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{{Short description|Studio album by Tech N9NE}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = N9NA | type = studio | artist = [[Tech N9ne]] | cover = Tech n9ne n9na.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2019|4|19}} | recorded = 2018–19 | studio = {{hlist|Strangeland Studios|PW Records|Studio Polycarpe|Icon One Studio Music|Sheeesh World Studios|Wisseloord|Mazza Mansion|The Basement|The 765|Soundetails|Dammit Boy Entertainment}} | genre = [[Hip-hop]] | length = {{Duration|h=1|m=7|s=32}} | label = [[Strange Music]] | producer = {{hlist|Travis O'Guin ([[Executive producer|exec.]])|Freek Van Workum|ItsNicklus|Seven|Hndrc|Dominique Sanders|Anthony L. Saunders|[[King Iso]]|Alexander West}} | prev_title = [[Planet (Tech N9ne album)|Planet]] | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = [[Enterfear]] | next_year = 2020 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/n9na-explicit-version-mw0003263849|title=N9NA - Tech N9ne {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Yeung|first=Neil Z.|website=[[AllMusic]]|language=en-us|access-date=April 24, 2019}}</ref> | rev2 = [[HipHopDX]] | rev2score = 3.7/5<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3420/title.review-tech-n9nes-n9na-mixes-dark-dizzying-themes|title=Review: Tech N9ne's "N9NA" Mixes Dark & Dizzying Themes|last=Glaysher|first=Scott|date=May 12, 2019|website=[[HipHopDX]]|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref> }} '''''N9NA''''' (pronounced ''Nina'') is the twenty-first studio album by American rapper [[Tech N9ne]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.51083/title.tech-n9ne-releases-n9na-lp|title=Tech N9ne Drops "N9NA" LP|last=Ivey|first=Justin|date=April 18, 2019|website=[[HipHopDX]]|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> It was released on April 19, 2019, via [[Strange Music]] with distribution via [[INgrooves]]. [[Hip-hop production|Production]] was handled by eight record producers, including Michael "Seven" Summers, who produced ⅓ of the album. The LP features [[guest appearance]]s from [[Krizz Kaliko]], JL, [[King Iso]], Church Boii, C-Mob, [[Futuristic (rapper)|Futuristic]], [[JellyRoll]], Maez301 and Navé Monjo.

A [[music video]] for the title track was directed by Tristan Zammit and released on April 11, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJw0Ml7BA7c|title=Tech N9ne - N9NA - Official Animated Music Video|last=[[Tech N9ne]]|date=April 11, 2019|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> Music video for "Like I Ain't" was released on the same day as the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW2QoShtHgE|title=Tech N9ne - Like I Ain't - Official Music Video|last=[[Strange Music|Strange Music Inc]]|date=April 19, 2019|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref>

==''N9NA Collection''s== The full-length was preceded by two four-track [[extended play]]s: ''N9NA Collection 1'', which was released on November 2, 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/124028-tech-n9ne-unleashes-n9na-collection-1-new-mixtape|title=Tech N9ne Unleashes "N9NA Collection 1"|last=P.|first=Milca|date=November 4, 2018|website=HotNewHipHop|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> and ''N9NA Collection 2'', which was released on March 8, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/158122-tech-n9ne-drops-off-a-small-pack-of-crazy-on-n9na-2-new-mixtape|title=Tech N9ne Drops Off A Small Pack Of Crazy On "N9NA 2"|last=Findlay|first=Mitch|date=March 8, 2019|website=HotNewHipHop|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> Songs "N9NA", "Hit the Ground Running", "Chuki Fever" and "H.O.B." were included in the first EP, and the second one was composed of "I Caught Crazy! (4Ever)", "EDI's", "F.T.I. 2.0" and "Death Threats".

The song "Death Threats" is not present on the full LP, as it, along with the song, "My Own Zone," couldn't fit into the album's runtime.

== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Le Horde | note1 = Intro | writer1 = | length1 = 0:29 | extra1 = | title2 = Lord of Weird | writer2 = {{hlist|[[Tech N9ne|A. Yates]]|D. Sanders}} | length2 = 2:31 | extra2 = Dominique Sanders | title3 = N9NA | writer3 = {{hlist|A. Yates|M. Summers}} | length3 = 3:22 | extra3 = Seven | title4 = Hit the Ground Running | note4 = featuring JL B. Hood and King Iso | writer4 = {{hlist|A. Yates|J. Varnes|T. Gulledge|A. Saunders}} | length4 = 3:18 | extra4 = Anthony L. Saunders | title5 = Like I Ain't | writer5 = {{hlist|A. Yates|T. O'Guin|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe|H. Büenck}} | length5 = 3:42 | extra5 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus|HNDRC}} | title6 = Green Lit | note6 = featuring King Iso and Maez301 | writer6 = {{hlist|A. Yates|H. Keller|T. Gulledge|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe}} | length6 = 3:15 | extra6 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus}} | title7 = Chuki Fever | writer7 = {{hlist|A. Yates|D. Sanders}} | length7 = 3:35 | extra7 = Dominique Sanders | title8 = F'n Do It | note8 = featuring JL B. Hood and [[Futuristic (rapper)|Futuristic]] | writer8 = {{hlist|A. Yates|M. Summers|[[Krizz Kaliko|S. Watson]]|J. Varnes|[[Futuristic (rapper)|Z. Beck]]}} | length8 = 3:30 | extra8 = Seven | title9 = Don't Let Me Fall | note9 = featuring [[Krizz Kaliko]] | writer9 = {{hlist|A. Yates|S. Watson|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe|H. Büenck}} | length9 = 3:07 | extra9 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus|HNDRC}} | title10 = You Line! | note10 = featuring [[Krizz Kaliko]] | writer10 = {{hlist|A. Yates|S. Watson|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe|H. Büenck}} | length10 = 3:05 | extra10 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus|HNDRC}} | title11 = EDI's | writer11 = {{hlist|A. Yates|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe|H. Büenck}} | length11 = 2:59 | extra11 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus|HNDRC}} | title12 = Rata | note12 = featuring [[Krizz Kaliko]] | writer12 = {{hlist|A. Yates|S. Watson|M. Summers}} | length12 = 3:06 | extra12 = Seven | title13 = F.T.I. 2.0 | writer13 = {{hlist|A. Yates|M. Summers|T. O'Guin}} | length13 = 2:44 | extra13 = Seven | title14 = She Fell | writer14 = {{hlist|A. Yates|T. Gulledge}} | length14 = 4:24 | extra14 = King Iso | title15 = Sink | writer15 = {{hlist|A. Yates|M. Summers}} | length15 = 3:26 | extra15 = Seven | title16 = H.O.B. | note16 = featuring Navé Monjo | writer16 = {{hlist|A. Yates|D. Sanders|E. Hancock}} | length16 = 3:55 | extra16 = Dominique Sanders | title17 = Ion Memba | note17 = featuring C-Mob | writer17 = {{hlist|A. Yates|S. Watson|C. Doehla|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe}} | length17 = 3:03 | extra17 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus}} | title18 = Active | note18 = featuring [[Krizz Kaliko]] | writer18 = {{hlist|A. Yates|S. Watson|F. van Workum|N. Luscombe|H. Büenck}} | length18 = 3:15 | extra18 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus|HNDRC}} | title19 = EF U (Easier for You) | note19 = featuring [[Krizz Kaliko]] and [[JellyRoll|Jelly Roll]] | writer19 = {{hlist|A. Yates|S. Watson|[[JellyRoll|J. DeFord]]|D. Sanders|A. West}} | length19 = 3:55 | extra19 = {{hlist|Dominique Sanders|Alexander West ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}} | title20 = I Caught Crazy! (4EVER) | writer20 = {{hlist|A. Yates|M. Summers}} | length20 = 2:52 | extra20 = Seven | title21 = I'm Sorry | note21 = featuring Church Boii | writer21 = {{hlist|A. Yates|M. Summers}} | length21 = 3:59 | extra21 = Seven | total_length = 1:07:32 }} {{Track listing | headline = Strange Music pre-order digital bonus track | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title22 = Disparagement | note22 = featuring Krizz Kaliko and King Iso | extra22 = {{hlist|Freek van Workum|ItsNicklus<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-CYuiYu4gk | title=Tech N9ne - Disparagement Ft. King Iso & Krizz Kaliko - Official Music Video - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>}} | length22 = 4:07 }} {{Track listing | headline = Leftover Tracks

| title1 = Death Threats | note1 = featuring King Iso | extra1 = | length1 = 3:05 | title2 = My Own Zone | note2 = featuring Futuristic and Dizzy Wright | extra2 = | length2 = 4:02 }}

