Strangeland sounds like it’s actually a real city. Littered with undeniable soul, wildly diverse personalities, scenic bridges, and rambunctious tracks rumbling as if an actual freight train was racing on top of them – Tech N9ne’s fourth release of his “Collabos” series, Welcome To Strangeland, is more than just music. It’s tangible.
It’s impossible to not connect with Tech’s perspective, because his visceral commentary and bombastic array of styles and cadences are always rooted in the real. That’s been the case throughout his decade of underground dominance and absolutely lifts the best parts of WTS. An ingrained spirituality floats through “Unfair” 
(featuring Ces Cru & Krizz Kalliko), “Stars,” and “Slave” (with Krizz Kalliko and Kutt Calhoun) – sometimes reverential to a higher power; sometimes directly questioning it’s existence. “Now, I say God because I’m programmed / But I believe in none / I see no interventions and I see no Holy Sons,” croons ¡MAYDAY! on “The Noose,” a solemn ode to wounded soldiers. N9ne drops some of this project’s most reflective bars:
“Why we got it so good ‘cause it’s so rough / For the young soldiers who / Do exactly what they’re told to do / Damn / Do exactly what they’re told to do / Defend their country and uphold the crew / But give my one and only soul for you / That’s a helluva job description / I don’t know if my God’s with this one / But I guess it’s the laws of sick men / Send out youngin’s and they fall the victim / Of an evil clans plan / That’s why I be saying blamm! / ‘Cause on 9/11 I realized the fate is in another man’s hands.”
Where the Jomeezius The Genius-produced “Beautiful Music” somehow incites sympathy for a man struggling with too many women tossing panties his way, “Sad Circus” (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung) extends on that love lorn, tortured-artist motif without ever creeping towards conventional. N9ne transitions from deep to shallow, complex to comedic like few ever. But what else is expected from an emcee who improbably rhymes The Jetsons’ PG-rated ditty, “Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah” with raunch like “…Then get horizontal and I’ma beat up your na-na” (as he does on the title track, “Welcome To Strangeland”)?
What’s most appreciated about this “Collabo” album is that it doesn’t flow like stock collaborative releases. It doesn’t collapse under the weight of too many, poorly-utilized features. Jay Rock, Brotha Lynch Hung, ¡MAYDAY!, Krizz Kalliko and the rest of Strange Music’s talented roster are all deliberately placed and impossible to ignore, never detracting from WTS’s cohesiveness. Sure, “Bang Out” and “Won’t You Come Dirty” sit somewhere between filler and faulty, and “Kocky” sounds like a bootleg beat by Dre, but that’s chump change. At an hour in length, this LP still feels short – complete with enough side streets, segues and volcanoes in the distance that never detour from interesting. Welcome to Strangeland. Drive slow, homie.
great album, some real music
4/5, VERY DECENT.
tech is the future.
4/5, good album. defintley worth a listen..
dope throughout
I actually liked this album more than All 6s and 7s, and I loved that one.
whats the difference between me and you LOL
really solid release.
Not as strong as all “All 6’s & 7’s”
All 6’s & 7’s wasn’t that good of an album
Tech N9ne = The most consistent rapper ever
The noose is one of my favorite songs of the year
One of my favorite cd’s! Good ass review, congrats Tech!
Tech n9ne is god of the hip hop game
TECH N9NE!
love the strange music sound
AWsome!
Love most of the songs on this album. Won’t you come dirty isn’t my favorite but I love tech nonetheless.
fantastic album
this is the definition of winning
Ive been a die hard fan for 10 years and he has a sound that is nothing like anyone else. Tech is the best out there. Always has been always will be and with every albume he proves it time and again
Tech N9ne!!!
this album is sicc! totally different then any other so far. tech is a beast he makes awesome music just like everyone else under strange music!
unlike every other rapper tech jus keeps gittin better! pretty sure dudes not human! TECHNICIAN 4 LIFE!!
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a techn9cian till I die, but not his best work. Still an AMAZING album.
Welcome to Strangeland deserves a 10/5
WOW! That is all.
Love the Cd. it is so raw. tech CDs keep getting better and better. One of my favorite of techs albums. technician i am wholeheartedly
techs cds are so raw. one of favorite albums of techs yet. technician i am wholeheartedly
This is incredible, Tech 4 Ever
AMAZING!!!!!!
