Tech N9ne: Well…this is what I’ve found to be how it changes: I don’t think it’s changed at all, brother. You’ve been doing it for more than 20 years, how do you think the cypher has evolved in Hip-Hop? This is who he is? Cool.” People talk a lot about the evolution of the freestyle. It’s interesting: the first time I ever saw Tech N9ne on television was Sway & King Tech’s “Cypher” video. It is like a ritual I have to transform into that superhero that I feel like on stage, man.Īmbrosia For Heads: These Strangeulation albums have cyphers, which are really cool. Whether it be vulgar, forceful, whether it be degrading to other people, I don’t know…whether it be like super-mean. It is like a ritual, because when that face-paint goes on me, bruh, whatever I wouldn’t say in a normal form, comes out of me. While people steady callin’ me corny ’cause I don’t look like the average brother from the hood… Like, I was born in Wayne Minor Projects…the fact that I don’t look like that on stage, this, that, and the other-it makes me “corny” ’cause I paint my face, when our ancestors did that when it was time of war. He has natural face-paint: it’s called Vitiligo.
Krizz Kaliko feels the same way, it’s just that he don’t put on face-paint. That’s why we sweat like we do-like we’re going to war. When I throw that paint on, I’m a different person. When I go on that stage, I’m trying to prove myself every night-to those who are just seeing me for the first time, those who called me corny once upon a time and then wanted to come see. Tech N9ne: Well, just putting the face-paint on when it’s time for battle… my ancestors, when it was time for battle, face-paint. How many of those rituals do you find are in touch with things like your ancestors, heritage, and even your own family and relatives? I’ve had the privilege and honor of spending some time with you, and I know that you have a lot of rituals, especially when it comes to performing - and I’m sure when it comes to writing and just living your life. You made a really strong point in there: They laugh at you ’cause you paint your face, but it’s a reflection of your ancestors. After a while, you get a little cramped up.Īmbrosia For Heads: We posted up the first cypher on Ambrosia. It’s like a machine that does 5,000 times. Tech N9ne: All good…it’s more like my right shoulder. I appreciate you taking the time to speak to me. I just finished yesterday evening.Īmbrosia For Heads: Your wrists gotta be tired. Tech N9ne: Man…signing 5,000 pre-order booklets of my new Strangeulation, Volume 2. In speaking with Ambrosia For Heads, Tech speaks about the state of the Rap cypher, his status within his fan-base, and opines on Rap’s greatest album of all-time.
The man who has erected a Rap monument in the Midwest provides hope to all our of dreams, and the meritocracy that skills can actually pay bills. He tells it, again and again, and it never gets boring. As a few questions about the just-released Strangeulation, Volume 2, Hip-Hop, and Strange Music lead to greater discussions, Tech N9ne’s story is something that’s always present. Sitting in a studio within a compound that looks more like a Bond villain’s lair than a record label-Tech N9ne laughs, he jokes, he expertly plays the part of a man living the dream.īut this is no act. This is a man who loves rapping better than most who ever attempted the art. Repetitive, profane, and profound, he is part Muhammad Ali, part Bernie Mac, and yet completely original. To say that Aaron Yates is exuberant is a drastic understatement. When you speak to Tech N9ne, that same fervor, energy, and ecstasy claws its way into every sentence and idea. He has become an independent deity, simultaneously skyrocketing in status, wealth, and respect, while much of the music industry that once shunned him looks for its parachute chord. It is this feat that has made him one of the most revered MCs of the last 15 years. Tech N9ne crams as many words and ideas into his energetic bars as he possibly can.
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