Vintage Tech

Vintage Tech is a compilation of mostly unreleased Tech N9ne tracks, released on Strange Music on March 22, 2005 while Tech was between albums. It features a number of older tracks Tech recorded while he was in label purgatory before forming Strange Music as well as a few of his earlier singles from Midwestside Records, with Tech narrating the album and giving some background on the songs in between. It has sold about 89,000 copies to date.
==Reception==
Allmusic gave the album 4/5 stars. IGN rated it 7.9/10. RapReviews gave it a 7.5/10, breaking the rating down as 7/10 for music and an 8/10 for lyrics.
==Track Listing==
Number	Title 	Writers 	Producer(s) 	Length
1 	Lost Lair of B'zle 	Aaron Yates 	Robert Rebeck 	2:39
2 	Monster 	Yates 	Don Juan 	4:32
3 	S.H.E. (Seductive Human Erotica) 	Yates 	Robert Rebeck 	3:02
4 	Save Yourself [performed by Krizz Kaliko] 	Yates 	IcyRoc Kravyn, Krizz Kaliko, Tech N9ne	1:30
5 	Now It's On [feat. Lejo] 	Lejo Green, Yates 	Will the Weirdo 	5:39
6 	Be Jealous 	Yates 	Super Dave 	4:11
7 	Red Necro 	Yates 	Will the Weirdo 	5:12
8 	The Grench [feat. Boy Big and Krizz Kaliko] 	L. Fletcher, Yates 	RonnZfromBerlin 	5:24
9 	I'm a Playa (Remix) [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Samuel Watson, Yates 	Robert Rebeck 	4:56
10 	Trapped In a Psycho's Body (Original) 	Yates 	RonnZfromBerlin 	5:25
11 	Freaky 	Yates 	Don Juan 	4:42
12 	My Own Hell 	Yates 	Don Juan 	4:45
13 	Victory [feat Krizz Kaliko] 	Yates 	RonnZfromBerlin 	5:07
14 	Mitchell Bade [feat. Mr. Whitebear] 	M. Whitebear, Yates 	Don Juan 	5:14
15 	Strange 	Whitebear, Yates 	QDIII 	4:24
16 	Snake Ya [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Watson, Yates 	Tekneko Bros. Productions 	4:14
17 	Shocked [feat. Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun]	Melvin Calhoun, Yates	Rubonyx 	4:50
18 	Outro 	 	 	
:20
==Samples==
*"S.H.E. (Seductive Human Erotica)" features a sample of "Behind My Camel" by Police
*"Save Yourself" features a sample of "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen", a traditional song
*"Now It's On" features a sample of "Moments In Love" by Art of Noise
*"I'm a Playa (Remix)" features a sample of "Friends" by Whodini. It is a remix of "I'm a Playa" from Tech N9ne's 2002 album Absolute Power
*"Trapped In a Psycho's Body (Original)" features a sample of "Love To Love You Baby" by Donna Summer
*"Freaky" features a sample of "Darling Nikki" by Prince
==Notes==
*"Now It's On" previously appeared on Tech N9ne's 1999 album The Calm Before the Storm: Part I
*"The Grench" previously appeared on the bonus DVD for Tech's 2002 album Absolute Power
*A slightly different version of "Trapped In a Psycho's Body" previously appeared on Absolute Power
*"Victory" previously appeared on the bonus DVD for Absolute Power
*"Mitchell Bade" previously appeared on The Calm Before the Storm: Part I
*"Strange" previously appeared on Tech's 2001 album The Worst: 2K Edition
*"Shocked" previously appeared on the bonus DVD for Absolute Power
*"Snake Ya" previously appeared on the Beef soundtrack
==Peak Chart Positions==
US Independent (19)
US R&B (63)
==Personnel==
Boy Big: featured performer/writer, track 8
Dee: producer, track 16
Don Juan: producer, tracks 2, 11-12, 14
Elmo: producer, track 16
IcyRoc Kravyn: producer, track 4
Krizz Kaliko: featured performer, tracks 4, 8-9, 13, 16-17; writer, tracks 9, 16; co-producer, track 4; additional vocals, track 10
Kutt Calhoun: featured performer/writer, track 17
Lejo: featured performer/writer, track 5
Mr. Whitebear: featured performer, track 14; writer, tracks 14-15
QDIII: producer, track 15
Robert Rebeck: producer, tracks 1, 3, 9
RonnZfromBerlin: producer, tracks 8, 10, 13
Rubonyx: producer, tracks 16-17
Tech N9ne: album artist; writer, tracks 1-17; co-producer, track 4
Will the Weirdo: producer, tracks 5, 7