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Birth name | Michael Johnson |
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Born | September 22, 1982 (age 37) San Diego, California, United States |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1996–present |
Labels | Brainsick Muzik |
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Website | twistedinsane.bigcartel.com |
Michael Johnson (born September 22, 1982), known by his stage name Twisted Insane, is an American rapper and songwriter from San Diego, California. He has released eight studio albums.[1] While in Southeast San Diego, he founded the record label Brainsick Muzik, to which other similar rappers are also signed.[2] He is known for having one of the fastest rapping speeds in the industry.
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Early life[edit]
Johnson was born and raised in San Diego, California. By the age of 12 he had begun writing rhymes, and has said that after his first live performance he was overwhelmed with emotion from the euphoric experience, and 'immediately became addicted to performing live'.[3] He left home and began travelling around the United States, going from place to place and selling albums of his music for the money he needed for food and accommodation. When his first album, Shoot for the Face, came out in 2006, he was homeless at the time.
Musical career[edit]
Twisted Insane is a rapper from San Diego, California. He was homeless for most of his life, but thanks to his unique rap style he was able to gain some money. Check out Twisted Insane on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.
Twisted Insane raps in the Chopper style of rap,[3] a very fast-paced style that originated in the Midwestern United States. He may have been influenced by fellow artists Tech N9ne, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Twista and Busta Rhymes .[4] He started his career travelling across the United States, selling CDs of his music in order to pay for food and accommodation.[5] However, he began to garner a cult following of those who appreciated his incredible rapping speed and verbal ability. His first studio album, Shoot for the Face, was released in 2006 and included 21 songs, featuring fellow artists Catmando, Guaran-T, West Craven, T-Nutty, Lil Face and Beezo. His second album, The Monster in the Dark, was released in 2007 and was composed of 18 songs, featuring Mitchy Slick, Spice 1, Beezo, Young Bop, Marvaless, Zigg Zagg and C-Bo.[1][6]
After featuring on Tech N9ne's single 'Worldwide Choppers' in May 2011, alongside well-known rappers such as Busta Rhymes and Twista, he was introduced to a much wider fanbase across the world. The song remains Twisted Insane's biggest hit so far in the United States, peaking at #15 on the BillboardU.S. Heatseekers Songs chart, #30 on the R&B/Hip-HopDigital Song Sales chart[7] and #4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[8] Following on from this, in October 2011 he released his third album, The Root of All Evil, which was 18 tracks long and featured Chris Ray, Ric Nutt, Zigg Zagg, Marvaless, Key Loom, Bishop, C-Bo, Ise B, Ms. Karamel and T-Nutty.[1][6]
June 2013 saw Twisted Insane release his fourth album, The Insane Asylum, including 20 songs, featuring Charles Xavier, Firing Squad, C Mob, Mitchy Slick, Key Loom, Redro Killson, Bishop, Bleezo, Kung Fu Vampire, Poverty's Posterboy, West Craven, Hurricane, Mr. Dos Muchos, Troll, D Loc, Crucified and Z.[1][6] In July that year he was featured on the lead single of Tech N9ne's album Something Else, 'So Dope (They Wanna)' alongside Wrekonize and Snow Tha Product. He was also featured in the music video for this track.[9]
In 2014 Twisted Insane released The Last Demon, his fifth album, with 22 tracks, including collaborations with artists Rittz, JellyRoll, Charlie Ray, Khadijah Lopez, Iso, Kamikazi and Aqualeo. Voodoo, his sixth album, was released in 2015, and had 20 tracks, including guest appearances from Redro Killson, Jarren Benton, Khadijah Lopez, Dayo G, Qlayz, Tanqueray Locc, Bleezo and Charlie Ray. In 2016, he released a collaboration album with Charlie Ray, The Gatekeeper and the Keymaster, with 15 songs also featuring T Nutty. In the same year he released a solo album entitled Shoot for the Face 2, a sequel to his first album with 18 tracks, featuring Dalima, Kamikazi, Charlie Ray, Dikulz, Brotha Lynch Hung, Blayne and rapper Lyrikal. In My Darkest Hour, released in 2017, included 19 tracks, and C-Mob, Z, Dayo G and Charlie Ray are credited as performers.[1][6] His latest albums, Sickopatomous and Sick James, were released on 9/13/19 (Friday the 13th) featured C. Ray, Dayo G., Lady Insane, Brodie James, Jada Lynn, Tanqueray Loc, Dikulz, Bleezo, and Z, while Sick James featured Rittz, Dayo G., Ryan Anthony, Swisher Sleep, Big June, C. Ray, Brotha Lynch Hung, Ice B, Cutty Dre, and Bum of Psychodrama.
