Tech N9ne says he was up against a wall when it was time to record “Fragile,” a song featured on the Strange Music rapper’s new album, Something Else.
“It was crazy, because I was so busy,” Tech N9ne says during an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “I knew it was going to be a big song, because what Mayday! gave me with Kendall Morgan singing on it. After I wrote my verse, it was my second show in Seattle. We did two shows, because I sold out both shows. There was like 2,000 the first night, and another 2,000 on the second night. So it was like, ‘Whoa, we sold out both shows!’ I was already tired from the night before, and we already had booked the studio time in Seattle. I went there, and I finished the last four bars of the verse I wrote. I wrote most of the verse—the first eight bars—on bus. It was getting closer to the show, and I wrote the last four bars at the studio because, our meet and greets aren’t an hour anymore. There’s like 300 people or 400 people, so you’re there until 6 pm now instead of 3 or 4. Now we got to go the studio, and I gotta be on stage at 9 pm, so it’s coming down to the wire…I still have to eat and whatnot. But I did it, and after I did it, I’m like, ‘Ooh, the verse is elite.'”
Tech N9ne says that he took a moment to reflect on his own rhymes. “I looked back at it, and I said, “Some of the people appointed to give an opinion / Never do get it / I want you to come on and gobble a jimmy and… die / Nina be givin’ the remedy and why / Critics are really the enemy, and I / Can’t stand the way they slam today’s gifted / Effin’ incredible, get fanned away with grands to pay / This jam will lay scripted / Deaf and impeccable…'”
Even though “Fragile” already featured Mayday! and Kendall Morgan, Tech N9ne says that he wanted to include another rapper on the song with him. “It was already elite, so I needed somebody who could come after me, and there aren’t too many who can do it,” Tech N9ne says. “Twista can do it, Busta [Rhymes] can do it, Eminem can do it, Kendrick [Lamar] can surely do it, and that’s who I heard on that beat. That was music we were doing, when you can hear that beat, it’s music. It’s empty, but it’s music. The beautiful acoustic guitar and Kendrick is musical to me. I felt like he could speak on that. I wasn’t sure if he could speak on that…but he spoke on it. People love him, and I didn’t know if he had critics that had said something bad. I wasn’t sure if he could speak on it, because people love him so much. But he spoke on it, and it was pretty raw. He held that second verse, and it’s like you ain’t mad at it at all.”
Tech N9ne has deep ties to Kendrick Lamar. Lamar is in the group Black Hippy with Jay Rock, who is signed to Strange Music. Both Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock toured with Tech N9ne in 2010 and Tech N9ne and Kendrick Lamar appeared with Machine Gun Kelly, Big K.R.I.T. and B.o.B at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher.
Additional Reporting By Omar Burgess
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best track i’ve heard since a long time
kendrick verse was dope
just before I looked at the draft of $8664, I have faith that my mother in law woz realey earning money in there spare time from their laptop.. there dads buddy had bean doing this for less than 20 months and as of now repayed the dept on their apartment and bourt a top of the range Peugeot 205 GTi ——> Green37(dot)COM
stop over hypeing tech album
its like gkmc again
bitch fuck it
if you don’t like the album don’t stop by this article to express your disagreement with the ones who dig it
fuckin faggot
^^^ the album sucks
Tech N9ne is a better lyricist than Eminem..
but who make better songs
In the last 8 years and over they’re whole career? Tech…. Em has him 200-2005, after that there’s no comparison
tech n9ne about to sell over twice what Rich Gang did first week LMAO!!!!
he will also be outselling Ace Wood, Tyga Wood and Flop Montana’s first week sales!!!!!
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cuz hip hop changing
for the better
Well this is how it happened. I reached out to my lucifarian friend Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Then we sacrificed some animals, had gay sex, and went to the studio! Man I love working for satan and 666! -Tech N9ne
Such a POS!
Your a fucking idiot
all 6’7s and 7’s his best
evthing after was kinda whack
the eps had like 1 track each
somthing else had like 4 songs
even fuck food better than some of the songs on somthing else ]]
and im tired of krizz kaliko signing, shit was dope on everready but now its ruining techs songs
straight out the gate > all 6’s and 7’s songs
nope
It’s interesting how all the people saying A6A7 is way better than Something Else are all anonymous.
Welcome to Strangeland was better than 6’s and 7’s in my opinion.
cult leader
am i a psycho
love me tomorrow
promise land
so lonely
hes a mental giant
delusional
worldwide choppers
i love music
if i could
face paint
this is hip hop
tech fell the fuck off
he fell off cause you’re able to name a bunch of songs you got on your iPod?
Tech isn’t doing anything drastically different than what he been doing… he spits as hard today as he did 3, 6 years ago. he still got it.
all 6’s and 7’s has more hits
all 6’s and 7’s had 3 bad tracks
you owe like pookie
pornographic
overtime
and overtime only whack cuz of the hook
tech and stevie kill it
overtime just another song ruined by krizz
Overtime was the only one I felt was wack out of that lot… Pornographic is only bad for Snoop’s bit, Tech and E-40 absolutely murder the beat.
something else is whack
got like 3 tracks
strange dont need ces cru or prozak
you serious? Prozak and now ces cru are one of the strongest pillars that support strange. I feel that ces have a little too light production that doesn’t always fit them but they spit
They’re the two weakest acts on Strange, but thats not saying much beside Kali, Lynch, Mayday, Rittz… Even Stevie Stone and Kutt hold it down most of the time
yet you have a problem with ces cru
ces cru are amateurs
Ces Cru > Kutt
A great track off the record. An MCs only good choice again.
It’s a dope ass song
LOVE THIS SONG AND ALBUM
amazing track off the album, friend showed me yesterday. Amazing sounds real good
Kendrick shits on tech 9 kendrick is the GOAT and plus good kid mad city is the only album comparable to illmatic that came out
dickriding at its finest
I’m a Kendrick fan, but the OP is dickriding too much.
LOL IAHH GET OFF THIS SITE AND GO BACK TO KTT AGAIN
Agreed, goddamn dickrider. I love Tech, haven’t heard any of Kendrick’s shit at all – but I’ll say, every thing about this track is amazing. With that said, Kendrick’s verse is probably my favorite part about it, but in no way does he shit on anything. It’s all wonderful.
hes not dickriding if the rapper is the greatest that’s better then praising sub-par rappers
great song
he got at Ja Rule first, but he didnt feel the devil worshipping. so hes second choice was Kendrick Gaymar. true story.