They say that was the last thing he did, so that means it was meant for me to do it with him. I wanted to do “Spanish Caravan,” “People Are Strange,” and I wanted to do some original shit. But I’m glad I got the chance to work with the genius, and I wish he could still be here so we could still do more. Tech N9ne: It doesn’t make me feel good, because it means we can’t record another one. HipHopDX: What does it mean to you that one of the last songs Ray Manzarek may have recorded was with Tech N9ne and Fredwreck?

How The Doors Shaped Tech N9ne’s Musical Tastes Having wrapped up his thirteenth release, it’s clear there’s a long way to go as Tech N9ne reconciles his different, warring internal agendas. Maybe these are the sixes and sevens Tech N9ne speaks of-the numbers inked on his body to convey his being “in a state of confusion and disarray.” In a tangential sense, you can add up a six and a seven for a grand total of 13. But when he talks of “this thing I won’t keep running from” and his “Evil Brain Angel Heart,” it’s not mere hyperbole. The sexual assault doesn’t define Tech any more or less than the day-to-day issues of running a successful, independent label. And just like that, any Rap-related problems seem small by comparison.

When those vaults opened, Tech revealed his seventh grade teacher molested him. “Because the album is called Something Else, I knew I had to take something out of that vault that might spark the wires…might spark some people in my past,” Tech N9ne explained during a lengthy phone conversation days before the release of his latest album. Tech has sold over one million albums independently and gained some of the mainstream recognition he once rapped about on songs like “Why You Ain’t Call Me?” As he catches what appears to be his commercial and critical second wind, what else is there for Tech N9ne? And-in more recent times-he’s bounced back as the record industry’s business model has evolved. He’s watched his health and familial relationships deteriorate while temporarily immersed in the stereotypical Rap life of drugs, women and all the associated trappings. He’s been the wide-eyed new artist, soaking up sage advice from the likes of Quincy Jones. Over the course of 13 albums, Tech N9ne has pretty much experienced every high and low a rapper can encounter.

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