Tech N9ne Unloads His Top 9 Dead Or Alive: “Kendrick Lamar Is In There” [Video]

Written By S. Samuel

Midwest rap veteran Tech N9ne recently dished out his Top 9 all-time favorite hip-hop artists and revealed youngster Kendrick Lamar is already amongst the ranks of moguls like Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.

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While he wanted to name ten artists, N9ne picked his top nine to coincide with his rap alias.

“Top 9 dead or alive. Okay, let’s see. Eminem’s in there. Tech N9ne is in there. Tupac is in there. Notorious B.I.G. is in there. Big L is in there. Nas is in there. Jay Z is in there. Kendrick Lamar is in there. And one more. Let’s see. There’s gotta be somebody good, man. Uh, uh, uh, it’s between KRS-One and Rakim. Ah man. You know what I’m seeing? I wish it was ten, then I’d be perfect. I’m going to say KRS-One. He did things that made me want to rap. I been in the crowd when he did, ‘The Bridge Is Over,’ I been in the crowd, sizzling.” (Power 107.5)

New York hip-hop artist WordSpit recently placed Kendrick Lamar in his SOHH Top 5 Dead or Alive list.

“Kendrick Lamar. He’s a beast. Being a lyricist, I love lyrcists. All these artists I named, they’re not scared to be themselves.” (SOHH Top 5 Dead or Alive)

Earlier this year, soulful singer Erykah Badu had Kendrick Lamar name his top five favorite rappers.

BADU: Okay, top five rappers of all time. Who are they? LAMAR: Oh, man. BADU: I know, it’s hard. I can never answer that question either. They don’t have to be in order. LAMAR: Okay . . . Give me Jay-Z. BADU: Bam. LAMAR: Give me Nas. BADU: I’ll give you that. LAMAR: Give me Tupac. BADU: I might give you Pac. . . LAMAR: Please give me Pac. Also give me Snoop. BADU: Okay, that’s four. LAMAR: And give me B.I.G. BADU: I’ll give you B.I.G. (Interview Magazine)

Lamar quickly mentioned a couple more emcees, which prompted Badu to ask him for three additional all-time faves.

LAMAR: But that leaves off Eminem and André . . . I’d probably formulate the perfect 10 if I really thought about it for a day. BADU: You just named seven. You got three more? LAMAR: Rakim . . . [pauses] Kurupt. BADU: That’s nine. LAMAR: Who would the last one be? Give me Method Man. BADU: I will give you Method Man all day. LAMAR: But it’s a battle because if I say Method Man . . . Will you give me DMX? BADU: Okay. LAMAR: Yeah, give me X. That’s my 10. BADU: And then Meth would be the alternate. I hope y’all get that into Interview magazine. [Lamar laughs] (Interview Magazine)

Check out Tech N9ne’s interview:

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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