==Personnel== {{div col}} *[[Tech N9ne|Aaron Dontez Yates]] – main artist, vocals & songwriter (tracks: 2–21), A&R *Jason "JL" Varnes – featured artist, vocals & songwriter (tracks: 4, 8) *[[Krizz Kaliko|Samuel William Christopher Watson IV]] – featured artist, vocals (tracks: 9, 10, 12, 18, 19), additional vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 14, 17, 21), songwriter (tracks: 8–10, 12, 17–19) *Tarrel C. "King Iso" Gulledge – featured artist, vocals (tracks: 4, 6), songwriter (tracks: 4, 6, 14), producer (track 14) *Hasaan "Maez301" Keller – featured artist, vocals & songwriter (track 6), additional vocals (track 10) *[[Futuristic (rapper)|Zachary Lewis Beck]] – featured artist, vocals & songwriter (track 8) *Evan "Navé Monjo" Hancock – featured artist, vocals & songwriter (track 16) *Christopher "C-Mob" Doehla – featured artist, vocals & songwriter (track 17) *[[JellyRoll|Jason DeFord]] – featured artist, vocals & songwriter (track 19) *Church Boii – featured artist, additional vocals (track 21) *Nicholas Luscombe – additional vocals (track 1), songwriter & producer (tracks: 5, 6, 9–11, 17, 18) *Joshua Kelly – additional vocals (track 1) *Kaitlyn Toepperwein – additional vocals (track 1) *Alina Burch – additional vocals (track 1) *Sydney Barta – additional vocals (track 1) *Jayla Kearney – additional vocals (track 1) *Crystal Watson – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 8) *Delynia Brown – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 8) *Trey Swager – additional vocals (track 3) *Kerry Rounds – additional vocals (track 3) *Spencer Chaney – additional vocals (track 3) *Isabella Sherman – additional vocals (track 7) *Sean Tyler – additional vocals (tracks: 10, 14, 21) *Tasha Smith – additional vocals (tracks: 14, 16) *Spinstyles – scratches (track 3) *Ben Cybulsky – guitars (track 3), mixing, recording *Steven Lambert – tenor saxophone & flute (track 3) *Jason Goudeau – trombone (track 3) *Clint Ashlock – trumpet (track 3) *James Ward – tuba (track 3) *Igor Osypov – guitars (track 19) *Alexander West – songwriter, guitars & co-producer (track 19) *Dominique Sanders – songwriter & producer (tracks: 2, 7, 16, 19) *Michael "Seven" Summers – songwriter & producer (tracks: 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21) *Anthony L. Saunders – songwriter & producer (track 4) *Frederikus van Workum – songwriter & producer (tracks: 5, 6, 9–11, 17, 18) *Hendric Bünck – songwriter & producer (tracks: 5, 9–11, 18) *Travis O'Guin – songwriter (tracks: 5, 13), executive producer, A&R *Tom Baker – mastering {{div col end}}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Peak position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Digital Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/A6D3337D98E4D0C9C80D80459DF1D3011BF3E5DA00D883B926B4AB17DEC21C4C/ARIA%20Digital%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=24|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=April 29, 2019|accessdate=April 27, 2019}}</ref> | 45 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|34|artist=Tech N9ne|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 30, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|3|artist=Tech N9ne|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 30, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|21|artist=Tech N9ne|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 30, 2019}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==See also== *[[2019 in hip-hop]]

[[Category:2019 albums]] [[Category:Tech N9ne albums]] [[Category:Strange Music albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Seven (record producer)]]