Yeah, he can be kinda cheesy sometime, huh? Delivery doesn't flow so well sometime. I hate that he's so ****y, too.

What album are you listening to?

He's pretty consistent on Revolutionary volume 2.

I have Revolutionary volume 1.

yeah i really didn't care for vol.1 either.

YouTube - Immortal Technique - Industrial Revolution

one of his best songs

I feel the same. He's solid, but the preachy leftist quality never lets up and his songs are inconsistent.

I finally got around to listening to his new album The Martyr (2011) which makes me feel kind of bad that I waited so long. Usually I have to be in the right mood for Tech, he can be a little too abrasive and in-your-face at times, and sometimes I think he could use a lesson in respecting other peoples' choices (such as vegetarianism), but you can't deny that he is at least real and that's admirable.

The Martyr isn't Revolutionary Vol. 3 but it's just as good and may as well be. Tech has REALLY stepped on on his flow on this album, meaning he actually has some. His old style was more just along the lines of stomping over the beat like it was about to catch fire, but on The Martyr he really shows off his chops. He's also calmed down at least in his delivery. Now he's still abrasive but more in an academic way, or reserved or something. Basically he's the same guy but a bit more refined, however some songs feel like the spiritual successors on his earlier albums. It's a very political album and with the recent rise of movements across the world this year, he touches on all of them. This is probably his most accessible album too, so if you've heard his name and heard some of his earlier songs but weren't really drawn in, give this one a try.





Should anybody feel inclined to grab this album, he released it as a free download from Viper Records.

http://viperrecords.com/index.php/ar...rtal-technique

I felt that the a wise choice was made on The Martyr to make the album collaboration-heavy, because despite being a fan of Tech's I feel that sometimes he doesn't move far enough from the same tried and tested methods.

Easily, this could have been another preachy collection of tracks with Tech calling out a variety of political regimes and over-excessively spewing the terms 'revolution' and 'conspiracy'

However, I think because of the different styles used by co-artists on some of the tracks it avoids being more of the same, and dare I say innovative when compared to some of his past work.

Would have to also agree with Pete's above point about Tech focusing less upon mutli-syllable words and more upon trying to actually create some sort of flow with his rhymes, which again helps differentiate his latest effort from past issues.

However, in stating this, I didn't feel there were any stand-out tracks as opposed to his previous Revolutionary Volumes and Third World releases.

Missing the point.

Listening to 'The Martyr' and can point it it's nothing short of phenomenal.

Albeit, I wish he'd integrate some new themes in. Covers a lot of the same ground as the other album I heard 'The 3rd World'. Still, fantastic listen.

I think a lot more leans towards the production than just the political legitimacy. One could say it's pretty typical hip-hop fair, but very VERY few hip hop aritsts can achieve his level of intensity.