Among the numerous feature-heavy records on Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV was “Interlude,” a Willy Will-produced record that included guest verses from both Tech N9ne and Andre 3000. And according to Tech N9ne, his addition to “Interlude” served as a wakeup call for those whose radar he may have fallen off of.
“I’ve been around for a long time, but it took Wayne to say ‘Come here, dog. Do this.’ I said ‘Okay, I’mma do it.’ And he believed in me,” Tech N9ne said during an interview with DBL CIN. “You know what I mean? And he called my name out and I showed up and showed out. And he put me on there with Dre, with Three Stacks. He put me on there with Three Stacks and didn’t tell me. I’m so glad I went in…That woke a lot of people up.”
While speaking on Lil Wayne, Tech also commented on the rapper’s recording process. He initially expressed uncertainty at Lil Wayne and Jay Z’s ability to craft a record without writing down any of their lyrics, but quickly doubled back as he recalled a recording session he walked into while working with Lil Wayne in Miami, Florida.
According to the Kansas City rapper, around 3 to 4 AM he walked into the studio and witnessed Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, and others staring at the ceiling before Lil Wayne broke his gaze to ask a question about a lyric and proceeded to stare at the ceiling again.
“I don’t believe Jay or Wayne,” said the rapper. “My niggas is tight. But I believe they write it down somewhere and memorize that shit. Well, let me say about Wayne, though. I did witness some shit with Wayne. I ain’t never witnessed it with Jay Z. I witnessed Wayne when I was down there. Nigga, it was the creepiest shit I ever seen in my life. It was like some alien shit, my nigga. Okay, keep in mind I been writing for a long time…We pretty much do things the same in the studio…I walked in and them niggas was all looking up like this…I just wanted to see what they was doing and they was all looking up.”
Tech N9ne also provided his thoughts on his inclusion on Forbes’ Cash Kings list and spoke on losing just short of $200,000 while touring early in his career.
“Using your own money is a hard thing,” he said. “You know what I’m saying? And if you have the balls to keep putting it in as you lose it you might be on to something if you got something beautiful…We didn’t know that back in the day when me and Travis [O’Guin, Tech N9ne’s partner in Strange Music] first started this venture. You know what I mean? That first tour we lost over $180,000. And we kept going though.”
In addition to being featured on Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV, Tech N9ne featured Weezy, Krizz Kaliko, and T-Pain on the All 6’s And 7’s record “Fuck Food.”
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Yet he still isn’t making as much as ymcmb.
The reason i have this obsession over YMCMB is because they gang raped me and i’m messed up in the head.
hes making more than everyone at YMCM whos name isnt Slim, Baby, Lil Wayne, Drake or Nicki
yup and i aint making shit
andre 3000 had a better verse than you. you ain’t special tech one. u ain’t on no ones top 20 or 30
Andre’s verse wasn’t that good on that song
Cosign. None of andre’s verses were ever good.
The reason i have this obsession over YMCMB is because they gang raped me and i’m messed up in the head..
i dont get the hype behind andre 3000
he like a r&b artist
atliens was super dope tho
I get so happy when Papa Tech compliments me. I remember when we made fuck food, After I sent my verse I sat in Tech’s lap and I asked “did I do good Papa”? He smiled while nodding his head yes. I love Papa Birdman too because he buys me ice cream and plays the wee wee game with me. My Papas are the bestest!
what a miserable prick!! trying to ride the coat tail of king kendricks mind opening verse. GET YOUR OWN CAREER TECH
Huh?
The only riding going on is you riding K-dots dick.
and you riding Tech so that’s what 2 dick riders here
hey man you do realise that Kdot has a lot of his career to thank to Tech right?
If tech diden’t take Kdot on his tour along with Jay rock then he woulden’t have been discoverd by one of Dre’s people as he was called a day or 2 after a show with Tech bt Dre, that’s why Kdot still works with tech, becasue Dot respects artists that are capable of changing the game…
and fyi i’m both a Kdot and Tech fan both are amazing artists but i’m primarilly a Jon connor fan and even tough he’s signed to aftermath now, people still sleep on him! the dude is amazing check out his unconsciois state album or any of his mixtapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvRGVUsln6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zRiaLOkfc
Tech Nine is so in love with himself. Maybe he should slip himself Molly then do a rock song about it.
Tech N9ne is one of the greatest lyricists ever. He reminds me of a faster, midwest, Kool G Rap
LOL he’s wack
hes wack now cuz he went mainstream
all 6’s and 7’s is like 2pacs all eyes on me
You better turn down the volume then Tech. You shouldn’t be bumpin your own shit so loud you’re waking people up. Rude ass negro.
he’s been in the game long enough to say this shit. like niggas aren’t allowed to be cocky no more. foh
no hip hop fans like tech n9ne
This site has become trash
http://legitmix.com/EPCWA/artist/16409/Section/mix/13569
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kGPh5Hnwg
Tech is the king
The king of bad songs.
Im white
I dont like Tech
He is better than Pop rappers (MMG, YMCMB)
But he is not hip hop
your a fucking moron then good day
he not authentic hip hop
MMG verbally destroys this underground weirdo all day everyday.
man they need to EQ their interviews real talk.. that low bass humm in the background is killer in the headphones… SIMPLE FIX
At 3 in the morning? Niggas must have been looking to their “god” at the time when demons and evil spirits are the strongest. The devil probably telling them what to record and shit. Since all them fools are Illuminati puppets.
til I saw the paycheck which said $9122, I accept that my friends brother was like actualie earning money in there spare time on there computar.. there sisters roommate had bean doing this less than 22 months and just took care of the mortgage on there villa and got themselves a BMW. read the article.., http://www.Fb39.com
Why are you shitting on peoples brand in the media when the disagreement you had was personal?!?!? I think Kanye is officially a sellout esp with those confederate flag jackets and bringing a white jesus on stage. Nigga you lost. fuck off.
so long ago tho
i left tech after all 6’s and 7’s
Drake -Ransom
“hes making more than everyone at YMCM whos name isnt Slim, Baby, Lil Wayne, Drake or Nicki”
So making more than Tyga is worth bragging about? lol
“i dont get the hype behind andre 3000”
Neither does Big Boi. He hates Andre, and refuses to do any more shows with him unless he gets a bigger %.