Tech N9ne

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Tech N9ne is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. His musical career has spanned over 25 years and considered the most successful independent and underground rapper of all time due to sales, recognition, skill, influence and his wide range of collaborations with other well-known artists.  Tech is notable for his gothic/eerie appeal, flamboyant performances, and for his rapid flow rhymes.
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BIRTH NAME: Aaron Dontez Yates
BORN: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
ORIGIN:  Kansas City, Missouri, USA
OCCUPATIONS: Emcee
YEARS ACTIVE: 1985 - present
LABELS: Strange Music
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BIO Early in his career, Tech N9ne was a member of a group called "NNUTT HOWZE", which he pays tribute to in many of his lyrics by saying "Six, six, triple eight, forty six, ninety nine, three" (6688846993), which spells out NNUTT HOWZE on the touch pad numbers of a telephone. However, the group disbanded when they were dropped from their label, Perspective Records. Additionally, he saw glimpses of success as a member of the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians - also a Kansas City-based group - with their single "Let's Get Fucked Up".

Tech N9ne is a member of The Regime, a large collective of MCs including Yukmouth, Dru Down, Gonzoe, Tha Realest and Messy Marv among various others. Fellow Kansas City rappers BG Bulletwound and Grant Rice are also included in the collective's roster. Tech N9ne is one of the original members of The Regime, as he has been with the group since its creation by Yukmouth in 1997.

In September 2008, Tech N9ne officially hit a milestone in his career, recording over a million album sales to date, thanks to the release of his double album, Killer. Despite the accomplishment, the rapper remembers the struggles of his career, up until this point. However, he wasn't surprised. "It just reminded me of all the work we done in the past, up until now. It's something. It's dope," the rapper told BallerStatus.com. "I don't think it's sunken in yet. I've been celebrating for the last two days because that's a hell of an accomplishment. I've been planning success all my life. I'm not even a bit surprised, I'm happy about it. That just means I was right." Sickology 101: The Study of Being Sick was released on April 28, 2009. Sickology is the second Tech N9ne collabos album (the first being Misery Loves Kompany), the album has several guest appearances such as Krayzie Bone, Crooked I, Messy Marv and Chino XL.

On April 7, 2009, it was announced that Tech N9ne would be one of the performers for the Rock The Bells 2009 Festival.  In August, Tech N9ne performed at the tenth annual Gathering of the Juggalos after appearing at two prior Gatherings.

In 2010 he made his second appearence on The Wake up Show "The Anthem" from Sway & King Tech.

His newest album K.O.D. was released on October 26, 2009. The album was accompanied by the "K.O.D" tour featuring Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Slaughterhouse, Glasses Malone, Stevie Stone, and the newly signed artist to Strange Music, Big Scoob.

Strange Music
Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin co-own the record label Strange Music, which was created in 2002 after Tech N9ne's release from JCOR Entertainment. Under the label, Tech N9ne has released eight albums, Absolute Power, Anghellic: Reparation, Vintage Tech, Everready (The Religion), Tech N9ne Collabos: Misery Loves Kompany, Killer, Tech N9ne Collabos: Sickology 101 and K.O.D. The label has signed several other performers and bands including Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Project: Deadman which consists of Prozak, and producer Mike E. Clark, Krizz Kaliko, and Kabosh which is a joint effort by Tech N9ne and Kaliko where they will venture into the rock world. Recently, Strange Music signed Dirty Thug Records, the label that houses Grave Plott (Killa C & Liquid Assassin), to a distribution deal.

On February 9, 2009, it was announced on Tech N9ne's official website that Skatterman & Snug Brim had decided to leave the Strange Music label after fulfilling their commitment.

On February 9, 2009, it was announced on Tech N9ne's official website that Big Scoob had joined the Strange Music label two days earlier, on February 7. Big Scoob having featured on Tech N9ne tracks in the past was unsigned by all labels and found a large welcoming into the Strange Music community. Big Scoob has his own theme song recorded on Tech N9ne's first collabos album Misery Loves Kompany titled "Big Scoob". Tech N9ne and Big Scoob both started out as members of the underground rap ground the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians. Big Scoob will be the first of those members Tech N9ne has personally aided in their career quest for label support.

