

This album is filled with strong bars and quick flows, like you’d expect from a Tech N9ne and HU$H collaboration.The independent underground would not be what it is today without pioneers like Strange Music cofounder Tech N9ne. This new project has only seven tracks and runs for around 22 minutes, making it a fast listen that is also extremely easy to comprehend. Tech N9ne is no stranger to teaming up with other artists, and on Friday, he released Blight, a new joint EP with Chicago musician HU$H. We rap fast, but we don’t sound anything like Bones, Twista or Eminem. I ain’t trying to sound like nobody, I ain’t trying to act like nobody. It’s a weird thing because I’ve just been doing me. The essential goal for him is authenticity, and focusing solely on technical similarities would be missing the point: It’s also a weird thing, when people mention Eminem, they mention my name with it when it comes to lyrics. When put in the same range as Eminem, Tech N9ne similarly expressed his confusion. You gonna watch it because it’s RZA, You gonna wait because it’s Eminem, You gotta hear this dude Tech N9ne in the middle.” So we put RZA first, we put Eminem third, but we put Tech N9ne second. And Eminem was Em, on the rise, 1998-1999. RZA was always been like a brother to us and a good friend, he stayed on the set the whole time we shot that video. “ RZA was the first to rap because it was THE RZA in Wu-Tang Clan. “ Tech N9ne constructed that song in a way,” says Sway. The show also had Sway Calloway as a surprise guest, who recalls putting Tech N9ne between Eminem & RZA on the 1999 song “ The Anthem“.

And then I contributed to Eminem’s “Southpaw” soundtrack.” The thing that blows my mind that from all that, from Kendrick to Jay Rock to Eminem, from everyone I just named, I didn’t have to pay for none of these features. Me and Snoop, me and E-40, me and Too Short. Boyz II Men, I’ve got a weed song with Boyz II Men. With all my idols like Ice Cube, Brother J from X Clan. My friend on a higher-up would make it happen for me. Marsha Ambrosius from Floetry, I’ve always been a fan and I finally was able to get a song with her, produced by Kon-Artist. I wanted to work with Slipknot for over a decade and I finally got that done. On the metal side, I’ve done stuff with Corey Taylor of Slipknot. “ I always wanted to work with Eminem, and I did a big one called “Speedom” with him and Krizz Kaliko, finally after ten years. I’ve done a big one with Roger Troutman, he came to Kansas City to do this for me,” says Tech.
