With organizers scrambling and a massive crowd growing anxious, scheduled opener Sweetwater found themselves stuck in a traffic jam in nearby Liberty, far from being stage-ready. Mathers, doing what he does best.īefore I go a little more in-depth on “Speedom,” I want to bring in the late, great folk icon Richie Havens and talk about his unforgettable performance as the man bestowed by fate the formidable task of opening 1969’s Woodstock. Completing the trio was the inescapable, dominant force that needs no introduction: Mr. Though the original take of WWC features speed from all over the globe (including Denmark rapper U$O flaming in Danish and rapper Ceza going off in his native Turkish – with 8 rappers in total), Tech kept it at just two other certified speedsters in “Speedom.” Oft-featured, right-hand man and fellow Strange Music label legend Krizz Kaliko dropped a verse and took the chorus. Arguably his most star-powered, speed-focused banger came in the form of 2015’s “Speedom”-also known as “WWC2 (Worldwide Choppers 2)”-a spin of Tech’s previous “Worldwide Choppers” from 2011’s breakout album All 6s and 7s. Kansas City, Missouri native and longtime independent rap giant Tech N9ne is known for his articulate, technical, fast-rapping ability and has worked with some of the speediest spitters to ever do it (Twista, Twisted Insane, Hopsin, Joyner Lucas, and Busta Rhymes-just to name a few).

This time around we’re dissecting another rap song, Tech N9ne’s “Speedom,” as well as discussing the inspirations taken from Richie Havens’ show-starting, guitar-strumming performance of “Freedom”. Welcome to the first 2021 edition of Throwback to the Future! We kicked it off by diving deep into Future’s 2017 “Mask Off” and the sample used from Tommy Butler’s 1976 “Prison Song” to close out 2020 here on MMH.

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