Tech signed acts he didn't even like as "favors"?

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Permalink Reply by The Crazy Englishman! on April 7, 2012 at 1:28pm

Am I in "the club"? I wanna be in "the club"...

weed_burglar said:

i know why you want me off coles dick, its so you can get back on.

its one thing 2 make jokes, its another to continuously bash other people and groups. he does it so i do it. whats the bfd?

gettin bitched at/made fun of by "the club" doesnt bother me 1 bit. i picture you all as being mildly retarded anyway.

but seriously, your 1st sentence made me lol for real.

and if it was any1 but you charlie, i would have apologized for fuckin up your thread. major topic that needs discussion.
 
Charles Weis said:

Who is he the fucking Dark Knight? maybe if weed burglar would get off of Cole's dick he'd only get bitched at/made fun of 1/3 as much, and if you think he's so funny, in my personal opinion, comedians should be picked on the most. If you go out there 'n try to make a funny, don't be upset when someone turns around 'n makes a funny about you.... or just points out blatent things

Kansas City King said:

Pretty much every label in history has signed someone they really didn't want, they just don't usually call it a "favor" (this is supposed to be "show business", not "show friends") Look at how many labels Tech was signed to back in the day that didn't give a fuck about him. But really, even if Tech has someone on the label that he "wouldn’t play for sh*t", who's to say that one of us wouldn't want to? Tech's opinion on music is just exactly that, an opinion. If he's got artists on his label that he thinks are wack or he doesn't like that's Tech's problem...

(Y'all need to quit pickin' on  weed_burglar, I think he's fuckin' funny & he doesn't care if he has to be the bad guy)

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Permalink Reply by ⓉⓌⓛⓩⓩⓎ ツ on April 7, 2012 at 11:35pm

it was probably Project Deadman, since know one has even heard that cd.

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Permalink Reply by 2s5szpayohr9r on April 8, 2012 at 1:50am

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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Permalink Reply by ֆӄʐ ♔ on April 8, 2012 at 2:05am

1. Personal opinion

2. Some bitch organised it

3. Not really..

Lol just sayin, but I agree that I don't think it's Cog.

BottledMindFrame said:

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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Permalink Reply by 2s5szpayohr9r on April 8, 2012 at 4:46am

True my first defense was based upon my personal preference, so I'll easily give you that. As for my second, I remember watching Cognito's USTREAM broadcast probably around a year and a half back where he briefly discussed his initial breakthrough with Tech N9ne/Travis O'Guin and what I mentioned did indeed gain him recognition from Strange Music according to the man himself. He was tremendously pushed by Violet Brown, the woman you're referring to, which would eventually seal the deal but he had already performed opening sets for Tech N9ne in the bay area prior to the official deal being inked. That's why I said it was a "big factor" and not the sole reason, I'm sure both played a key role in the final decision. That directly relates to why said act(s) Tech N9ne is referring to wouldn't be Cognito. Regarding my third point, not too often since 2008 and forward do you see Tech N9ne drop more than a couple of verses/choruses on any other release besides that of his own. Keep in mind I said not often rather than never. I wouldn't bother counting 816 Boyz songs considering he's a member of the group thus will obviously always be included. Below is the appearance count of Tech N9ne on his label mate's LP's since 2008, minus Cognito's Automatic which had four.

• Grave Plott's The Plott Thickens - 1 song
• Young Bleed's Preserved - 1 song
• Jay Rock's Follow Me Home - 1 song
• ¡Mayday!'s Take Me To Your Leader - 1 song
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Dinner And A Movie - 1 song
• Skatterman & Snug Brim's Word On Tha Streets - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Feature Presentation - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Raw And Un-Kutt - 2 songs
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Coathanga Strangla - 2 songs
• Big Scoob's Damn Fool - 3 songs
• Prozak's Tales From The Sick - 3 songs
• Big Scoob's Monsterifik - 4 songs 
• Krizz Kaliko's Shock Treatment - 4 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Genius - 5 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Vitiligo - 8 songs

