Y’all know I’m missing my children because I’m shaking townsĪnd y’all love my music and how sad I can make it sound Y’all know in my circle the devil steady making rounds The album ends strongly with “Last Sad Song,” where Tech best explains why he felt the need to release this E.P.: “Pain Killer” picks up where “Stress Relief” left off with Tech N9ne presenting a dark and depressing look into addiction and the emotions that can lead to it.
The concept is dope, Tech N9ne compares his rap star lifestyle to that of a covert agent, but the vibe is a little too light for the EP and the song ends too quickly. “00N9NA” is a two and a half minute track that sounds a incomplete. The following track might be the one track that does not fit the album. The overly aggressive chorus might be a bit much for some, but overall the song is a success. The song is far from Tech N9ne’s most lyrical affair, but it definitely captures the angry, fight music vibe he was going for. Why you shake and shiver? Pull the fucking trigger!” I don’t give a damn, I don’t want to hear it, which one of them did it, nigga? You don’t know shit, gon’ get your dome split I’m ready to go in on, you lying son of a bitch You niggas must be crazy, are you fucking serious?įuck this god damn job, you know what? I quit! “Stress Relief” follows and takes the darkness to another level: The beat is a pounding, club worthy, number that is appropriate for the dark, but celebratory anthem. Like the Nina ain’t alive, hit the replayĮverybody love my music and the whole world cry” The song captures the dark vibe of K.O.D. The album kicks off with “Like I Died (Remix),” which remixes a song originally found on the 2009 Strange Music Sampler. The E.P., exclusively available online at his store, contains 5 songs that capture the same vibe of his “K.O.D.” album.
“The Lost Scripts of K.O.D.” represents a concept that Tech N9ne felt wasn’t quite complete and decided to address with a follow up E.P. His music has purpose and his creative process reflects that. Outside of one or two bonus tracks given to his pre-order fans, Tech rarely has an overabundance of left over material from any album. While the man does produce a large amount of music, most recently dropping a double album with “Killer,” his creative process is much more focused than most rappers. Tech N9ne is not your average rapper, especially not creatively. In fact, many times the best material is found in places other than the actual album.
That usually leaves them at least an album’s worth of material to spread across numerous promotional mixtapes, iTunes bonus tracks, and the occasional bonus CD, soundtrack, or compilation. The average rapper records a TON of songs for any given album and chooses the ones he feels will sell best. Throughout our list of his 50 essential songs (originally published in 2017 and updated on the eve of his 2022 Super Bowl appearance), Eminem fearlessly displays that devotion to task and proves why he’s been one of pop music’s most fascinating, complex characters.Given the usual creative process that goes into making the average rap album, a project like “The Lost Scripts of K.O.D.” is quite rare. But for a poor, white, emotionally unstable MC to excel in hip-hop and not be viewed as a villainous buffoon, he must possess prodigious artistic gifts and a real commitment to personal transparency. He’s also, on occasion, regurgitating grotesque sexist, homophobic stereotypes. When Eminem raps about violent, tragicomic death, he is furthering a grand murder-ballad tradition in folk and blues music. But spend serious time with Eminem’s entire catalogue and you quickly realize that those two sides of his music are inextricable, one always informing the other.
They eschew the more viciously somber, rock-leaning character studies helmed by Em and his longtime Detroit collaborators Jeff and Mark Bass. Some fans celebrate only the funny “Slim Shady,” when the musical comedy is quality controlled by executive producer Dr. It’s just now he’s finding it harder to joke about the darkness that has always fueled his best work. Just listen to the vulnerability and self-doubt on his recent single “ Walk on Water.” The Detroit rapper continues to make art about how people are driven crazy by weakness and lack. Though he’s been a multiplatinum, Grammy-winning star for over 20 years, Eminem is not an unequivocally triumphant figure, either within pop music or within his own mind.
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