Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri), better… Read Full Bio ↴Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne or Tecca Nina is an American rapper, co-owner of Strange Music Records and actor. His career has spanned over 24 years, during which he has released eleven albums. According to the He's a Mental Giant Songfacts, his stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming style. (Tech is short for technique and 9 is the number of completion. That's why he says the technique's complete so often.)
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/
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/
This Is Hip Hop
Tech N9ne Lyrics
When I say "Tech", you say "N9ne!"
Tech (N9ne) , Tech (N9ne)
This is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
What is livin' on 904 Michigan?
What is havin' roaches and
Trouble findin' more dividends?
Dyin' a poor citizen
What is bars in the door to seal us in
War kill us men, tryin' for your kid again
What is savin' your pay to go
Stay in a available place
In the way 'cause you ain't paying no janx
When the Yate makes a way to rotate
What is weight in your safe? So
We can stay in your race
Lay 'em on tape invading your state
With this pain in your face
What is the door slam? They
Ain't with the program
The bidness give a damn, you go HAM
You giving 'em more stamina
What is having a manager bookin'
Many shows to go jam? What is at the bottom?
They don't really gotta
What is in a column without
Another who stopped him
Dropped him, popped and chop
Him, what is summer, spring and autumn?
What is dope and to the top
And shot him what is poverty?
What is acknowledging a prodigy?
What is the dichotomy of this
Good and bad anthology?
What is lads that follow
The sad path Sickology?
What is livin' life low
Then livin' like you hit the lottery
This is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
When I first heard the beat
It gave me the vision that if the
Mayan calender was correct and in 2012
The world was actually destroyed
When a new civilization forms and they
Get to diggin' they find this
And this will be a perfect way to
Start off the new hip-hop culture
You know what I'm sayin'?
We're two murderers lyrically
You know what I'm sayin'? It'd be crazy
Strange, baby!
What is gettin' off the X
And writin' an album?
What is being put in the middle like Malcolm?
Sicker than sarcoidosis i eat Carrion
I got body parts in my Carry-On
That's when the party starts, nigga
I'm very hung
Been rippin' up niggas since I was very young
Scary-lookin' motherfucker
Ready to kill your daddy's mom
Ready to eat that meat with a meat cleaver
I creep in the streets and defeat these
Eat these niggas up hot
Shittin' out their feces
Put a knife in their nieces
At least he's younger, hunger, dinner
He sees thunder, one nut in her
He sees baby, doctor visit
He spills rabies in his lyrics
Put her in the back with the flat tire
I'm fire 'till I retire
I tie her up and then fry her up
And then give her to the higher up
Tech N9ne intertwine, get out the wine
This is my kind of hip-hop
This is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
To all my youngsters out
There listening to this:
Find some sort of education or understanding
Of life and how it was
And then try to find out how you
Can continue to grow this thing
And better this thing and take this
Thing to higher heights with
More knowledge and more conviction to
Preserve this thing called hip-hop!
Tech (N9ne) , Tech (N9ne)
This is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
What is livin' on 904 Michigan?
What is havin' roaches and
Trouble findin' more dividends?
Dyin' a poor citizen
What is bars in the door to seal us in
War kill us men, tryin' for your kid again
What is savin' your pay to go
Stay in a available place
In the way 'cause you ain't paying no janx
When the Yate makes a way to rotate
What is weight in your safe? So
We can stay in your race
Lay 'em on tape invading your state
With this pain in your face
What is the door slam? They
Ain't with the program
The bidness give a damn, you go HAM
You giving 'em more stamina
What is having a manager bookin'
Many shows to go jam? What is at the bottom?
They don't really gotta
What is in a column without
Another who stopped him
Dropped him, popped and chop
Him, what is summer, spring and autumn?
What is dope and to the top
And shot him what is poverty?
What is acknowledging a prodigy?
What is the dichotomy of this
Good and bad anthology?
What is lads that follow
The sad path Sickology?
What is livin' life low
Then livin' like you hit the lottery
This is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
When I first heard the beat
It gave me the vision that if the
Mayan calender was correct and in 2012
The world was actually destroyed
When a new civilization forms and they
Get to diggin' they find this
And this will be a perfect way to
Start off the new hip-hop culture
You know what I'm sayin'?
We're two murderers lyrically
You know what I'm sayin'? It'd be crazy
Strange, baby!
What is gettin' off the X
And writin' an album?
What is being put in the middle like Malcolm?
Sicker than sarcoidosis i eat Carrion
I got body parts in my Carry-On
That's when the party starts, nigga
I'm very hung
Been rippin' up niggas since I was very young
Scary-lookin' motherfucker
Ready to kill your daddy's mom
Ready to eat that meat with a meat cleaver
I creep in the streets and defeat these
Eat these niggas up hot
Shittin' out their feces
Put a knife in their nieces
At least he's younger, hunger, dinner
He sees thunder, one nut in her
He sees baby, doctor visit
He spills rabies in his lyrics
Put her in the back with the flat tire
I'm fire 'till I retire
I tie her up and then fry her up
And then give her to the higher up
Tech N9ne intertwine, get out the wine
This is my kind of hip-hop
This is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
It's country, jazz and R&B and it's pop
It's rock and roll and yeah
Never will it stop
So ain't no way you stoppin' this hip-hop
Hip-hop this is hip-hop
To all my youngsters out
There listening to this:
Find some sort of education or understanding
Of life and how it was
And then try to find out how you
Can continue to grow this thing
And better this thing and take this
Thing to higher heights with
More knowledge and more conviction to
Preserve this thing called hip-hop!
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
Written by: GARY EVAN FOUNTAINE, AARON YATES
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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