Talk:Tech N9ne

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"F.T.I"

Would anyone mind working on putting some information up about the FTI campaign? I think it's notable, as it's a a fairly prominent case of file-sharing boosting album sales, as well as the protests staged over the Kazaa ruling.

Killer

I can't find any source for the fact, that there is an album called Killer to be released in 2008. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.171.100.180 (talk) 22:58, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There, just added a source for you. Mizery Made 00:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.171.91.4 (talk) 10:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to what was here?

What happened to what was here? It used to talk about how his uncle got him into rap and his christian background.The Clydelishes Clyde 02:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Misconception

This article states that Tech N9ne stands for the gun, this is not true. As Tech says in many of his albums it stands for Technique Number 9, which he claims to be his rapping style. They need to change this. Tech dominates all.

So you're going to go ahead and believe something as ignorant as that? Honestly, it's like these stoner girls I know who say "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is not about drugs, it's about a drawing his kid drew and blah blah blah." You're just going to assume that he coincidentally came up with 8 rapping styles and wasnt happy til the ninth one, and decided to name it, also very coincidentally, the same name as a gun? Spare me. Vicious203 14:50, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first comment is right, tech explained that a thousand times. Furthermore he doesnt talk about weapons in his songs, so i do believe him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.171.100.180 (talk) 22:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A message for '72.24.99.246'

Keep your losers comments to your self, don't post them on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.197.115 (talk • contribs) 18:09, November 17, 2005 (UTC)

- General Bison — Preceding unsigned comment added by General Bison (talk • contribs) 08:16, February 7, 2006 (UTC)

old user,first time poster

Wow.........I think I'll go ahead and edit this since it's complete and utter horse poop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donman (talk • contribs) 22:49, January 28, 2006 (UTC)

heathead

This article still needs to be rewritten. Alot of it is cut-and-pasted from www.rockkansas.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heathead (talk • contribs) 14:08, February 11, 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite it then! Rockkansas.com isn't complaining. 09:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

gun name

No reference to the gun after which he takes his name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.95.19.42 (talk • contribs) 15:44, March 24, 2006 (UTC)

His name aint the gun its the sex position

No, watch the Tech N9ne Experience DVD and he says, that his name was derived from the gun, because he raps fast as a "motherF**ker" and the gun shoots fast as a "motherF**ker" and that his how he got his name, get your facts right before speaking!

also ina lyric he states "the one with the name of a gun" . <-- Which song?

"Listen to the villian wit a gun associated tongue" in Absolute Power. See above discussions though.

What happened?

All the information is gone, this page looks bare compared to months ago, this has gone WAY too far. And people wonder why I hate Wikipedia, too many standards and retards. WACK!

Mizery Made 05:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, narrow-minded nerds get involved, wanting to condescend and pretend to have a better idea, but they don't add improvements, all they do is strip the entry of information, add a bunch of "citation neededs," and eliminate information which the average reader wants to see. If they think citations are needed, let them add the information! Otherwise, they should STFU, and quite vandalizing entry after entry. 07:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Tech N9ne and the Article

You all have to keep in mind that this isn't a place to promote Tech N9ne, or his music. It is here to provide facts and be a biographical source for him and his music. It also must be constructive and reasonable as well as appropriate. Yes I'm a Tech N9ne fan, but that doesn't mean I will advertise him or his music through an ENCYCLOPEDIA. --KCMODevin 01:56, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tech N9ne is hard as F**ck stop deleting his page

Blood?

He says in alot of his raps that he's down with the red rags (Possibly Blood affiliation) and this would also explain the red hair and clothing, so, any sources?

well latley at his live concerts he wears more face paint and is now earing black scrubs with a clean shaven head red could just be a favorite color or a gimmick that went along with absolute power but now that hes on his everready "era" if you will hes using alot of black and grays (ive seen hime 4 times this year thats my source)

In an interview with JUICE (biggest european magazine for hip hop culture, from germany), he says that black and red are his favourite colors, and in a video interview he explains that he only cut off his hair cuz it was falling out(due to the color).

HE IS NOT A GROUP!

It is a guy, so I am going to take the tag off the bottom.

You're right, but in live concerts he always performs with Kutt Calhoun and Big Krizz Kaliko.

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Seems rather uninformative

The introduction doesn't seem very encyclopedic. To me, it sounds rather similar to something a 6th grader would write for a school newspaper. This part especially:

"In 1985, Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates found his calling. On a dare, he picked up a pen and wrote a rhyme. The next day he went to school and performed that rhyme. His life has never been the same. In the 17 years since that day, this motor-mouthed rapper has performed sold out shows from L.A. to New York."

I don't think it's very informative, nor does it cite its sources. Consider revising. Vicious203 14:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i agree... it also has a fan-site presence about it... almost feels like exaggerations or superficial claims at some parts, and alot of it feels biased (ex: "most prominent MC in his hometown of Kansas City")... i tagged it, rather than theying to fix it up because i don't know much about the artist (tech n9ne is one of only 2 rappers i like). --AN, 19:20, 7.Oct.2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.189.73 (talk) 23:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personal Life?

Why is there zero information on his personal life? kids, wife etc? MrM 01:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

kind of a little to personal, nobody knows much other than hes got 2 kids and hes divorcedWiggl3sLimited 17:21, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Caribou Lou

It is stated in the Music Video section that there is a video for Caribou Lou, or one that is not released yet. Can we please have a citation as to where this video is or or an article that states that production on such a video has started? If no citation is cited, I'm requesting that this information be destroyed as it is uninformative and misleading to the article as a whole. INSBDominator 21:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)INSBDominator[reply]