There’s a good interview that just surfaced with Tech N9ne. It was conducted by a publication called Metro Montage, and they asked some great questions to which they received very open and honest answers to. Tech was asked what he thought he brought to Hip Hop. Here’s how he responded:
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In Ice T’s new movie, The Art of Rap, he asked several artists a very interesting question. He said, “Hip-hop is a masterpiece, but nobody painted the whole thing. So what stroke did you put on the painting?” How would you answer that?
I have been listening to hip hop since I was able to understand and comprehend. I’m talking about Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Sugar Hill, T La Rock, Schoolly D, everything all the way up to now.
What I realized about hip hop is there are a lot of defense mechanisms. Like, “don’t touch me or I’ll fucking kill you”, or “keep away from me.” It sounds like you’re scared and you don’t want your fans to come near you. I am not scared of my fans. I am inside out. What I give is me. All of me. It might embarrass some of my loved ones or hurt them at the same time, but I write my life. No defense mechanisms.
You can put me on Wendy Williams [and] she will never stump me. You can put me on me on Howard Stern and he will never stump me because I have nothing to hide. It’s all out there for my fans to see. You feel like you know me. You do! I gave you my life.
That is what I bring to hip hop.
I know that most of you will never get the chance to conduct an interview with Tech, but he’s not bullshitting. That dude is an open book. You’ll see again in our interview with him that will be posted this week!
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