Notice how three of the top four albums on that list are Krizz Kaliko, pretty much just reemphasizing that he is held in somewhat of a higher regard than the rest of the roster. I am aware that the individual artists have creative control over their albums as Strange Music is independent and has always conducted business under that motto. It's possible the other artists may not have requested more Tech N9ne features than those that surfaced on the final cut, but on the other hand they very well may have and were denied. The key word there would be "requested". I remember recently watching an interview with Krizz Kaliko where he mentioned that Tech N9ne's time is obviously very limited due to touring, his own projects, other features and business obligations resulting in tight/strict recording schedules even for his albums. With that in mind I really couldn't picture him going out of his way to record an extensive amount of features for a brand new artist with minimal ties to the label, as he did for Cognito, if he didn't truly believe in the product he was endorsing and helping to create. One thing we can agree on, the artist he's hinting at isn't Cognito.

L(ツ)L

Siikez said:

1. Personal opinion

2. Some bitch organised it

3. Not really..

Lol just sayin, but I agree that I don't think it's Cog.

BottledMindFrame said:

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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Permalink Reply by Shiven Desai on April 8, 2012 at 5:19pm

Yeahhh right, you must be playin considering Prozak has sold the top 3 most albums on Strange.

Conker said:

it was probably Project Deadman, since know one has even heard that cd.

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Permalink Reply by ֆӄʐ ♔ on April 8, 2012 at 7:38pm

I skimmed lol, yeah Violet Brown that's the bitch I was refering to. I remember watching that Ustream, vaguely remember her having a big role, though my memory of the story was limited to "some bitch did something". As for the features I don't think it has much to do with Techs decision, since he couldn't speak more highly of Mayday and Brotha Lynch, and even said he bumped DAAM all day and thought it was the hardest shit ever. So I can't imagine it can show much resemblance of how much respect he has for the artist by how many fts he makes on their album, and Tech isn't like "ok I'm going to be on 4 of your songs" lol They'll request him to be on songs, and since Cog kinda came out of nowhere and didn't have the biggest technician/juggalo following it was probably in the best interest of his sales to have Tech on quite frequently, and I can't see why Tech wouldn't agree to that thought since cogs $$ = Techs $$ lol.

BottledMindFrame said:

True my first defense was based upon my personal preference, so I'll easily give you that. As for my second, I remember watching Cognito's USTREAM broadcast probably around a year and a half back where he briefly discussed his initial breakthrough with Tech N9ne/Travis O'Guin and what I mentioned did indeed gain him recognition from Strange Music according to the man himself. He was tremendously pushed by Violet Brown, the woman you're referring to, which would eventually seal the deal but he had already performed opening sets for Tech N9ne in the bay area prior to the official deal being inked. That's why I said it was a "big factor" and not the sole reason, I'm sure both played a key role in the final decision. That directly relates to why said act(s) Tech N9ne is referring to wouldn't be Cognito. Regarding my third point, not too often since 2008 and forward do you see Tech N9ne drop more than a couple of verses/choruses on any other release besides that of his own. Keep in mind I said not often rather than never. I wouldn't bother counting 816 Boyz songs considering he's a member of the group thus will obviously always be included. Below is the appearance count of Tech N9ne on his label mate's LP's since 2008, minus Cognito's Automatic which had four.

