Artist Detailed Info: Tek

There are more than one artists that go under the name Tek. A few are mentioned below:

1. Tek (born Tekomin Benjamin Williams) is an American rapper, best known as a member of the duo Smif-N-Wessun, as well as the Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik. Tek debuted on Black Moon's 1993 album Enta Da Stage with his rhyming partner General Steele. In 1994, Smif-N-Wessun released their debut single Bucktown, which became a Billboard Hot 100 hit, and gave Brooklyn the nickname "Bucktown, home of the original gun clappers". Smif-N-Wessun dropped their debut album Dah Shinin' in early 1995, a release that is now hailed as a classic underground hip-hop album. Later in 1995, the duo was sued by the Smith & Wesson firearms company, forcing them to change their name of Smif-N-Wessun to the Cocoa Brovaz. Tek recorded a group album with the Boot Camp Clik in 1997, For the People, then followed in 1998 with a Cocoa Brovaz album, The Rude Awakening. Though not as widely heralded as their debut, the album received moderate sales, led by the single Black Trump. After Tek's label Duck Down Records was dropped from their Priority Records distribution deal, the Cocoa Brovaz released a single titled Super Brooklyn, utilizing a sample from Super Mario Bros. The attention received from the single landed them a record deal with popular independent label Rawkus Records. The duo never released an album on the label, and they returned home to Duck Down Records to record another Boot Camp Clik album in 2002, The Chosen Few. In 2005, the Cocoa Brovaz returned with the name Smif-N-Wessun and released their third album Smif 'N' Wessun: Reloaded. Later that year, Tek released a street album titled It Is What It Is. Tek and the Boot Camp Clik released their third group, The Last Stand, on July 18, 2006. Their fourth album Casualties of War was released over a year later in August 2007.

Tek's official debut album 24KT Smoke was released in August 2010, and would be followed up over a decade later in April 2021 with the album Pricele$$, which was also preceded by the Pandemic EP.

2. A serbian fusion band. Members: Mikica Milosavljević, Radomir Mihailović Točak and Slobodan Stojanović Kepa. Discogs: TEK (11) – Niš 1994

"Tek Niš 1994" refers to a 2002 live album by the Serbian fusion musician Radomir Mihajlović Točak, recorded during a 1994 gig in Niš. The album, released under the name TEK (as a nod to his project name), is a blend of progressive rock, jazz improvisation, and blues, and was released on CD, LP, and cassette.

Artist: Radomir Mihajlović (often known as Točak)
Album Title: Niš 1994 (as TEK)
Genre: Fusion, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Blues
Recording: Live performance from 1994 in Niš, Serbia
Release Date: 2002

Music Style: Characterized by a mix of progressive rock, jazz improvisation, and blues, with a notable emphasis on irregular time signatures in songs like "Oro".

Production Quality: The original album's sound quality is often described as raw and not well-produced, though the musical performance is highly regarded.

3. Tek is a alternative folk rock band from Prishtinë, Kosovo.

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