Mar 3, 2018 https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.45988/...an-immortal-technique-announce-collaboration# Back To The Lab: R.A. The Rugged Man & Immortal Technique Announce Collaboration February 16, 2018 | 7:00 AM by Kyle Eustice Underground Hip Hop stalwart R.A. The Rugged Man had something to celebrate on Thursday (February 15). The diehard New Yorker hit Twitter to announce an upcoming collaboration with Immortal Technique. “People have been waiting for this collab for too long..I’m in the studio with IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE right now,” R.A. wrote. “Getting it done for the fans. @ImmortalTech #HipHop #KnowledgeBars.” Immortal Technique quickly followed up with his own tweet that read simply “!!!” along with R.A.’s original post. As indicated by R.A.’s tweet, this marks the first time the two have worked together. R.A. hasn’t put out a proper studio album since 2013’s Legends Never Die, which featured guest spots from Talib Kweli, Masta Ace and Tech N9ne, among others. His most recent offering was his assist on Onyx’s new single “O.D.” It’s been even longer since Immortal Technique put out a full-length project. The politically outspoken MC’s latest album was 2008’s The 3rd World. And after several delays, he still hasn’t released The Middle Passage, which he began working on in the mid-2000s. His last update on the project came in November 2016 when he said it would be out in 2017 but evidently it didn’t come together.
Mar 3, 2018 Revolutionary Vol. 2 is one of my Top 5 albums and I've seen Tech live twice BUT It's 2018. With Soundcloud it's easier to put music out than it ever has been. Yet we've gotten nothing from Immortal Technique since The Martyr in 2011 and every song had multiple guest verses. He said in The 3rd World in 2007 "the worst thing you can do is rush a good thing." But after 11 years it's hard to even care.
Mar 4, 2018 A collaboration album between two artists who are notorious for taking years to release projects still has a better chance of seeing the light of the day than The Middle Passage. Tech should just declare TMP dead.