• Grave Plott's The Plott Thickens - 1 song
• Young Bleed's Preserved - 1 song
• Jay Rock's Follow Me Home - 1 song
• ¡Mayday!'s Take Me To Your Leader - 1 song
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Dinner And A Movie - 1 song
• Skatterman & Snug Brim's Word On Tha Streets - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Feature Presentation - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Raw And Un-Kutt - 2 songs
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Coathanga Strangla - 2 songs
• Big Scoob's Damn Fool - 3 songs
• Prozak's Tales From The Sick - 3 songs
• Big Scoob's Monsterifik - 4 songs 
• Krizz Kaliko's Shock Treatment - 4 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Genius - 5 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Vitiligo - 8 songs

Notice how three of the top four albums on that list are Krizz Kaliko, pretty much just reemphasizing that he is held in somewhat of a higher regard than the rest of the roster. I am aware that the individual artists have creative control over their albums as Strange Music is independent and has always conducted business under that motto. It's possible the other artists may not have requested more Tech N9ne features than those that surfaced on the final cut, but on the other hand they very well may have and were denied. The key word there would be "requested". I remember recently watching an interview with Krizz Kaliko where he mentioned that Tech N9ne's time is obviously very limited due to touring, his own projects, other features and business obligations resulting in tight/strict recording schedules even for his albums. With that in mind I really couldn't picture him going out of his way to record an extensive amount of features for a brand new artist with minimal ties to the label, as he did for Cognito, if he didn't truly believe in the product he was endorsing and helping to create. One thing we can agree on, the artist he's hinting at isn't Cognito.

L(ツ)L

Siikez said:

1. Personal opinion

2. Some bitch organised it

3. Not really..

Lol just sayin, but I agree that I don't think it's Cog.

BottledMindFrame said:

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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Permalink Reply by 2s5szpayohr9r on April 8, 2012 at 11:55pm

Yeah I completely understand where you're coming from as well. I'd say there's a possibility for both hence why I emphasized "request" and mentioned it's obviously up to Tech N9ne's discretion as to what he's willing and able to take on also. All in all I was simply using that as an example as to why he wouldn't be referring to Cognito, and honestly I feel that he more than likely wouldn't have put so much effort forth in Automatic's creation if he didn't even personally care for the material. I've also heard him cosign Cognito plenty of times via interviews, in person, etc. That's a legitimate claim in my opinion, simply put.

Siikez said:

I skimmed lol, yeah Violet Brown that's the bitch I was refering to. I remember watching that Ustream, vaguely remember her having a big role, though my memory of the story was limited to "some bitch did something". As for the features I don't think it has much to do with Techs decision, since he couldn't speak more highly of Mayday and Brotha Lynch, and even said he bumped DAAM all day and thought it was the hardest shit ever. So I can't imagine it can show much resemblance of how much respect he has for the artist by how many fts he makes on their album, and Tech isn't like "ok I'm going to be on 4 of your songs" lol They'll request him to be on songs, and since Cog kinda came out of nowhere and didn't have the biggest technician/juggalo following it was probably in the best interest of his sales to have Tech on quite frequently, and I can't see why Tech wouldn't agree to that thought since cogs $$ = Techs $$ lol.

BottledMindFrame said:

True my first defense was based upon my personal preference, so I'll easily give you that. As for my second, I remember watching Cognito's USTREAM broadcast probably around a year and a half back where he briefly discussed his initial breakthrough with Tech N9ne/Travis O'Guin and what I mentioned did indeed gain him recognition from Strange Music according to the man himself. He was tremendously pushed by Violet Brown, the woman you're referring to, which would eventually seal the deal but he had already performed opening sets for Tech N9ne in the bay area prior to the official deal being inked. That's why I said it was a "big factor" and not the sole reason, I'm sure both played a key role in the final decision. That directly relates to why said act(s) Tech N9ne is referring to wouldn't be Cognito. Regarding my third point, not too often since 2008 and forward do you see Tech N9ne drop more than a couple of verses/choruses on any other release besides that of his own. Keep in mind I said not often rather than never. I wouldn't bother counting 816 Boyz songs considering he's a member of the group thus will obviously always be included. Below is the appearance count of Tech N9ne on his label mate's LP's since 2008, minus Cognito's Automatic which had four.