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
- Tales Of A Mortuary (1998)
- The Brainmatter (1999)
- The Essence of Evil (2000)
- The Devil Made Me It (2001)
- Shoot For The Face (2006)
- The Hells Kitchen Mixtape (2007)
- The Monster In The Dark (2007)
- The Root Of All Evil (2011)
- The Insane Asylum (2013)
- The Last Demon (2014)
- Voodoo (2015)
- Shoot For The Face 2 (2016)
- In My Darkest Hour (2017)
- Sick James (2019)
- Sickopatomous (2019)
Collaboration albums[edit]
- The Gatekeeper and the Keymaster (2016) (with Charlie Ray)
Extended plays[edit]
- Sick Dimension (2016) (with Demzwon)
Guest appearances[edit]
Year | Single | Peak position | Certification |
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2011 | 'Worldwide Choppers' (Tech N9ne featuring Busta Rhymes, Yelawolf, Twista, U$O, Ceza, D-Loc, JL of B.Hood & Twisted Insane) | 104[A] | -- |
2013 | 'So Dope (They Wanna)' (Tech N9ne featuring Wrekonize, Twisted Insane & Snow Tha Product) | -- | -- |
2015 | 'Twisted Thoughts' (King ISO featuring Twisted Insane) | -- | -- |
2017 | 'Thron' (ShimmyMC featuring Wrekonize & Twisted Insane) | -- | -- |
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
- ^'Worldwide Choppers' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ abcde'Twisted Insane'. Rate Your Music. Sonemic, Inc. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^'Brainsick Muzik'. Rate Your Music. Sonemic, Inc. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ abScottieD. 'Twisted Insane Interview (7/18/25)'. Faygoluvers.net. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^'Twisted Insane'. Reverbnation. eMinor Incorporated. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^'Twisted Insane'. Genius. Genius Media Group Inc. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ abcd'Twisted Insane'. Discogs. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^'Twisted Insane Chart History'. Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ ab'Chart Search for Tech N9ne (Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles) | Billboard'. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^jnelliott. 'Tech N9ne's releases a 'So Dope' video'. The Source. The Northstar Group. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twisted_Insane&oldid=920741636'
'Worldwide Choppers' | ||||
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Single by Tech N9ne featuring Busta Rhymes, Ceza, D-Loc, JL B.Hood, Twista, Twisted Insane, U$O and Yelawolf | ||||
from the album All 6's and 7's | ||||
Released | May 31, 2011 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
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Length | 5:26 | |||
Label | Strange Music | |||
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Producer(s) | Seven | |||
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'Worldwide Choppers' is a song by American rapper Tech N9ne. It serves as the third single from his eleventh studio albumAll 6's and 7's. The song is noted for its breakneck flows packing rhythmic, rapid-fire rap.[1][2]
'Worldwide Choppers', produced by Michael Summers known as producer Seven, is a multilingual track that includes lyrics in English, Danish and Turkish. Turkish lyrics are by Turkish rapper Ceza and Danish lyrics by Danish rapper U$O. Other rappers taking part in the single are Busta Rhymes, Yelawolf, Twista, D-Loc, JL of B.Hood & Twisted Insane.
It was recorded with contributions from a number of locations, more specifically Kansas City, Missouri (JL), Kansas City, Kansas (D-Loc) Alabama (Yelawolf), Chicago (Twista), New York (Busta Rhymes), California (Twisted Insane) in addition to Turkey (Ceza) and Denmark (U$O).[2] The names of the rappers and their locations are introduced within the recording by name.
Context[edit]
The word 'chopper' relates to a type of fast-paced rap, a style of Midwest hip hop called chopper. In the late 1990s, Tech N9ne popularized the chopper style among his fan base. From 2007 to 2011, he released a number of songs in collaboration with other chopper-style artists exclusively in this fast-paced style of rap,[3] including 'Midwest Choppers' featuring the Midwest rappers D-Loc, Dalima and Krizz Kaliko (from his 2007's album Misery Loves Kompany), 'Midwest Choppers 2' featuring K-Dean and Krayzie Bone (from his 2009's album Sickology 101) and 'Worldwide Choppers' featuring several American and International artists in the same style on this album.[3]
The word helicopter refers to the rapid response time of helicopters as an analogy to fast-paced rap. Twista's lyrics in the song allude to this: 'I'm finna be usin it as energy, watch how radiant I'ma be. Like a helicopter when the words fly.'[4]
Music video[edit]
Tech N9ne and Yelawolf claimed in interviews that a music video was being shot for the song, but the video never entered production. This was due to the difficulty of having such a large group of artists available to film at the same time.[5]
Sequel[edit]
A sequel titled 'Speedom (WWC2)' is on Tech N9ne's album called Special Effects. The song features guest vocals from Krizz Kaliko and Eminem.[6]
Chart performance[edit]
The single debuted on the US Billboard'sBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 4, effectively making it at number 104 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also appeared on the US Billboard'sHeatseekers Songs chart at number 15, becoming U$O's, Ceza's, JL's, Yelawolf's and Twisted Insane's biggest hit in the United States.
Charts[edit]
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[8] | 12 |
References[edit]
- ^DJBooth: Tech N9ne - Worldwide Choppers
- ^ abPopDust: Eight guest rappers break stopwatches on Tech N9ne's 'Worldwide Choppers
- ^ abTech N9ne gathers the fastest rappers for Worldwide Choppers' track/
- ^Lyrics of 'Worldwide Choppers'
- ^'Yelawolf Confirms 'Worldwide Choppers' Music Video - Strange Music'. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
- ^'Tech N9ne - Speedom (Worldwide Choppers 2) Feat. Eminem & Krizz Kaliko [New Song]'. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
- ^'Tech N9ne Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)'. Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
- ^'Heatseeker Songs: June 18, 2011'. Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
External links[edit]
- Audio on YouTube
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Worldwide_Choppers&oldid=901304655'