Immortal Technique

Immortal Technique
Immortal Technique performing in 2010
Immortal Technique performing in 2010
Background information
Birth nameFelipe Andres Coronel
Born (1978-02-19) February 19, 1978 (age 46)
Lima, Peru
OriginHarlem, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • activist
Years active2000–present
Labels
(last two for distribution/reissue only)
Websitewww.immortaltechnique.com

Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and activist. His lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as politics, religion, institutional racism, and government conspiracies.[1]

Immortal Technique seeks to retain control over his production,[2] and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music. He claimed in an interview to have sold close to a combined total of 200,000 copies of his first three official releases.[3]

Early life

Coronel was born in a military hospital in Lima.[4] He is of mostly Amerindian descent, and also has Spanish, French and African ancestry.[5] His family immigrated to Harlem, New York, in 1980 to escape the Peruvian Civil War.[6][7] During his teenage years, he was arrested multiple times due in part to what he has said was "selfish and childish" behavior. He attended Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where his classmates included Chris Hayes[8] and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whom he bullied, although the two later became friends.[9][10] Shortly after enrolling in Pennsylvania State University, he was arrested and charged with assault-related offenses due to his involvement in an altercation between fellow students; the charges stemming from this incident led to him being incarcerated for a year.[4][11]

After being paroled, he took political science classes at Baruch College in New York City for two semesters at the behest of his father, who allowed Coronel to live with him on the condition that he went to school.[12] Honing his rapping skills in jail, and unable to find decent wage-paying employment after his release, he began selling his music on the streets of New York and battling with other MCs.[13][14][15] This, coupled with his victories in numerous freestyle rap competitions of the New York underground hip hop scene such as Rocksteady Anniversary and Braggin Rites, led to his reputation as a ferocious Battle MC.[16]

Musical career

2000–2005: Revolutionary Vol. 1 and Revolutionary Vol. 2

In 2001, Immortal Technique released his first album Revolutionary Vol. 1 without the help of a record label or distribution, instead using money earned from his rap battle triumphs.[16] He also battled but lost to Posta Boy in 106 & Park's Freestyle Friday. Revolutionary Vol. 1 also contained the underground classic "Dance with the Devil". In November 2002, he was listed by The Source in its "Unsigned Hype" column, highlighting artists that are not signed to a record label. The following year, in September 2003, he received the coveted "Hip Hop Quotable" in The Source for a song entitled "Industrial Revolution" from his second album. Immortal Technique is the only rapper in history to have a "Hip Hop Quotable" while being unsigned.[16] He released his second album Revolutionary Vol. 2 in 2003, which featured an intro and a spoken-word piece by death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal. In 2004 and 2005, Viper Records and Babygrande Records, respectively, re-released Immortal Technique's debut, Revolutionary Vol. 1, to make it available to a wider audience. "Point of No Return" from Revolutionary Vol 2 was used as the entrance theme for Rashad Evans during the UFC 88 Main Event between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans.

2005–present: The 3rd World, The Martyr and The Middle Passage

Immortal Technique performing in March 2006

Between 2005 and 2007 Immortal Technique began working on The Middle Passage and The 3rd World, the two albums that would serve a follow-up to Revolutionary Vol. 2. The 3rd World, produced by DJ Green Lantern, was released in 2008. Emilee Woods, writing for RapReviews.com, reviewed the album positively, praising its "earnestly and skillfully delivered" material, and claiming that Technique had "finally found a comfort zone in the balance between lyricism and message."[17]

He was also featured on several movie soundtracks and video game soundtracks, all the while touring relentlessly. In October 2011, Immortal Technique released The Martyr, a free compilation album of previously unreleased material and new tracks. [18]

In an interview in 2020 with Latino USA, Immortal Technique discussed that he was working on writing a book. He also mentioned that he was in the process of creating a new album, but had faced setbacks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

Collaborations

Immortal Technique (left) at the Roskilde Festival, 2006

The summer of 2005 saw the release of "Bin Laden", a vinyl single 12" featuring Mos Def and DJ Green Lantern. The single also contained a remix of the song featured Chuck D of Public Enemy and KRS-One. In early 2006, the song "Impeach the President", featuring Dead Prez and Saigon turned up in the mixtape "Alive on Arrival" DJ Green Lantern. This is a simple version of The Honeydrippers, 1973, in which Immortal Technique urged fans to organize a vote of censure against George W. Bush. In April 2009, a new song leaked on the internet named "Democratie Fasciste (Article 4)" by Brazilian-French rapper Rockin' Squat which featured Immortal Technique. The official release of the song and Rockin' Squat's album Confessions D'un Enfant Du Siècle Volume 2 was on May 12, 2009. The instrumental from the song was sampled from Wendy Rene's "After Laughter". The song expresses the inequalities of the Third World and revolutionary events throughout history against tyranny and oppression.

