Kicking off what promises to be a prolific season, chart-topping rapper Tech N9ne serves up a powerful and personal new solo single entitled “The Birth” via Strange Music.

Getting introspective, Tech takes a trip down memory lane. An airy keyboard loop encircles the beat as he reflects on growing up and the power of music in his life. He speaks candidly on his mother’s health struggles and recognizes how records changed everything for him.

“I escaped all the fear and anxiety when I listened to Roger Troutman, George Clinton, more attention on the rap,” Tech spits. On the hook, he promises: “I’m’a take you home for the B I R T H.”

In the accompanying visual, Tech N9ne spits these bars from the heart to the camera in front of his childhood home intercut with reenactments of formative events and totems of his upbringing, including a Michael Myers mask, clown mask, and red nose.

“The Birth” sets the stage for his next solo LP and 26th full-length coming later this year.