Mindf**k!! The best ever-TechN9ne-
history is being made again
5. Star
This album is just continues to prove the fact that Tech is the greatest of all time. End of story.
DX! Bang Out is one of the best tracks! How is it “somewhere between filler and faulty”???
DWAMN! 🙂 “I dont know if my Gods with this one / But I guess its the laws of sick men / Send out youngins and they fall the victim / Of an evil clans plan / Thats why I be saying DWAMN!”
Great review!
“Welcome to Strangeland. Drive slow, homie.”
THIS IS ROAD RAGE!
@Techn9cianHUNT
http://twitter.com/techn9cianHUNT
dope album,Tech is on another level when it comes to lyrics
Tech N9ne is the GREATEST rapper alive!
love this cd lyrics are crazy dope….
TECH N9NE! Greatest Rapper Of ALL-TIME! King Of Music! Tech has been of GOD status in this music thing since 1985. . . . You people are STILL in a daze for worthless mainstream music. ALL HAIL THE KING!!! TECH N9NE! – Tim Kline
5/5! Almost forgot to vote!
I mean its really good but its not his best. Stop saying that. Its NOT his best. Its still (in my opinion) better then Mac Miller’s Indy album he just put out. Its really effin good.
Awesome album. 5/5. And if you knew anything about Tech, you’d know he says DWAM not blamm lol
Tech is crazy, he makes so much music and never comes wack.
5/5
Real rock rap and not to xerox….all this talk about who copies who’s flows, when here the king is standing on top with his own unbeatable flow. All these other fake ass rappers putting out the same CD year after year, get a real job. Keep it up tech and leave everyone else in a KLUSTERFUK!
Awesome!
all 6’s and 7’s was for me one of the best albums (not only hiphop way but all genres) of 2011
A couple of months later we receive another album from Tech N9ne and yes, on a such short of time he brings us again and even better album. Emotion,reality, the different philosophies, it’s truly a magnificent piece of art. 2years ago I didnt like Tech N9ne’s style of flow…But to be honnest, I’m fan, and honnestly, the best lyrics from all artists on this album. why should I listen “rappers” like Drake, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and others. Tec N9ne should get more credit, not these phoney rappers that think they gonna make money and make it fast. Support artists like Tech N9ne, Torae, Phonte, 9th, Evidence, ALC, Statik Selektah, Reks, Primo and many others. Those artists are so underrated, its funny, because those are bringing back hiphop like it should have been.
you fools just catchin on with this mans steady delivery…
cant believe the hood don’t love it
and how the hell didnt u mention overwhelming?
EPIC. INCREDIBLE. I’m at a loss for words, this album is just great in all angles, especially for a “Collabos” series album!!!
Another badass album as usual from Tech.
hul
amazing
TECH N9NE!!!
KOD does it again!
Best rapper alive
Great album pick it up everyone SICK
easily the sickest collabos album so far. straight-up art.
The only real rapper left of our day
All these haters need to go, just paints his face at shows and has a big white crowd hes weird? Thats the best jealous excuse you can come up with? Tech N9ne = GOAT
Love this album. I have been playing it nonstop since I bought it last week. Way better than All 6’s & 7’s. Tech keeps bringing the heat. Who will he catch now?
I never thought there was such a thing as “best” mc until I heard this album tech is on his own level
Amazing album. So Tech dropped all 6s and 7s 5 months ago.Had a 3 month long nation wide tour, recorded this album in 1 month, and then goes on another nationwide tour.I mean damn..there will never be another.. im just glad i got to see most of it happen and cant wait to see what happens next
This dude is a true living legend, also.. my idol.
Just Straight Sick
God status!
awesome album :)) techician
hypnotic music
I swear the people who do the reviews on this site are horrible. These reviews are never in dept at all.
Hiphopdx you should be ashamed of this half ass review.
this website is only good to hear new hip hop songs and pretty much that’s it
Review is great. One of the better reviews I’ve read here in a while. Very evocative. Made me listen to the record and I’m not really a Tech fan.
This Album is just lagendary: Everybody Welcome To Strangeland
V.Good
Shit, i needed some good shit to listen to after listening to that Drake shit to drop a review. Thank GOD for Tech.
