I got my face painted,crazed aint it?/that a black dude lookin like he got a white tattoo people thinking that he way tainted/by evil/treat you like fecal wanna beef you when they meet you/people perceave you to be lethal when you aint see through like teesue/(erhh)/I feel like the industry giving me vivid stupidity when they distribute these frutitious sissy's when I rip so seriously and wickedly/no forgiven thee/ when I claim with strange/everyone telling me that I'm insane with bang/I'm an independent talented individual working but the industry is the rendered game/and they call me rudolf the red/they know when I rip it right when I chew off their head/spit it at the pd's and vj's and dj's who and they get threw off a ledge/ if he tough we snuff him/homie trust me nothing/is worse than knowing your beautiful but still get treated like an ugly duckling/so I'm rocky dennis/but I'm so polish nothing can stop in this/battling brain the good is not replenished/ the fakers who imitate me and mock me finished/(erhh)/we check the mill/yes it's real through strange/I don't need your major label record deal.
They put me down and treat me like I got a red noseĭon't make me clown and have to go put on my red nose. The indusrty are my foes/they treat me like I got a red nose/ Thats real/people act a different way with me/Īnd thats ill cause they treat me like a stain on their clothes/ ~ Neil Z.Tech N9ne - Red Nose Música y Letra Chorus] Strange Reign featured appearances by JL, Jay Trilogy, Rittz, Big Scoob, Murs, Krizz Kaliko, MAYDAY!, CES Cru, and more. Months later, another Collabos collection arrived. Following 2016's solo effort, The Storm, Tech returned with the seventh Collabos album, Dominion, in the spring of 2017.
A 2015 sequel - Tech's second release that year - once again featured the entire Strange clan. The most successful Collabo to date, Strangeulation debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and topped the R&B/hip-hop, rap, and independent charts. Strangeulation featured the entire Strange posse, including new addition Murs, as well as figures from the rock world like Serj Tankian (System of a Down) and John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie). Tech issued two albums and three EPs before the fifth Collabos album - the longest stretch between Collabos releases - that arrived in 2014. Two albums and a mixtape were released before 2011's Welcome to Strangeland, another Top 30 debut and showcase for his label's artists. Gates debuted at 13 on the charts - topping the Independent Albums chart and peaking at number five on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart - and spawned the summer hit, "O.G." Krizz, Kutt, Yukmouth, and the gang of familiar guests returned for another round, adding new faces like Devin the Dude, Jay Rock, 816 Boyz, and more. After releasing a pair of darker solo efforts, Tech unveiled the third Collabos LP, The Gates Mixed Plate. Sickology 101 followed in 2009, adding Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Krayzie Bone, Chino XL, and Big Scoob into the mix. Kompany featured an extensive roster of guests, including frequent collaborators Krizz Kaliko, Yukmouth, and Kutt Calhoun, and debuted in the Top 50 of the Billboard 200.
His sixth LP overall, Misery Loves Kompany would be the start of a successful series of collaborative albums that attracted both up-and-coming and high-profile guests from across genres. Prolific Kansas City rapper and head of the Strange Music label Tech N9ne released his first Tech N9ne Collabos effort in 2007.