Anghellic
Anghellic is the third studio album released by Kansas City based rapper Tech N9ne on August 28, 2001, on JCOR Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Entertainment Group N9ne, which would later become Strange Music. In 2001, the song "Tormented," appeared in a scene of the TV series Dark Angel, playing for nearly two minutes in the background of a bar scene contained in the season two episode "Two."[1] The album was re-released in 2003 with additional songs and remastered sound as Anghellic: Reparation. This version was released through Strange Music after conflicts with JCOR Entertainment during its original release.
Anghellic | ||||
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Released | August 28, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1999–2001 | |||
Genre | Midwest hip hop, indie hip hop, G-funk, horrorcore, gangsta rap | |||
Length | 1:15:55 | |||
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Producer | Don Juan, Icy Roc | |||
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Singles from Anghellic | ||||
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Reception
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ugrap | 9/10 link |
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In 2009, Fangoria named it as an iconic horrorcore album.[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hellevator" | Aaron Yates | Richie | 0:40 |
2. | "Tormented" (Feat. Grant Rice) | Aaron Yates, Grant Rice | Don Juan | 4:23 |
3. | "Stamina" | Aaron Yates | Don Juan, Tech N9ne | 0:14 |
4. | "Sinister Tech" | Aaron Yates | IcyRoc Kravyn, Will The Weirdo | 3:49 |
5. | "Psycho Messages" | Aaron Yates, Don Cayson, David Sheilds, W. Simonet | Don Juan | 1:03 |
6. | "Psycho Bitch" | Aaron Yates | Don Juan, John Carpenter | 4:02 |
7. | "Real Killer" | Aaron Yates | King Tech | 2:38 |
8. | "Cursed" (Feat. Ifetayo Green) | Aaron Yates | Don Juan | 5:00 |
9. | "Suicide Letters" | Aaron Yates | Don Juan | 4:09 |
10. | "Purgatory" | Samuel Watson | Grant Rice | 0:42 |
11. | "It's Alive" | Aaron Yates | IcyRoc Kravyn | 5:02 |
12. | "Einstein" | B. Orlando, Aaron Yates | Don Juan | 3:58 |
13. | "P.R. 2K1" | Aaron Yates | Don Juan, Tech N9ne | 4:14 |
14. | "Here I Come" | Aaron Yates | Don Juan | 4:59 |
15. | "Who You Came To See" (Feat. Big Krizz Kaliko) | Aaron Yates | RonnZfromBerlin | 4:43 |
16. | "Wake Up Call" | Aaron Yates, Grant Rice, T. O'Guin | Richie | 0:43 |
17. | "This Ring" | Aaron Yates, Grant Rice, Melvin Calhoun Jr. | IcyRoc Kravyn | 6:19 |
18. | "God Complex" | Aaron Yates | Don Juan | 5:19 |
19. | "This Life (Anghellic)" (Feat. Bakarii & Short Nitty) | Aaron Yates, Grant Rice, Michael Whitebear, Tyrone Kendall | RonnZfromBerlin | 4:23 |
20. | "Going Bad" | Aaron Yates | IcyRoc Kravyn | 5:45 |
21. | "Heaven" | Aaron Yates | Richie | 1:00 |
22. | "Twisted" (Feat. Roger Troutman) | Aaron Yates | Don Juan | 6:37 |
Total length: | 75:55 |
Reissue
Anghellic: Reparation is a re-release of Kansas City based rapper Tech N9ne's third album, Anghellic. The album, released in 2002, includes three new tracks not included on the original release from 2001 ("Devil Boy","Breathe", and "F.T.I." replacing "Here I Come","P.R. 2K1",and "This Life (Anghellic)") as well as a slightly altered play order.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Devil Boy" | A. Yates | 5150 Mental Productions | 4:32 |
2. | "Hellevator" | A. Yates | Richie | 0:16 |
3. | "Tormented" (featuring Grant Rice) | A. Yates, G. Rice | Don Juan | 4:23 |
4. | "Stamina" | A. Yates | Don Juan, Tech N9ne | 0:14 |
5. | "Sinister Tech" | A. Yates | IcyRoc Kraven, Will The Weirdo | 3:25 |
6. | "Psycho Messages" | A. Yates, D. Cayson, D. Sheilds, W. Simonet | Don Juan | 1:03 |
7. | "Psycho Bitch" | A. Yates | Don Juan, John Carpenter | 4:31 |
8. | "Real Killer" | A. Yates | King Tech | 2:38 |
9. | "Cursed" | A. Yates | Don Juan | 4:36 |
10. | "Suicide Letters" | A. Yates | Don Juan | 4:06 |
11. | "Purgatory" | S. Watson | Grant Rice | 0:21 |
12. | "It's Alive" | A. Yates | IcyRoc Kraven | 5:01 |
13. | "Einstein Tech N9ne" | B. Orlando, A. Yates | Don Juan | 3:57 |
14. | "Breathe" | A. Yates, W. Jefferson | RonnZfromBerlin | 4:22 |
15. | "Who You Came to See" | A. Yates | RonnZfromBerlin | 4:19 |
16. | "Wake Up Call" | A. Yates, G. Rice, T. O'Guin | Richie | 0:43 |
17. | "This Ring" | A. Yates, G. Rice, M. Calhoun Jr. | IcyRoc Kraven | 5:56 |
18. | "God Complex" | A. Yates | Don Juan | 4:55 |
19. | "F.T.I." (featuring Greed, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim) | A. Yates, A. Henderson, M. Calhoun Jr., S. Watson, S. Landis, W. LeJeune | RUBONYX | 5:24 |
20. | "Going Bad" | A. Yates | IcyRoc Kraven | 5:46 |
21. | "Heaven" | A. Yates | Richie | 0:36 |
22. | "Twisted" (featuring Roger Troutman) | A. Yates | Don Juan | 6:14 |
Total length: | 77:18 |
Samples
Hellevator
- Clips from Hellraiser
Sinister Tech
- Uses the roar of Gabara in the film Godzilla's Revenge
Psycho Messages / Psycho Bitch
Here I Come
Twisted
- "I Want to Be Your Man" by Zapp & Roger
- "Computer Love" by Zapp & Roger
Einstein
- "Einstein" by Bobby Orlando released as The Beat Box Boys (1984) features the voice and music of Bobby Orlando.
PR 2K1- sampled from Drag Rap by the showboys
References
- "Two". Dark Angel. Season 02. Episode 06. 13:16 minutes in.
- Molgaard, Matt (August 12, 2009). "Rapped and Tagged: Horrorcore's Iconic Albums". Fangoria. Retrieved 2009-08-19.