick bitch
Jelly sickle
Look at how that jelly trickles
Down his elbows
And you can smell those
Playa haters from Calabassas to Melrose
During his jail pulls
And knocked him out of his shell toes
When I walk into the spot them suckas sucking on them sickles
Hate to see me shining get to tripping when they off they ripple
I get these rappers dripping jelly to the third degree
Most of them in my city never know me but yet they heard of me
At the BET awards chilling with the Federation
Never forget the woman at the door giving
Away the shoes didn't really want me to have 'em
Man I had a ticket I had to grab 'em
Come to find out I was in a rhyme bout a couple years ago
Here's the blow cause I rake up dough
She was one of the women I left behind up at the wake up show
Congratulate me cause I'm a go getta
For sho hitta E-40 and Nina some flow spitter's
But that don't mean you gotta hate
Jealousy's a sickness take another lick Mitch
You acting like a trick bitch
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
To much will make you sick
You acting like a trick bitch
Take a lick of this
Jelly sickle sickness
Jelly sickle sickness
You acting like a trick bitch
@charlieball2156
2023 and this still bumps
@XxNateqazxX
Let's go 2024
@sinayasavaadra763
Will always be a hit
@odethious5639
This song was one of the reasons I kept playing 25 to life. The atmosphere was great, too.
@iSmokeKushLikeCigs
lmfaooo 25 to life!
@iSmokeKushLikeCigs
+Ben Hernandez it was random to me cuz I started listing to him a few months b4 then it was in the game!
@keanekaukasi411
yeyahhhhhh 25 to life 4 life ! haha Nostalgic feels ....
@jayloc6205
I do
@gatlinburggggfgb1835
ODETHIOUS UK wassup bro
@jonathand.9555
It’s not often you get a Bay Area/Midwest collabo, but when it happens the result is FIRE AF! 🔥