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5.0 out of 5 stars
Been Waiting for This for a Long, Long Time, November 12, 2009
First time I heard Tech N9ne was on Project Deadman.
Great album, and T9 stole the show.
Danced to T9 about the same year at the Mandalay in Vegas. Sought out T9's album (forget which...there were a few by then) and loved it. Great at pool parties (shooting 8-ball with the boys and girsl) and really appreciated props to jugallos too. Hey, that was my foundation. But this guy...he was actually really good.
I love a little bit of music from everywhere: classical, jazz, rock, hip hop, modern orchestral, hard rock. I'm not saying that to act like some tasteful person...some of the most distasteful stuff is my favorite. I'm saying I listen to a lot of stuff, and I like what hits me hard.
Someone already said this album is epic. I don't know how hard T9 tried to make something this heavy. Like his raps, he makes things look easy. It sounds easy. I know there's a lot of work in there. But as a listener...it's like it all happened in a second. Between heartbeats even, like PF back in '73. Before my time, but great.
I wanted to call this review T9's "AntiChrist, Superstar." That's the one album in the past 15 years that still grabs me by the back of the neck on a first listen, doesn't let go. But there was always this feel like people working on it had to work really hard. T9 says it in a 7-sylllable spit, shrugs, and moves on. (Genius.)
This is the album I've heard in my sleep since I's a kid. Great sound, music, big ideas. and still hits home and feels genuine when it should.
Plus...that something else I've wanted.
We're maybe too smart for ourselves these days, but I want to say it's "beautiful." (In a kick 'em in the nuts and set their heads on fire kind of way......)
Thanks for the good work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
3rd Times a Charm, November 10, 2009
This album is an instant classic and a must have for any Tech N9ne fan. Tech previously made two attempts to create a concept album with multiple parts that (IMO) fell short of the intended goal.
K.O.D. achieves that goal as Tech brings that vintage sound that made us fall in love with his music back in 2001. This album is a perfect combination of "Anghellic" and "Mizery Loves Kompany" in tone and production. By Gangster rap standards K.O.D. is a horror-core album but doesn't push the envelope and go as far as traditional horror-core rappers like Brotha Lynch Hung, Esham and others. K.O.D. is toned down, less horror and more melancholic as Tech battles the demons within. The opening song (which comes before the intro) is the fuel behind Tech's anger and sadness of witnessing his mother fight a terminal illness. As a result he questions God's existence and motives. A theme that reprises A Perfect Circle's song "Judith".
K.O.D. is perhaps the Tech people unfamiliar with his music assumed he was when they saw the full album cover of "Anghellic" for the first time. Perhaps he is buying into their assumptions of him just to go the distance. Maybe the album isn't an act and Tech really had some psychological issues that he needed to finally get out of his system as a result of industry blacklisting, a failed marriage and the medical issues his mother faced. Either way, it makes for great entertainment and in my opinion, is his best album
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5.0 out of 5 stars
It's Darkness will consume you!!!, November 19, 2009
If you let it. It is very dark which is good if you like it, similar to relapse but in this album there's a little something for everyone. Unlike relapse from Eminem, in this one there is restraint. I don't hate relapse. Anyway, as I was saying in K.O.D. Tech sometimes comes close to crossing those boundaries in (the second part of the album) "Madness" but has a comical way about it and even considering the crazy lyrics, stays sane.
The album is divided into three parts:
-Anger
-Madness
-The Hole
-Anger is about just letting the rage out, anthems, hard bass, fighting, shooting whatever. His anger just comes out furiously. Everyone goes in lyrically.
It's about letting the demons out, thus the track Demons w/ Three Six Mafia the ex kings of horrorcore.
-Madness is just crazy, the title serves it very well. In this part he talks about all kinds of crazy stuff & makes it sound funny, he is truly original in his songs. In the song "In The Trunk", he talks about throwing a clueless girl in his trunk so that she can learn to enjoy his music while it's banging in her ears, lol.
-The Hole is the darkest part of the album. In Shadows On The Road, he talks about spirits. Killing You is a very sad dark view of a relationship and the song Low can not get any lower in my opinion, let's just say I wouldn't recommend it to someone suicidal. He tries to bring the mood back up with Leave Me Alone which sounds commercial but sucks you right back in with "King Of Darkness" and ends the album marvelously with The Martini, a great story-telling.
With this album Tech N9ne shows that he is truly the King Of Darkness, I could actually see a religion being formed from this, impressive.
There's no doubt that this album is dark maybe even evil by religious standards but that's what gives it it's charm. It is not for everyone but as for the way it sounds, there is everything. It is very Hip-Hop (it's in serious competition with Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2), always lyrically sick, there are hype beats, it is somewhat commercial, the piano in this reminds me of classical music & there is even some rock in here. I'm pretty sure a fan of Billy Talent could actually like this cd. He has various styles.
The intro "Show Me A God" is actually not part of the album but is a great way to start it, in this song he tells us what gave him the idea to make such a dark project, Tech Nina was obviously in some kind of depression due to his mother's sickness, she had pancreas cancer I believe & is now dead. So naturally you can tell he won't be making love songs, happy songs, no. Instead what he gives you is all his emotions filled into one cd. He goes through every human fear possible, he talks about it all: lust, murder, death, temptations. In my opinion this album is perfect & if you find it too much to bare, he has sworn there will not be a second K.O.D.
This LP takes you places if you let it long enough. The production is off the chain! The lyrics are enough to make your head spin & Tech Nina has got some insane flows as you are already aware of if you are a fan. I am a new fan but I am a Fan. This is my first Tech N9ne album and it won't be my last. I've had this album for about 16 hours & I have already listened to it many times, the length is just right for a replay.
I'd recommend this to people who are open to different kinds of music as it is very unique. If you want a good, strangely addicting, quality album & are not easily offended, than look no further.
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