Average Rating: 9.6/10
Overall Rating: 9.7/10
1. The Pledge Skit
2. Technicians (10/10)
3. Military Skit
4. Am I Psycho? Ft. B.o.B & Hopsin (10/10)
5. He’s a Mental Giant (10/10)
6. Worldwide Choppers Ft. Busta Rhymes, Ceza, D-Loc, JL of B, Hood, Twista, Twisted Insane, U$O & Yelawolf (10/10)
7. We Miss You Man Skit
8. I Love Music Ft. Kendrick Lamar (8/10)
9. Strageland (9/10)
10. Call From Richie Skit
11. The Boogieman Ft. First Degree the D.E & Stokley Williams (10/10)
12. Cult Leader Ft. Liz Suwandi (10/10)
13. Call From KC Poet Camile Skit
14. Fuck Food Ft. T-Pain & Lil Wayne (9.5/10)
15. Overtime Ft. Stevie Stone (9/10)
16. Pornographic Ft. Krizz Kalio, E-40 & Snoop Dogg (7.5/10)
17. You Owe Like Pookie Ft. Jay Rock & Kutt Calhoun (9.5/10)
18. Delusional Ft. Nikkiya (10/10)
19. So Lonely Ft. Blind Fury & Mackenzie O’Guin (10/10)
20. If I Could Ft. Chino Moreno & Stephen Carpenter (10/10)
21. Angry Caller Skit
22. Love Me Tomorrow Ft. Big Scoob (10/10)
23. Mama Nem Ft. Krizz Kaliko (10/10)
24. Promiseland Ft. Nikkiya (10/10)
25. F.A.N.S (10/10)
It’s tough for an artist to do what Tech is doing, releasing one or two albums every year. He had an album come out in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, then two albums in 2010, and now a 2011 album, if any artist did that then they would definitely suffer from a loss of creativity and ideas, but Tech didn’t so far, even his worst effort out of those albums, which was 2010’s “The Gates Mixed Plate” was a very good, very entertaining album. So can he keep the heat going with his 2011 album “All 6s and 7s”? Or does he need to take a small break for a year or two?
All 6s and 7s was probably Tech’s most different album. He mostly works with just underground artists or just the members of his strange music label, but it looks like in this album he’s really expanding. He got Lil Wayne in the album, T-Pain on the album, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Yelawolf on the album, E-40, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, B.o.B, Hospin and so much more as guests on the album, but are all these new guest appearances just indications that Tech needs a break? Or are they indications that Tech is expanding with his music, and making his own style of hip-hop more familiar?
All 6s and 7s is a long album; it’s almost as long as an average double album, and actually as long as a short double album. So it’s easy to tell that there is a lot of music to bop your head to and enjoy on this album, but was all the music good? Well, for sure since its Tech N9ne were talking about, there will be some awesome songs for sure, and the really strong reception of first three singles “He’s a Mental Giant” one of the best songs in Tech’s career. “Worldwide Choppers” the best of Tech’s choppers series, and “Mama Nem” a very touching mother’s day song all are on the album, it is something worth looking forward to. So based on the three singles, it is already confirmed that there are going to be some awesome songs, but did the rest of the album go up to the level of these three songs?
Tech N9ne goes into so many different directions on this album. He had a group of horrorcore tracks, which were some of his best songs since K.O.D. “He’s a Mental Giant” was one of them. “Cult Leader” had one of the scariest flows on the album. “Am I Phsycho?” had a killer verse from Hospin, a really strong beat, a great verse from Tech, a strong verse subliminally dissing Odd Future by B.o.B, and a very powerful horrorcore type creepy flow and a scary theme to with it. Another horrorcore track was “The Boogieman”, which was among the scariest tracks on the album, thanks to its very dark flow and rhyme style.
Tech went for some more emotional tracks on the album too. He had some happy emotional tracks, such as “F.A.N.S”, which was one of the best songs on the album, and a tribute to all of his fans in Kansas City, who are the number one reason why he is successful. “I Love Music” which was a song describing Tech’s love for music and the reason why exactly he loves it, and “Mama Nem” which was a touching mother’s day song. He had some sad songs on the album. “So Lonely” talks about the up-side of being lonely and how he rose to the top because of the loneliness he had. “If I Could” talks about a tough relationship he’s having with a girl, and “Love Me Tomorrow” was in a way a response to people who call Tech a sellout, and Tech saying that if they were really his fans, they would be happy for him and support him, and in my opinion, I think Tech’s right, there is no reason to call him sellout, simply because he’s working with popular artists, as long as he is making good music it’s fine by me, and that’s exactly what he is doing.
Tech also had songs that can be described as having the same old topics, but at the same time don’t really feel like those type of songs. For example, there was “Fuck Food” which was really good except for the hook by T-Pain, which was completely Autotune. “Pornographic” was a good track, but Snoop Dogg’s verse was honestly mediocre. “Overtime” had a really good flow by Tech, but I wish the hook was better, and “You Owe Like Pookie” which was probably the best track out of these tracks, thanks to its strong beat, and strongly delivered verses.
I’d say that this album definitely indicates that Tech does not need a break at all. The album shows that Tech is literally at the top of his game, and at the top of the genre, and in my opinion it was Tech’s best album to come out. It had so many different styles so the songs could never get old. The rhymes and flows where very impressive and really clever. The newer and more popular guests worked out very well for the album, almost all the time they brought there A-Game, and really the album had some imperfections, but at the same time it didn’t really have any noticeable or problem causing negatives, in fact, they were not even noticeable. If anyone would ask me if they should buy this album, I would tell them to go and buy it ASAP. Any hip-hop fan would enjoy, and most probably have a hell of a great time listening to this album. You don’t have to be a Tech N9ne fan to enjoy All 6s and 7s, any hip-hop fan will enjoy it, whether they love hardcore hip-hop or just the normal stuff.
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