I was supposed to have five solos on there but I took one off. It’s just the general can tell when all wasn’t put in and if that truly was your all then we’ve got a problem, because I’m working on my shit everyday. I took some shit off and I hope that the members who didn’t make it on certain songs like they thought they were are not salty. No disrespect, but if we’re going to have the industry in a chokehold we can’t have anything that’s lackluster on this bitch. Anybody else that became lackluster to me – and I know what elite is, and if you’re not working on your craft I can hear it – you can probably hear it on me too – I took it off. It was a song that I had that had some lackluster parts on it, and I knew it and I took it off. I didn’t cut myself out of shit that got cut out. If one of the members of Strange was lackluster it didn’t go on the album and best believe one of my solos did not go on the album. If something ain’t polished, it didn’t go on the album. Strangeulation is another level of Strange and the artists are getting more polished. You’re going to hear a lot more effects on the lyrics and the beats. The idea is to do Special Effects right now so some of that shit seeped through on certain songs. We didn’t mean to do it, it’s just happening. So on Strangeulation you’re going to hear shit that’s got a Special Effects feel. They’re like “Man, if we keep going this way, what are we going to do for Special Effects ?” I’m like “We’re going to keep on going forward!” We’re going to do shit with live instruments on Special Effects and really really dig into affecting this music and playing with it because we do it so well. Massive songs, “Fortune Force Field” my nigga. “Love 2 Dislike Me” “B.I.T.C.H.” with T-Pain and “That’s My Kid”. I played the songs to Travis and them and the first thing everybody said, Dave Weiner and all of them, “This is going on a Collabos? These are massive songs!” I told Travis and Dave and them “I can’t do anything but go forward from where we left off.” We left off on shit like “Believe”, “Fragile”, “See Me”, all these wonderful songs on Something Else. So we did the first couple songs: “The Calling” “Fear” and it was like where we left off on Something Else. That’s the hard part: if you’re gussin’ like that it’s got to be something that can stand up to what’s going on out there. You ain’t going to be able to say nothing after they hear this shit so it had to live up to that. I typed it to him and it said “The act of Strange Music artists collectively having the industry in a chokehold.” Like if you’re in a chokehold you’re not going to be able to say shit but choke. “I want Strange to be in it.” First I said Team Strange and I’m like “Nah,” then I’m like “Strange Gang” and I’m like “Nah.” I sent those two and he’s like “Nah” and one day I came up with Strangeulation out of my dream. It’s time.” And I wanted it to say “Strange” something. Travis always hits me when I’m on tour like “Hey man, what you think about doing a label album again? We gotta do one this year, a collabos. When did you know you wanted to do this album and once you knew what was the general direction that you wanted to take it? Read on and find out why this will be the best collabos album yet. Tech also ends the interview with some very pointed words for naysayers. Along the way we learn that Seven might be producing with the assistance of poltergeists.
Tech N9ne talks to us about what went into the album and how he went about picking what made it and what didn’t make it. With the world looking to the Snake and Bat, now is no time to slack when it’s time to lay down music of the highest caliber. In fact, there’s so much dopeness going around that even some of the established artists on the roster had verses that didn’t make the cut. Why? To put it simply, there’s too much talent on the roster. With Strangeulation, Tech N9ne has the most elite entry to date in the history of the collabos albums.
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