Tech N9ne
Tech N9ne ( pronounced Tech Nine ; born November 8, 1971 in Kansas City , Missouri ; actually Aaron Dontes Yates ) is an American rapper.
It sold over a million albums and holds the Kansas City SoundScan record for best-selling albums in a week (over 20,000).
stage name
Yates named himself Tech N9ne in 1988. When asked why he chose that name, he replied, “My name means tech number nine. Nine is the number of perfection. Pregnancy lasts nine months. A cat has nine lives. Three plus six are nine. 360 degrees (9 times 40) are a complete circle. Technique number nine means "perfect technique of rhyming". That's why you can hear me with Yukmouth , C-Bo and Lynch Hung. I've worked with 2Pac and with Spice 1 . I am asked by all of these people because I am well rounded. I was even at Eminem in his wake Show . You can hear me with every imaginable MC because I have the perfect rhyme technique. I am all in one. It's wonderful! ”At the same time, this is also an allusion to a rapid fire weapon , the so-called TEC-9 , because with his fast raps (also called chopper style ) he often raps as fast as it shoots.
Beginnings
Tech N9ne began his music career in 1988. In his early years he was a member of the group Nnutt Howze , which he often mentioned in later texts by saying "Six, six, triple eight, forty six, ninety nine, three" (6688846993) sang what NNUTT HOWZE wrote as SMS . The group broke up after being banned from their Perspective Records label . He was also a member of the group 57th Street Rogue Dog Villains , with which he had some success with the single Let's Get Fucked Up .
Strange Music
Strange Music is a music label managed by Tech N9ne together with Travis O'Guin. It was established in 2002. From then on, he released his own albums under this label. The label also has various other artists under contract, such as Krizz Kaliko , ¡Mayday! , Prozak , Rittz , Ces Cru , Brotha Lynch Hung , Stevie Stone , Big Scoob , Wrekonize of ¡Mayday! and the rapper Murs .
Appearance in the media
Soundtrack of the film Alpha Dog
Four of his songs are on the soundtrack of the film Alpha Dog - Deadly Friendships . Two of them can be heard on his album "Everready: The Religion" ("Caribou Lou" and "Night and Day"). Also included are "Slither" from his album "Absolute Power" and "LA LA Land" (together with Gina Cassavetes, the daughter of Alpha Dog director Nick Cassavetes).
Video games
The songs Jellysickle and My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl are part of the soundtrack of the shooter game 25 to Life . A censored version of his song The Beast can also be found in the 2006 American football game Madden NFL . The song Everybody Move can be found in the racing game Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Moreover, it is Dwamn in the racing game The Crew to find and singles Straight out the gate and Last Man Standing of ¡Mayday! feat. Tech N9ne on WWE 2K18 , whose music selection was selected by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson .
watch TV
In 2007 Tech N9ne appeared on the MTV show I'm from Rolling Stone .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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R&B
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| 2001 | Anghellic |
US59 (1 week) US |
R&B50 (3 weeks) R&B |
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| 2002 | Absolute power |
US79 (2 weeks) US |
R&B28 (4 weeks) R&B |
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| 2005 | Vintage tech | - |
R&B63 (2 weeks) R&B |
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| 2006 | Everready (The Religion) |
US50  (2 weeks)US |
R&B23 (5 weeks) R&B |
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| 2007 | Misery Loves Kompany |
US49 (3 weeks) US |
R&B23 (8 weeks) R&B |
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| 2008 | Vitiligo |
US167 (1 week) US |
R&B50 (6 weeks) R&B |
Tech N9ne presents Krizz Kaliko
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| killer |
US12 (7 weeks) US |
R&B8 (18 weeks) R&B |
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| 2009 | Sickology 101 |
US19 (6 weeks) US |
R&B12 (15 weeks) R&B |
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| KOD |
US14 (4 weeks) US |
R&B7 (40 weeks) R&B |
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| Monsterific | - |
R&B67 (2 weeks) R&B |
Tech N9ne presents Big Scoob
