Killer (Tech N9ne album)

Killer
Killer
Studio album by Tech N9ne
Released	July 1, 2008
Recorded	January 15, 2008 - March 27, 2008
Genre	Hip hop; horrorcore; gangsta rap; rap metal;
Length	1:02:52 (Disc 1); 1:04:31 (Disc 2); 2:07:23 (Total)
Label	Strange Music
Producer	David Sanders II, Matic Lee, Seven, Wyshmaster, Young Fyre
Tech N9ne chronology
Singles from Killer
	"Everybody Move"; Released: June 3, 2008; "Like Yeah"; Released: October 3, 2008;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	2008
ARTISTdirect	2008
HipHopDX	2008
IGN	(8.6/10) 2008
Kansas City Star	2008
Metromix	2008
The Pitch	(favorable) 2008
RapReviews	(8.5/10) 2008
Rhapsody	(favorable) 2008
URB	2008

Killer is the seventh studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne. It was released on July 1, 2008. Killer's album cover pays homage to Michael Jackson’s iconic "Thriller" album cover. With Killer, Tech N9ne has SoundScanned his 1 millionth album independently.

Background

This album was the first album Tech N9ne recorded as a double disc release, containing 32 tracks. (Everready (The Religion) contained two discs, however the second disc was marketed as a bonus disc and not a part of the album itself.) Guests who were featured on the album include Paul Wall, Scarface, Shawnna, Brother J of X-Clan, Mistah F.A.B., Kottonmouth Kings, Hed PE, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim, BG Bulletwound, Liquid Assassin of Grave Plott, and Ice Cube. While Brotha Lynch Hung was confirmed to be a guest on the album early on, he would be absent from the album in the end. It was later revealed that Brotha Lynch Hung was supposed to be on Psycho Bitch II, but he would have been unable to get his verse back to Tech in time, thus he did not appear. He was instead replaced by Grave Plott's Liquid Assassin.

It features production by producers that have previously collaborated with Tech like Michael "Seven" Summers and David Sanders II, as well as new collaborations such as with Tramaine "YoungFyre" Winfrey, Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby and Adam "Wyshmaster" Cherrington.

On October 3rd, 2008, the music video for "Like Yeah" premiered on MTVU.com. The video was directed by Estevan Oriol and featured several cameos such as the songs producer Young Fyre, fellow label mates Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun, actor Danny Trejo, as well as artists Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., C-Bo, Glasses Malone, Krondon, and Skinhead Rob.

The album debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200 with 36,199 copies sold in its first week.

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dr. Frazier's Office (Intro Skit)"	Aaron Yates	Robert Rebeck	01:21
2.	"Like Yeah"	A. Yates, Samuel Watson	Young Fyre, Anthony Smith	04:19
3.	"Wheaties" (featuring Shawnna)	A. Yates, Rashawnna Guy	Young Fyre	04:09
4.	"Everybody Move"	A. Yates, S. Watson	Wyshmaster, A. Smith	03:38
5.	"Get the Fuck Outta Here" (featuring The Popper & Paul Wall)	A. Yates, M. Queen, Paul Slayton, Walter Edwin	Wyshmaster	04:28
6.	"The Waitress"	A. Yates	Wyshmaster	04:09
7.	"Crybaby"	A. Yates	Seven	04:36
8.	"Shit Is Real"	A. Yates, James Canty, S. Watson	Matic Lee	03:43
9.	"Blackboy" (featuring Brother J, Ice Cube & Krizz Kaliko)	A. Yates, Jason Hunter, O'Shea Jackson, S. Watson	Seven, Krizz Kaliko	04:46
10.	"Pillow Talkin'" (featuring Scarface)	A. Yates, Brad Jordan, S. Watson	Wyshmaster	03:43

Begin: The Dark Side

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Paint a Dark Picture" (featuring The Dirtball)	A. Yates, David Alexander	Seven, Anthony Smith	04:39
12.	"Hope for a Higher Power"	A. Yates	Seven, The Realest (A. Smith)	05:57
13.	"Worst Case Scenario (Skit)" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Scenario)	A. Yates, B. Fraser	Seven, Robert Rebeck, Krizz Kaliko	01:51
14.	"Psycho Bitch II" (featuring Liquid Assassin)	A. Yates, Cardell Toombs, Robert Rebeck	Robert Rebeck, The Realest (A. Smith)	05:48
15.	"Poisonous" (featuring Liz Suwandi)	A. Yates, Liz Suwandi	Seven	02:42
16.	"Too Much" (featuring Kutt Calhoun)	A. Yates, Melvin Calhoun, S. Watson	Aaron Bradley, The Realest (A. Smith)	03:03

End: The Dark Side

Total length:

62:52

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love You But Fuck You"	A. Yates, M. Queen	David Sanders II	05:23
2.	"One Good Time"	A. Yates	Matic Lee	04:29
3.	"Drill Team" (featuring BG Bulletwound, Krizz Kaliko & Snug Brim)	Aaron Henderson, A. Yates, B. Fraser, Gregory Roland, S. Watson	David Sanders II	05:16
4.	"Beat You Up" (featuring Big Scoob, Lebowski & The Weapon)	A. Yates, D. Edwin, P. Jones, S. Ashby	David Sanders II	05:13
5.	"Let's Go" (featuring Kutt Calhoun & Mistah F.A.B.)	A. Yates, M. Calhoun, Stanley Cox	David Sanders II	03:25
6.	"Why You Ain't Call Me"	A. Yates	Elmo	04:31

Begin: The Sextion

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
7.	"Seven Words" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Skatterman)	A. Yates, Stacy Landis, S. Watson	Seven	04:51
8.	"The Sexorcist (Infomercial)" (featuring Krizz Kaliko)	A. Yates, S. Watson	Seven	03:40
9.	"Killa Call (Skit)" (featuring Killa C)	A. Yates	Tech N9ne	00:32
10.	"Enjoy" (featuring Bosko & Krizz Kaliko)	A. Yates, Bosko Kante, S. Watson	Wyshmaster	04:05
11.	"Elbow Macaroni (Skit)"	A. Yates	Tech N9ne, Makzilla	01:30
12.	"I Am Everything" (featuring Hed PE & Kottonmouth Kings)	A. Yates, Brad Xavier, Dustin Miller, Paulo Gomes, Timothy McNutt	Underrated, Aaron Abeyta	03:35

End: The Sextion

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Happy Ending"	A. Yates	Seven	04:44
14.	"Can't Shake It" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Robert Rebeck)	A. Yates, S. Watson	Tyler Reynolds	03:38
15.	"Holier Than Thou" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Strange Lane Choir)	A. Yates, S. Watson	Young Fyre	05:23
16.	"Last Words"	A. Yates, S. Watson	Seven	04:14

Total length:

64:31

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Your Attention" (featuring Gina McFadden & Krizz Kaliko) (Leftover track)	Young Fyre	03:49
2.	"Killer" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) (Strange Music online store pre-order bonus track)		03:26
3.	"Smoke Sumting" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) (Appeared on early sampler)		04:35

Samples

Psycho Bitch II

"Psycho Bitch" by Tech N9ne
"The Phantom of the Opera" composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Last Words

"Don't You Want To Stay" composed by Bill Withers

Paint a Dark Picture

"Tales From the Darkside opening"

Hope For a Higher Power

Jim Jones's last speech at Jonestown (November 18, 1978). The audio was sampled from the cassette taped recovered by FBI agents in Jonestown, Guyana after the mass suicide. It is nicknamed the 'Jonestown Deathtape' (FBI No. Q 042).

Killer

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson