


We haven't done a seven in a long time, but I could still do a seven. It's wonderful to see it grow like that – and that's what we're gonna have to do in Europe. The next time, it was 500 – now we sell out the House of Blues there. We performed like it was 7,000 people, so when we came back, word of mouth meant we played to 100 people.

"The first show we did in San Diego, seven people came. "My quest has always been to get my story to the rest o' the people," the 37-year-old Aaron Yates explains, gently stroking his beard. Yet you've almost certainly never heard of Tech N9ne – and that, you sense, is quite exciting to him.

He has shifted more than a million albums and co-owns a record label that may well be the most successful music business of its day. Until then, enjoy.H e's the biggest-selling independent rapper in the US, and in 2008, Kanye West and Jay-Z were the only hip-hop artists to make more money from touring. After this song however, Something Else, which drops July 30, is my new obsession. I was excited for it, but I have been more looking forward to Rapsody’s She Got Game mixtape (due out August 20). I’ll admit it, I have been sleeping on Something Else. While still powerful Tech lets his guard down and has a more human approach-working perfectly with hostile-yet-gentle vibe set off by the beat-but Kendrick spits with more venom and the anger he has is so visceral it makes me angry. Additionally, his cadence is insane and I love the anger in his voice. In fact, a few times I even skipped Tech’s part to get to Kendrick that alone should get him in the running for best verse. I found myself waiting for his verse the whole time, when normally with Tech, I focus on his section. Well, my vote goes to Kendrick’s verse on "Fragile". Earlier in the week, Nathan argued that Killer Mike had the verse of the year on “Job Well Done”. 99 percent of the time, he is the one doing the deading, but that there is always that 1 percent enter K. I don’t think I have ever said that about any song involving Tecca Nina.
