Speaking of the major features, outside of Eminem and Lil Wayne, which feature surprised you the most from the album? The only thing new is the major features. So this isn’t something new I’m doing brother. So that’s why Excision is on the album because we love that genre as well. Now, throughout the years, we got into EDM. So me being into rock and all different types of genres started when I was a kid and if you listen to my music, from my very first album, the rock was already all in there. I recorded a song called “Strange 2013,” which was such a milestone for me because their music inspired me later on in my life to start something that saved my life: Strange Music. I got to drink wine with them and talk about Jim. That’s why I was able to work with them on the last album-the existing members of the Doors, right before Ray passed.
That’s why I started this label Strange Music, because I’m a crazy fan of the Doors, Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, and Ray Manzarek-rest his soul. TN: Well, this happened all the way back from when I was a youngster, when I was a kid, when I was in my single-digits, you know what I mean? My family, my uncles, my aunties-I started my Strange Music label because I’m a Doors fan. Was that a reason for you to implement these different sounds like EDM and Rock to your new album Special Effects? You have a bevy of genres that are exploding in Kansas. If it wasn’t, this wouldn’t have happened because it has to start at home, you know what I mean? This buzz started in Kansas City, you know what I mean? If there wasn’t a music scene that was crazy, it wouldn’t have spread like it did in Kansas City and ventured over to other towns, cities, and states. There’s always something going on in hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and metal.
There’s a show always at the Sprint Center. How would you describe the fanbase and also the music scene from your perspective? You have a pretty rabid fanbase in your hometown of Kansas City. So for them to name me the king, I feel like that it’s well-deserved, but we worked hard for it. We’ve paved the way for a lot of independent artists to this day. But after all our blood, sweat, and tears of us fighting to get this Strange Music thing poppin’ like we’ve been doing since ’99 or 2001 when we put out Angelic Man, it’s so well-deserved, man. TN: Man, that’s such a wonderful thing to hear. How does it feel being dubbed the “Independent King of Rap?” It’s time to get strange with the head of Strange Land, Tech N9ne. He sat down with Myspace to discuss being the Independent King of Rap, his most surprising feature on Special Effects, his relationship with his late mother, the beauty behind his shows, his hopes of one day working with Jay Z, and his insane work ethic. Instead of insipidly serving vanilla to his fans, Tech N9ne dips into every genre in hopes of making a flavorful sounding project for everyone to enjoy. Special Effects will serve as his 15th, which features collaborations and cameos from Eminem, Lil Wayne, Corey Taylor, T.I., 2 Chainz, Excision and more. Since 1999, he has released 14 albums and on May 4. In 2014, he made Forbes’ Cash Kings list by racking in $8 million-all from his Strange Music imprint, topping the likes of Rick Ross, J.Cole, and others. With a rabid fan-base that clings to him at the hip, he has created an uncontrollable machine that has major labels drooling. Rather than put himself in the hands of a record major label, he took control of his own destiny and launched his own label: Strange Music. For years, Tech N9ne, 43, was preaching the gospel.
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