• Grave Plott's The Plott Thickens - 1 song
• Young Bleed's Preserved - 1 song
• Jay Rock's Follow Me Home - 1 song
• ¡Mayday!'s Take Me To Your Leader - 1 song
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Dinner And A Movie - 1 song
• Skatterman & Snug Brim's Word On Tha Streets - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Feature Presentation - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Raw And Un-Kutt - 2 songs
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Coathanga Strangla - 2 songs
• Big Scoob's Damn Fool - 3 songs
• Prozak's Tales From The Sick - 3 songs
• Big Scoob's Monsterifik - 4 songs 
• Krizz Kaliko's Shock Treatment - 4 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Genius - 5 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Vitiligo - 8 songs

Notice how three of the top four albums on that list are Krizz Kaliko, pretty much just reemphasizing that he is held in somewhat of a higher regard than the rest of the roster. I am aware that the individual artists have creative control over their albums as Strange Music is independent and has always conducted business under that motto. It's possible the other artists may not have requested more Tech N9ne features than those that surfaced on the final cut, but on the other hand they very well may have and were denied. The key word there would be "requested". I remember recently watching an interview with Krizz Kaliko where he mentioned that Tech N9ne's time is obviously very limited due to touring, his own projects, other features and business obligations resulting in tight/strict recording schedules even for his albums. With that in mind I really couldn't picture him going out of his way to record an extensive amount of features for a brand new artist with minimal ties to the label, as he did for Cognito, if he didn't truly believe in the product he was endorsing and helping to create. One thing we can agree on, the artist he's hinting at isn't Cognito.

L(ツ)L

Siikez said:

1. Personal opinion

2. Some bitch organised it

3. Not really..

Lol just sayin, but I agree that I don't think it's Cog.

BottledMindFrame said:

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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Permalink Reply by ₡₱♛ on April 9, 2012 at 12:07am

The only person on the label that to me makes sense of being signed as a "favor" (which I see as doing something to help out a friend) would be Scoob. Being Tech's friend for a while who had basically given up rapping until Tech started helping him out, he seems to fit that description more than the other artists.

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Permalink Reply by ֆӄʐ ♔ on April 9, 2012 at 12:09am

Yep I can agree to that, and in the end were basically debating the same point of view from different angles lol. 

BottledMindFrame said:

Yeah I completely understand where you're coming from as well. I'd say there's a possibility for both hence why I emphasized "request" and mentioned it's obviously up to Tech N9ne's discretion as to what he's willing and able to take on also. All in all I was simply using that as an example as to why he wouldn't be referring to Cognito, and honestly I feel that he more than likely wouldn't have put so much effort forth in Automatic's creation if he didn't even personally care for the material. I've also heard him cosign Cognito plenty of times via interviews, in person, etc. That's a legitimate claim in my opinion, simply put.

Siikez said:

I skimmed lol, yeah Violet Brown that's the bitch I was refering to. I remember watching that Ustream, vaguely remember her having a big role, though my memory of the story was limited to "some bitch did something". As for the features I don't think it has much to do with Techs decision, since he couldn't speak more highly of Mayday and Brotha Lynch, and even said he bumped DAAM all day and thought it was the hardest shit ever. So I can't imagine it can show much resemblance of how much respect he has for the artist by how many fts he makes on their album, and Tech isn't like "ok I'm going to be on 4 of your songs" lol They'll request him to be on songs, and since Cog kinda came out of nowhere and didn't have the biggest technician/juggalo following it was probably in the best interest of his sales to have Tech on quite frequently, and I can't see why Tech wouldn't agree to that thought since cogs $$ = Techs $$ lol.

BottledMindFrame said:

True my first defense was based upon my personal preference, so I'll easily give you that. As for my second, I remember watching Cognito's USTREAM broadcast probably around a year and a half back where he briefly discussed his initial breakthrough with Tech N9ne/Travis O'Guin and what I mentioned did indeed gain him recognition from Strange Music according to the man himself. He was tremendously pushed by Violet Brown, the woman you're referring to, which would eventually seal the deal but he had already performed opening sets for Tech N9ne in the bay area prior to the official deal being inked. That's why I said it was a "big factor" and not the sole reason, I'm sure both played a key role in the final decision. That directly relates to why said act(s) Tech N9ne is referring to wouldn't be Cognito. Regarding my third point, not too often since 2008 and forward do you see Tech N9ne drop more than a couple of verses/choruses on any other release besides that of his own. Keep in mind I said not often rather than never. I wouldn't bother counting 816 Boyz songs considering he's a member of the group thus will obviously always be included. Below is the appearance count of Tech N9ne on his label mate's LP's since 2008, minus Cognito's Automatic which had four.

