Killer (Tech N9ne album)

Infobox Album
Name = Killer
Type = studio
Artist = Tech N9ne


Released = Start date|2008|7|1
Recorded = Start date|2008|1|15cite web |url=http://www.sixshot.com/interviews/10714/ |title=Tech N9ne - Shock Value |accessdate=2008-04-04 |author=Black Widow |date=2008-04-04 |format=HTML ] - End date|2008|3|27
Genre = Midwest rap
Length = 62:52 (Disc 1)
64:31 (Disc 2)
127:23 (Total)
Label = Strange Music
Producer = David Sanders II
Matic Lee
Seven
Wyshmaster
YoungFyre
Reviews = *ARTISTdirect Rating|4|5 [http://www.artistdirect.com/music/review/0,,4709320,00.html link]
*HipHopDX.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.983/title.tech-n9ne-killer link]
*IGN (8.6/10) [http://music.ign.com/articles/885/885661p1.html link]
*Kansas City Star Rating|4|5 [http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/685588.html link]
*Metromix Rating|4|5 [http://detroit.metromix.com/music/cd_review/tech-n9ne-killer/483065/content link]
* RapReviews.com [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_07_killer.html link] :*rating-10|9 (Music):*rating-10|8.5 (Lyrics):*rating-10|8.5 (Total)
*The Pitch (Favorable) [http://pitch.com/2008-07-03/music/tech-n9ne/ link]
*URB Magazine Rating|3|5 [http://www.urb.com/reviews/cd/feature.php?ReviewId=683 link]
Last album = "Misery Loves Kompany" (2007)
This album = "Killer" (2008)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Killer
Type = studio
Single 1 = Everybody Move
Single 1 date = Start date|2008|6|3 [cite web |url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=281299930&s=143441 |title=iTunes Store: Everybody Move - Single |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=iTunes |date=2008-06-03 ]
Single 2 = Like Yeah
Single 2 date = Start date|2008|10|3

"Killer" is the eleventh album from Tech N9ne, a rapper from Kansas City. [ [http://city2city.darkbb.com/strange-music-f32/strange-music-and-tech-n9ne-present-t40.htm Upcoming Strange Music Albums] ] "Killer"'s album cover pays homage to Michael Jackson’s iconic "Thriller" album cover. With "Killer", Tech N9ne has SoundScanned his 1 millionth album independently. [ [http://www.therealtechn9ne.com/home/ Bottom of page above Tour Info] ]

This album was the first album Tech N9ne recorded as a double disc release, containing 32 tracks. (Everready (The Religion) contained two discs, however the second disc was marketed as a bonus disc and not a part of the album itself.)cite video |title=Tech N9ne in the 94-9 Jamz Studio 1 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOd8r73kr1U |format=Flash |accessdate=2008-04-06 |time=4:58-05:17 |quote=I started January 15th on Killer and I did 32 tracks, it's a double CD man, you know what I mean... that's 32 tracks man, I did it, I started January 15th and I ended it the day before the tour started... ] Guests who were featured on the album include Paul Wall, Scarface, Shawnna, Brother J of X-Clan, Mistah F.A.B., Kottonmouth Kings, Hed PE, Krizz Kaliko, Skatterman & Snug Brim, BG Bulletwound, Mr. Stinky, and Ice Cube. While Brotha Lynch Hung was confirmed to be a guest on the album early on, he would be absent from the album in the end. It was later revealed that Brotha Lynch Hung was supposed to be on Psycho Bitch II, but he would have been unable to get his verse back to Tech in time, thus he did not appear.cite web |url=http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/techn9ne-part1/ |title=DubCNN - Tech N9ne Interview (Part 1) |accessdate=2008-07-31 |last=Etminan |first=Nima |date=2008-07-17 ]

It features production by producers that have previously collaborated with Tech like Michael "Seven" Summers and David Sanders II, as well as new collaborations such as with Tramaine "YoungFyre" Winfrey, Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby and Adam "Wyshmaster" Cherrington.

On October 3rd, the music video for "Like Yeah" premiered on MTVU.com. The video was directed by Estevan Oriol and featured several cameos such as the songs producer YoungFyre, fellow label mates Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun, actor Danny Trejo, as well as artists Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., C-Bo, Glasses Malone and Krondon of Strong Arm Steady. [cite web |url=http://www.mtvu.com/video/?id=1596184&vid=284918 |title=Tech N9ne - Like Yeah Video |accessdate=2008-10-03 |date=2008-10-03 |publisher=MTV ]

Tracklist

Disc one

amples

Psycho Bitch II
*"Psycho Bitch" by Tech N9ne
*"The Phantom of the Opera" composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber

References