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| 2010 | The Lost Scripts of KOD |
US117 (1 week) US |
R&B31 (4 weeks) R&B |
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| The Gates Mixed Plate |
US13 (3 weeks) US |
R&B5 (16 weeks) R&B |
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| Seepage |
US57 (1 week) US |
R&B10 (3 weeks) R&B |
EP
|
|
| 2011 | XXL Presents: Bad Season |
US118 (1 week) US |
R&B28 (2 weeks) R&B |
Mixtape with DJ Whoo Kid
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| All 6's and 7's |
US4 (15 weeks) US |
R&B1 (62 weeks) R&B |
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| Welcome to Strangeland |
US21 (2 weeks) US |
R&B4 (14 weeks) R&B |
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| 2012 | Klusterfuk |
US15 (2 weeks) US |
R&B4 (5 weeks) R&B |
EP
|
| Rollin 'Stone |
US78 (1 week) US |
R&B12 (4 weeks) R&B |
Tech N9ne presents Stevie Stone
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| EBAH (Evil Brain, Angel Heart) |
US31 (1 week) US |
R&B4 (4 weeks) R&B |
EP
|
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| Boiling Point (KOD Collection) |
US30 (1 week) US |
R&B5 (3 weeks) R&B |
EP
|
|
| EBAH / Boiling Point (KOD Collection) | - |
R&B39 (6 weeks) R&B |
EP
|
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| 2013 | Something Else |
US4 (10 weeks) US |
R&B3 (43 weeks) R&B |
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| Therapy: Sessions with Ross Robinson |
US32 (1 week) US |
R&B4 (2 weeks) R&B |
EP
|
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| 2014 | Tech N9ne Collabos: Strangeulation |
US5 (6 weeks) US |
R&B1 (13 weeks) R&B |
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| 2015 | Special effects |
US4 (14 weeks) US |
R&B1 (25 weeks) R&B |
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| Tech N9ne Collabos: Strangeulation II |
US25 (2 weeks) US |
R&B4 (5 weeks) R&B |
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| 2016 | The Storm |
US12 (4 weeks) US |
R&B4 (6 weeks) R&B |
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| 2017 | Tech N9ne Collabos: Dominion |
US28 (1 week) US |
R&B16 (1 week) R&B |
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| Tech N9ne Collabos: Strange Reign |
US61 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| 2018 | planet |
US14 (2 weeks) US |
R&B9 (1 week) R&B |
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| 2019 | N9na |
US34 (1 week) US |
R&B21 (1 week) R&B |
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| 2020 | Enterfear |
US92 (... weeks) US |
- | |
More albums
- 1999: The Calm Before the Storm
- 2000: The Worst
- 2001: The Worst: 2K Edition
- 2002: Celcius (Compilation)
- 2003: Anghellic: reparation
- 2010: Tech N9ne - Bad Season
- 2011: Tech N9ne Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland
- 2015: Vintage Tech
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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R&B
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| 2014 | Fragile Something Else |
US- |
R&B38 (10 weeks) R&B |
feat. Kendrick Lamar , Mayday & Kendall Morgan
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| 2015 | Hood Go Crazy Special Effects |
US90  (7 weeks)US |
R&B27 (16 weeks) R&B |
|
More singles
- 2004: Here Comes Tecca Nina
- 2006: Caribou Lou (US:platinum)
- 2011: Worldwide Choppers ( feat.Busta Rhymes , Ceza, D-Loc, JL of B. Hood, Twista , Twisted Insane, U $ O & Yelawolf ) (US:platinum)
- 2015: Speedom (Worldwide Choppers 2) ( feat.Krizz Kaliko & Eminem )
- 2016: Erbody but Me ( feat.Bizzy & Krizz Kaliko)
- 2018: Don't Nobody Want None
- 2020: Am I a Paycho (US:gold)
- 2020: Dysfunctional (US:gold)
- 2020: The Beast (US:gold)
Filmography
- 2003: The bus
- 2004: T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience
- 2006: Jack's Law (unpublished)
- 2007: The Psychumentary
swell
- ↑ a b US chart history
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
Web links
- Tech N9ne homepage
- http://www.lawrence.com/news/2003/dec/22/the_belly/
- http://music.ign.com/articles/755/755004p1.html
- http://nos-energy.npage.de/therealtechn9ne_51499788.html
- http://nos-energy.npage.de/startseite_53515788.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tech N9ne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yates, Aaron Dontes (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American rapper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri , USA |