HipHopDx recently caught up with Tech N9ne to discuss Elton John.
For those of you who may not remember earlier this month, while in Canada, Elton John went into a record store to look for some music by Tech N9ne.
Here is the full article from HipHopDX:
When Sir Elton John waltzed into a Canadian record store earlier this month, he wasn’t asking for David Bowie or The Beatles — he wanted music from Tech N9ne. To any artist, this would be a monumental co-sign from one of rock’s greatest living legends, but to the Strange Music Inc. powerhouse, it was also a sign he was on track with his career.
“That was so crazy, man,” Tech N9ne tells HipHopDX. “It’s validation that people think I do beautiful music just like they do. Somebody of that magnitude who’s a genius of music for so many years and still relevant today makes me feel real good inside, and lets me know I’m truly going the right direction. I always knew I was going the right direction ’cause I showed them my heart, but that kind of validation just makes you smile inside.”
Despite the vast differences in the style of music each artist creates, it wouldn’t be out of the question to work together. Sir Elton famously performed “Stan” with Eminem at the 2001 Grammy Music Awards and Tech N9ne has an affinity for soaring, piano driven ballads. It was something he picked up growing up in Kansas City, Missouri.
“Somebody you’ve been listening to since you was a kid is checking for your music,” he says. “I remember my uncle and them singing me ‘Benny and the Jets’ when I was younger, which made me enjoy Elton John as well. To think he walked in and asked for Tech N9ne off the top before anything — that means he was looking for something. I wonder what song or songs led him to me. That’s what I want to know.”
As fate would have it, Tech N9ne’s lawyer in Los Angeles had a plug, so it’s possible there could be a Elton John-Tech N9ne collaboration in the near future.
“We already sending him records and stuff, including the latest vinyl and latest LPs from me,” he says. “My lawyer out there in L.A. knows his manager, so we’ve connected already. We just haven’t gotten on the phone yet. I can’t wait.”
Akin to Tech’s 2015 Special Effects track “Dying Flying,” which relied heavily on an all-encompassing dark, emotionally-charged piano sound, the independent rap titan believes a joint project between the two would be similar in nature.
“It would be something really piano-driven,” he explains. “It would be something with feeling. It would be something real. It won’t be a clubber, nothing like that, it will be something people will feel with emotion, and something that changes key. Something that climbs. Something that brings you up and brings you down. Something really musical.”
As Tech continues his current tour in support of 2016’s The Storm, he’s undoubtedly plotting his next move, which may or may not involve a feature from the knighted Brit. Until then, look for more strange music from his upcoming collabos project, Dominion, which is expected to arrive on April 7.
Faygoluvers Comments
TheShadow
Comment posted on Friday, March 24th, 2017 08:17 pm GMT -5 at 8:17 pm
…. nahhhh man.. Tech should collab with John Mayer. That would be the shit.
wicket_juan
Comment posted on Saturday, March 25th, 2017 12:00 am GMT -5 at 12:00 am
is he totally down to March and give back to The Juggalo World, that has made him a multi-millionaire?
MNEJVoorhees
Comment posted on Saturday, March 25th, 2017 11:07 am GMT -5 at 11:07 am
I gotta completely go against the idea that the juggalo world “made” him.
He appeals to juggalos sure, but he appeals to a MUCH wider audience than just them and he has ever since the Absolute Power album. Most people I know, they know of Tech N9ne and you can certainly thank the radio as well as the man himself for that… not juggalos.
MNEJVoorhees
Comment posted on Saturday, March 25th, 2017 11:17 am GMT -5 at 11:17 am
….they may have made him a million + but I dont think he owes us shit. And lets not forget that these musicians did give back to us when they made more albums we enjoy and bought.
scruffy
Comment posted on Saturday, March 25th, 2017 11:49 am GMT -5 at 11:49 am
uh, how does that count as ‘giving back, if we gotta pay for it?
that would be ‘selling’ back… except, since we never sold them anything, its actually closer to ‘getting more money’. not sayin none of em give back to us, but it aint never via commercial product with price tag. that aint ‘giving’. at the core, that is ‘doin their job’.
far as whether or not we made tech… who was bumpin his shit before absolute power…? not pop kids.
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