The song contains lyrics in English (Immortal Technique), French (Rockin' Squat) and brief shout outs in Spanish (Immortal Technique). This song is Immortal Technique's first official international collaboration.[20] In early 2009, it was announced that there would be a collaboration between Technique and UK underground artist Lowkey, on a single called "Voices of the Voiceless". On September 11, 2009, a "snippet" of the song was released on YouTube.[21] The preview was released ahead of its September 21 launch on iTunes, as part of a web-campaign that included updates, promotion and links on forums, E-Magazines and several social networking sites. The song's lyrics cover a broad range of issues that are familiar to listeners of both artists – racism, world revolution, war, socialism, government control, rape, famine, colonialism, Classism, self-determination and the war in Iraq.[22]

Activism

Immortal Technique performing in March 2010

Immortal Technique visits prisons to speak to youth and working with immigrant-rights activists, and raising money for children's hospitals overseas. He created a writing grant program for high-school students as well.[23]

In June 2008, Immortal Technique partnered with Omeid International, a non-profit human rights organization, and dubbed the work as "The Green Light Project". With the profits of the album The 3rd World, he traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan to help Omeid build an orphanage, the Amin Institute, without corporate or external funding.[24]

Other work

Films

Immortal Technique featured in Ice-T's documentary Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap.[citation needed]

The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique

A documentary about Immortal Technique was released in September 2011 and premiered at the Harlem Film Festival.[25] It was released on DVD on July 10, 2012.

This Revolution

Immortal Technique appeared as himself in a docudrama film entitled This Revolution, which was recorded during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. The tape contains the protests surrounding the convention in the form of a documentary. It also featured Viper Records affiliates Akir and producer SouthPaw in roles.

Since then, Immortal Technique has taken control of Viper Records and has signed a distribution deal with Babygrande Records / E1 Entertainment to vent to their next album. SouthPaw has managed to establish himself as A&R of Viper Records.[citation needed]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[26] 		US
R&B
[27] 		US
Rap
[28]
Revolutionary Vol. 1 — — —
Revolutionary Vol. 2
  • Released: November 18, 2003
  • Label: Viper
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 — — —
The 3rd World
  • Released: June 24, 2008
  • Label: Viper
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 99 36 12

Compilation albums

Title Album details
The Martyr
  • Released: October 27, 2011
  • Label: Viper, Fontana
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

Singles

Title Year Album
"Industrial Revolution" 2003 Revolutionary Vol. 2
"The Point of No Return" 2004
"Bin Laden" (with Mos Def and DJ Green Lantern) 2005 Non-album singles
"Bin Laden (Remix)" (with Chuck D and KRS-One)
"Caught in a Hustle" BAADASSSSS! Soundtrack
"Stronghold Warriors" (with Poison Pen) 2007 Pick Your Poison (The Mark of the East)
"The 3rd World" 2008 The 3rd World
"Voices of the Voiceless"
(with Lowkey) 		2009 Soundtrack to the Struggle
"Political Prisoner (Remix)" 2020 Non-album single
"Civil War" (with Brother Ali, Killer Mike and Chuck D) 2022 Non-album single

References

  1. ^ Shahid, Omar (October 25, 2012). "Immortal Technique: 'I'm seen as a threat to the status quo of hip-hop'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Frederick, Brendan. "Immortal Technique Rock The Boat (Part I)". Archived from the original on September 24, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
  3. ^ unit sales (September 16, 2009). "The 10 Questions Series: Immortal Technique". FlawlessHustle.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Brown, Marisa (2007). "Immortal Technique – Biography". allmusic. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  5. ^ "Immortal Technique's Instagram Post". Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. ^ Springer, Anthony Jr. (June 27, 2008). "Immortal Technique – The 3rd World". Hiphop Dx. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  7. ^ O'Neill, Olivia (Spring 2006). "Revolutionary Volume I & II by Immortal Technique". Socialist View. Socialist Party (Ireland). Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
  8. ^ "Intercepted Podcast: Covert History, Revolutionary Hip-Hop and the Politics of Empire". The Intercept. March 7, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  9. ^ Ivey, Justin (November 18, 2016). "Immortal Technique Sends Love to Lin-Manuel Miranda After Bullying Story". XXL. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  10. ^ Cush, Andy (November 15, 2016). "Immortal Technique Threw Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Garbage When They Were in High School". spin.com. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  11. ^ Cepeda, Raquel (July 29, 2008). "More Articulate, Politically Charged Flame-Throwing from Immortal Technique". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
  12. ^ "Immortal Technique Discusses Faith, College and Jail". rawstory.com. February 17, 2008. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2006.
  13. ^ "A Lyrical Revolution". FinalCall.com News. August 8, 2006. Retrieved April 9, 2006.
  14. ^ "Interview With Immortal Technique". Rapflava.com. November 29, 2006. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2006.
  15. ^ "Immortal Technique Interview". hip-hopkings.com. July 7, 2005. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2006.
  16. ^ a b c "Official Biography". Viper Records. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  17. ^ Woods, Emilee. "Immortal Technique :: The 3rd World". RapReviews.com. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  18. ^ The Martyr at KillerHipHop.com
  19. ^ Hinojosa, Maria. "Portrait Of: Immortal Technique". NPR.org. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  20. ^ "Rockin Squat Ft. Immortal Technique – Démocratie Fasciste (Article 4)". Immortal Technique Forum. 2009. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009.
  21. ^ Ian, (SO Empire). "Voices of the Voiceless Snippet".[permanent dead link‍]
  22. ^ C.W., Hip Hop Radio. "Lowkey speaks on 'Voices'".
  23. ^ "Immortal Technique: A Peruvian-American Rapper On A Mission". Traveling and Living in Peru. May 23, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  24. ^ Paine, Jake (June 24, 2008). "Immortal Technique Pens Letter To Afghanistan". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  25. ^ The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique (2011) at the Internet Movie Database
  26. ^ "Immortal Technique > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  27. ^ "Immortal Technique: Chart History: R&B Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  28. ^ "Immortal Technique: Chart History: Rap Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 8, 2010.

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