• Grave Plott's The Plott Thickens - 1 song
• Young Bleed's Preserved - 1 song
• Jay Rock's Follow Me Home - 1 song
• ¡Mayday!'s Take Me To Your Leader - 1 song
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Dinner And A Movie - 1 song
• Skatterman & Snug Brim's Word On Tha Streets - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Feature Presentation - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Raw And Un-Kutt - 2 songs
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Coathanga Strangla - 2 songs
• Big Scoob's Damn Fool - 3 songs
• Prozak's Tales From The Sick - 3 songs
• Big Scoob's Monsterifik - 4 songs 
• Krizz Kaliko's Shock Treatment - 4 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Genius - 5 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Vitiligo - 8 songs

Notice how three of the top four albums on that list are Krizz Kaliko, pretty much just reemphasizing that he is held in somewhat of a higher regard than the rest of the roster. I am aware that the individual artists have creative control over their albums as Strange Music is independent and has always conducted business under that motto. It's possible the other artists may not have requested more Tech N9ne features than those that surfaced on the final cut, but on the other hand they very well may have and were denied. The key word there would be "requested". I remember recently watching an interview with Krizz Kaliko where he mentioned that Tech N9ne's time is obviously very limited due to touring, his own projects, other features and business obligations resulting in tight/strict recording schedules even for his albums. With that in mind I really couldn't picture him going out of his way to record an extensive amount of features for a brand new artist with minimal ties to the label, as he did for Cognito, if he didn't truly believe in the product he was endorsing and helping to create. One thing we can agree on, the artist he's hinting at isn't Cognito.

L(ツ)L

Siikez said:

1. Personal opinion

2. Some bitch organised it

3. Not really..

Lol just sayin, but I agree that I don't think it's Cog.

BottledMindFrame said:

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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Permalink Reply by a tie a on April 9, 2012 at 12:09am

Cole said:

The only person on the label that to me makes sense of being signed as a "favor" (which I see as doing something to help out a friend) would be Scoob. No one else would really fit the definition.

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Permalink Reply by 2s5szpayohr9r on April 9, 2012 at 12:30am

Very true lol, all valid points though. Fucking semantics right haha? Tomato/Tomatoe.

Siikez said:

Yep I can agree to that, and in the end were basically debating the same point of view from different angles lol. 

BottledMindFrame said:

Yeah I completely understand where you're coming from as well. I'd say there's a possibility for both hence why I emphasized "request" and mentioned it's obviously up to Tech N9ne's discretion as to what he's willing and able to take on also. All in all I was simply using that as an example as to why he wouldn't be referring to Cognito, and honestly I feel that he more than likely wouldn't have put so much effort forth in Automatic's creation if he didn't even personally care for the material. I've also heard him cosign Cognito plenty of times via interviews, in person, etc. That's a legitimate claim in my opinion, simply put.

Siikez said:

I skimmed lol, yeah Violet Brown that's the bitch I was refering to. I remember watching that Ustream, vaguely remember her having a big role, though my memory of the story was limited to "some bitch did something". As for the features I don't think it has much to do with Techs decision, since he couldn't speak more highly of Mayday and Brotha Lynch, and even said he bumped DAAM all day and thought it was the hardest shit ever. So I can't imagine it can show much resemblance of how much respect he has for the artist by how many fts he makes on their album, and Tech isn't like "ok I'm going to be on 4 of your songs" lol They'll request him to be on songs, and since Cog kinda came out of nowhere and didn't have the biggest technician/juggalo following it was probably in the best interest of his sales to have Tech on quite frequently, and I can't see why Tech wouldn't agree to that thought since cogs $$ = Techs $$ lol.