Tech N9ne always is H.A.M.
musically omnipotent.
dwaaam is all I say
An amazing album. This should have topped the Indie/Overall Album charts.
such a descriptive post. elaborate… dude gave you quotables, painted a picture of the StrangeLand landscape, told u where the album fell short. wtf else u want besides help w grammar? ur comment lacks ‘dept.’ fucking got no patience for weak driveby critic critics.
ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OUT THIS YEAR
this shit was dope. listen to the real thing suwandi straight kills it !
One awesome album. Love The Noose,Sad Circus and Gods. Best Songs cant wait for him come out with K.A.B.O.S.H
TECHA NEENA TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE BY FAR
TECH9NE IS KING !!!!! STRANGE FOR LIFE!!!!!
Best 2011 album with All 6s and 7s 😉
Tech N9ne is the most successful INDEPENDENT artist to exist! Pure genius!
Sit back and enjoy Welcome To StrangeLand (:
Don’t like it? Tssk Tssk, Well then go listen to Drake or Mac Miller.. Smh -__-
it’s too bad mac miller stayed independent, he is gunna take the sales crown, and he dont even deserve it at all.
smh. You say Tech is the most succesful independent rapper when you said go listen to some Drake or Mac Miller who are also very sucessful rappers. smh, tech n9ne is cool but not close to the best. he’s about in the 70th % in underground rappers. Dumbasses. Go listen to some Tech N9ne. The Roots, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Elec, Binary Star is whats up.
Dope
Yes Tech, getting the props your hard work more than deserves.
another amazing release from the kod
Love this album
strangeland the next best thing thats wassup. i been bangin sing mitch bade.
Hey yo Company Man. Calling “Bang Out” a filler track shows that you don’t know Tech N9ne or Strange Music. It’s 816 boyz!!!! get with it man. It’s “we’re clowning on you” music
EXACTLY DOG. HIPHOPDX HAS SOME WHACK ASS PEOPLE REVIEWING THIS. PROBABLY SOME LIL WAYNE DICKRIDER.
Bang Out was great for an 816 boys song. But I’ll never forgive them for Pu Wah Wah
worth more than 5 stars !!!
sp good
OMG…!! This album is so dope! best album of the year so far….! nice beat, nice rhymes..! it kills me all d way! Tech N9ne kills all. big salute to him. awesome album.
R.I.P
OMG…!! This album is so dope! best album of the year so far….! nice beat, nice rhymes..! it kills me all d way! Tech N9ne kills all. big salute to him. awesome album.
R.I.P
R.I.P????
LOL R.I.P. WHO THE FUCK DIED FUCKBOI?
crazy album a must have in a true rap fans collection!!!
dope
Favorite Collabos album yet
pretty good album!!! Liked it!
Cant believe how much every track bangs on this cd .. Better than all 6’s and 7’s in my opinion and that album was DOPE !!
fire
Strangeland hit LEBANON MIDDLE EAST with a frikkin’ BAAAANNGGGG
Tech = FREAKIN GENIUS!
yo up there in the quoted Tech verse, it says “DWAM” no blam you fucking dumb shitheads. why can u make an opinion on the album if you dont even know the real lyrics. FUCK YOU HIPHOPDX
Yee I noticed same thing. They also quote lyrics from Wrekonize and then say !MayDay! said it. !Mayday! is a band you dumbfucks… Wrekonize is the rapper in the band who says that line.
Downloaded this cuz of BROTHA LYNCH HUNG!!!!!!!!!
Tech N9ne for life! Great album!
Technician for life! Great album!
Tech comes with heat every single time! Lovin’ it!
The album we all should still be talking about is All 6’s & 7s. This is cool, but come on now.
You are a fool, I wipe my ass with 6’s and 7’s… WTS all day every day. You must be newly converted or something, cuz this is that classic Tech shit
I’m a full on Technician, tell you, Tazzz, that you dont wipe your ass with no Tech N9ne album. All his albums are classic shit And it’s near impossible to put one over the other. God Status bruh
no 6 & 7 beats the hell out of WTS and no WTS is not “classic tech shit” TaZaz classic tech is “angelic”,”calm before the storm” and “the worst” well when you think about it every thing except WTS
compair to any previous tech n9ne album to his free styles before he started strange music, his mid-west side albums and thay all are grater than WTS.Zurich is right pull your head out of each others following asses and sit back and compair WTS is a good album but not the best or even close to what techs best is. So its not classic
epic tech n9ne best of all times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This album is sick! Tech Nina is going hard, and destroying every track as always!
