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Killer is the seventh studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne. It was released on July 1, 2008 via Strange Music. The album's cover pays homage to Michael Jackson's iconic 1982's Thriller.
Production was handled by Seven, Wyshmaster, David Sanders II, Robert Rebeck, Young Fyre, Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby, Krizz Kaliko, Aaron Abeyta, Aaron Bradley, Antonio "Elmo" Wesley, Makzilla, Soleternity, UnderRated, and Tech N9ne himself, with Travis O'Guin serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, BG Bulletwound, Bosko, Brother J, (həd) p.e., Ice Cube, Kottonmouth Kings, Lebowski, Liquid Assassin, Liz Suwandi, Mistah F.A.B., Paul Wall, Robert Rebeck, Scarface, Shawnna, Skatterman & Snug Brim, The Popper, The Weapon, and Strange Lane Choir.
The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, number 8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 6 on the Top Rap Albums and atop the Independent Albums charts with 36,200 copies sold in its first week in the United States.
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.
On October 3rd, 2008, the music video for "Like Yeah" premiered on MTVU. 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.
Track listing
= Disc one
== Disc two
== Bonus tracks
=Source:
Personnel
Charts
References
External links
Tech N9ne – Killer at Discogs (list of releases)