BottledMindFrame said:

True my first defense was based upon my personal preference, so I'll easily give you that. As for my second, I remember watching Cognito's USTREAM broadcast probably around a year and a half back where he briefly discussed his initial breakthrough with Tech N9ne/Travis O'Guin and what I mentioned did indeed gain him recognition from Strange Music according to the man himself. He was tremendously pushed by Violet Brown, the woman you're referring to, which would eventually seal the deal but he had already performed opening sets for Tech N9ne in the bay area prior to the official deal being inked. That's why I said it was a "big factor" and not the sole reason, I'm sure both played a key role in the final decision. That directly relates to why said act(s) Tech N9ne is referring to wouldn't be Cognito. Regarding my third point, not too often since 2008 and forward do you see Tech N9ne drop more than a couple of verses/choruses on any other release besides that of his own. Keep in mind I said not often rather than never. I wouldn't bother counting 816 Boyz songs considering he's a member of the group thus will obviously always be included. Below is the appearance count of Tech N9ne on his label mate's LP's since 2008, minus Cognito's Automatic which had four.

• Grave Plott's The Plott Thickens - 1 song
• Young Bleed's Preserved - 1 song
• Jay Rock's Follow Me Home - 1 song
• ¡Mayday!'s Take Me To Your Leader - 1 song
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Dinner And A Movie - 1 song
• Skatterman & Snug Brim's Word On Tha Streets - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Feature Presentation - 2 songs
• Kutt Calhoun's Raw And Un-Kutt - 2 songs
• Brotha Lynch Hung's Coathanga Strangla - 2 songs
• Big Scoob's Damn Fool - 3 songs
• Prozak's Tales From The Sick - 3 songs
• Big Scoob's Monsterifik - 4 songs 
• Krizz Kaliko's Shock Treatment - 4 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Genius - 5 songs
• Krizz Kaliko's Vitiligo - 8 songs

Notice how three of the top four albums on that list are Krizz Kaliko, pretty much just reemphasizing that he is held in somewhat of a higher regard than the rest of the roster. I am aware that the individual artists have creative control over their albums as Strange Music is independent and has always conducted business under that motto. It's possible the other artists may not have requested more Tech N9ne features than those that surfaced on the final cut, but on the other hand they very well may have and were denied. The key word there would be "requested". I remember recently watching an interview with Krizz Kaliko where he mentioned that Tech N9ne's time is obviously very limited due to touring, his own projects, other features and business obligations resulting in tight/strict recording schedules even for his albums. With that in mind I really couldn't picture him going out of his way to record an extensive amount of features for a brand new artist with minimal ties to the label, as he did for Cognito, if he didn't truly believe in the product he was endorsing and helping to create. One thing we can agree on, the artist he's hinting at isn't Cognito.

L(ツ)L

Siikez said:

1. Personal opinion

2. Some bitch organised it

3. Not really..

Lol just sayin, but I agree that I don't think it's Cog.

BottledMindFrame said:

I can't imagine that he's subliminally speaking of Cognito, for multiple reasons...

1. Cognito's lyrical ability matched with concept, delivery, and persona is through the roof.
2. To my knowledge a big factor in Cognito being signed was due to him opening for the Strange Music roster at some point and being recognized for his musical talent and stage presence.
3. Tech N9ne would have never made so many guest appearances on Cognito's album if he genuinely didn't care for the material. He was included on four of seventeen songs incorporated in Automatic. That's almost unheard of while also considering he was a newly signed artist making his Strange Music debut. Krizz Kaliko's lucky if he's able to land as many features from him as Cognito did for that project, and he's considered top priority behind Tech N9ne.

J.DizZeL510 said:

Cognito... Gotta be! lol

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