Brotha lynch ebk all day fuck the fake.
This is a great album, but HipHopDX needs to start posting up tracks from Childish Gambino’s “Camp”. Its a great album also and a lot of people here are missing out on it.
Dank
tech always delivers.
you punk mother fuckers dont even have the album you just rate 5 for no reason
How is “WHEN I WAS HIGH” not on this album????? That track is pure FIRE. If it was n, I’da given this a 5 instead of 4.
ummm what is that??
And if you doubt me… listen to this: http://soundcloud.com/supahotbeats/nikkiya-when-i-was-high-remix
And tell me if I’m wrong.
That is a straight up perfect party song and would have made this album even better.. But whatever. Execs make Exec decisions (or maybe it was recorded after “Welcome” was finished)…
I hear somethin’ that I like I say DWAMN!
tech n9ne.. thats all i gotta say.. always a solid perfomance
i need to make a song with tech soon
Niiice
Awesome
why is this getting this high ratings, nothing special here ffs ?!
duck u nigga..it cuz u dont know better. listen to it b4 u judge.dumb fuck
Simply put. Tech iS a genius. I love who do I catch, check out the video for it.
Bad ass album! Unfair, Who Do I Catch, and Slave are my fav tracks.
Def better than A6A7 and I love that album and in my opinion it only had 3-4 filler tracks, which out of 24 tracks isn’t terrible, but with WTS, the only filler track imo is My Favorite…
Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah!
tech n9ne killin it as usual.
what did you expect, him to make a bad album, ha!
Dope Cut from the Strange Fam, but its a lil more twisted than the usual Collabo Album…..
tech n9ne is the pinnicle
BEST RAPPER EVER…LOVE THE ALBUM
Technicians!
how about we just give every album a 5…kinda like how every kid that plays little league baseball gets a trophy. seriously…yall (hiphopdx users) need fucking help…i’m not sure what kind of help yall need but i would probably start by giving yall a bullet in the head.
so what are your top albumbs this year?
dope album definitely one of the best this year along with section 80, pl3dge, all 6’s and 7’s, cole world, bad meets evil
also i heard the roots’new album is classic aswell is styles p’s but i havent heard them yet so i cant name them in my top
LOL…where did you hear styles p’s album is good…LOL…that shit is fucking trash…as are most of the albums you listed in your comment. SMH
FUCK PPL NOT GIVIN PERFECT 5
Good shit.
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Epic….as always
BEST ALBUM BY FAR!!!!!
Tech N9ne is the shit. It’s about time the industry recognized. Better late than never though. “Welcome to Strangeland!!”
Most amazing CD that’s come out from any artist in a long time!
Love strangeland
5
4.5 out of 5 wow tech really tryin to have 2 albums in the top 5 albums of the year.
this is next level shit. 5
Thank you Tech, not just some great tunes but a masterclass of a album. Strangeland makes you feel very welcome! Straight 5 Stars!
this album is fucking sick :O!
Tech rules the music world!
Tech N9ne is a mental giant, period!
Perfect album
5
Awesome
very good
i hate this dude, i mean i like his topics but i hate his delivery his flow everything….he’s not supposed to rap in the pubic thats why he hasnt made it to the big screen. Plus im 22 now, he’s been rappin since i was like 14 and still he aint made it….that sucka is like 36! give it up tech nina
hes actually 42! but fuck it jay z is like 48. tech loves doin it so why tell him to stop?
i hate this dude, i mean i like his topics but i hate his delivery, his flow, just everything….he’s not supposed to rap in the pubic thats why he hasnt made it to the big screen. Plus im 22 now, he’s been rappin since i was like 14 and still he aint made it….that sucka is like 36! give it up tech nina
You think he hasn’t made it? i think he exactly made what he wanted.he’S not lilW,drake,ross or some other fagot,he’s not mainstream or pop he’s only HIPHOP!!
Tech N9ne = Greatest Rapper Of This Era/Soon To Be Of All Time
4 stars
t9
Great album, has a lot of heart.
another midwest classic