May 2009, Tech signed Brotha Lynch Hung to his Strange Music label. Brotha Lynch is working on a new album Dinner and a Movie expected on March 23rd of 2010.

July 19, 2009, Cognito is signed to the Strange Music label. Cognito is working on an album titled Automatic which is set to come out on April 20th of 2010.

Films
Tech N9ne is featured on the soundtrack for the 1997 movie Gang Related, featuring James Belushi and 2Pac, with the song "Questions."

Four of Tech N9ne's songs were featured in the 2007 Universal Pictures film, Alpha Dog. Two of those songs, "Caribou Lou" and "Night and Day" are from his album, Everready: The Religion. Also included are "Slither" from his 2002 album Absolute Power and "LA LA Land" featuring Gina Cassavetes (daughter of film director Nick Cassavetes) which is featured on the Alpha Dog film soundtrack. Originally, Tech N9ne was behind scoring the entire movie but the movie studio decided to remove some of his music to add more commercially known songs.

In 2009, Tech recorded the original song "Get Your Shoes On," for local critic/film maker Shawn Edwards' film, Our Heroes: The 25 Best Black Sports Movies (Ever). On March 13, ARTISTDirect premiered the track "Donde Esta La Fiesta" from The Life of Lucky Cucumber soundtrack.  In July of the same year, "Let's Go" from his album Killer was used for an online promotional short film for AXE body spray, which featured professional skateboarders Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka and Jereme Rogers.

2010 will see the release of the Danny Trejo film, Vengeance, in which Tech has a small part. The film was initially titled "Jack's Law" and was scheduled for release in 2006.
 
Games
The tracks "Jellysickle" and "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl", both from 2006 album Everready (The Religion), are featured on the soundtrack to 25 To Life, a 2005 video game, in which Tech N9ne is also an unlockable character. A censored version of "The Beast," also from 2006 release Everready (The Religion), is featured in the game Madden NFL 2006. The song 'Everybody Move' from the album Killer was featured on the Hip Hop station of Midnight Club: Los Angeles.

In 2009, Tech N9ne along with label mate Krizz Kaliko appeared in a promotional video for the Fight Night Round 4 video game. Tech N9ne is frequently discussed in length on IGN's wildly popular Game Scoop! Podcast.

Television
In 2001, Tech N9ne's song "Tormented," from his album Anghellic, appeared in a scene of the Fox TV series Dark Angel, it plays for nearly two minutes in the background of a bar scene contained in the season two episode "Two."

In early 2007, Tech N9ne was featured on the MTV program I'm From Rolling Stone. In December 2007, Tech N9ne's song "Caribou Lou" was featured on an episode of MTV's My Super Sweet 16, during the scene in which the birthday girl received her car.  In summer 2008, Tech N9ne's song "Earthquake" was featured on an episode of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew in which the crew had to visually convey the title of the song in their performance.

Tech N9ne's Single "Like Yeah" was featured on the intro credits of the 2008 MTV show "From G's to Gents".

On the August 15, 2009 Strikeforce event, Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, MMA fighter Gilbert Melendez entered the arena to Tech N9ne's 2006 song "The Beast" (Everready (The Religion)) for his bout with Mitsuhiro Ishida.

Filmography
    * 2003: Beef
    * 2003: Das Bus
    * 2004: T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience
    * 2004: United Ghettos of America Vol. 2
    * 2005: Hip Hop Nation Vol. 1
    * 2005: Letter to the President
    * 2006: Alpha Dog[A1]
    * 2008: The Psychumentary[24]
    * 2009: The Life of Lucky Cucumber
    * 2009: Strictly Strange
    * 2010: Vengeance

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_N9ne
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The Calm Before the Storm (1999)
Label:  Midwestside Records
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The Calm Before the Storm is the debut album by rapper Tech N9ne released on November 9, 1999 on Midwestside Records.

Track List
1. Planet Rock 2K (Down South Remix)
2. Cloudy-Eyes Stroll (Remix)
3. Flipside (Rough Version)
4. Mizzizy Gets Bizzy (ft. Don Juan)
5. On Our Way To L.A. (ft. Don Juan)
6. Spend The Night (ft. Paul Law and Rock Money)
7. Clueless (ft. Larone Burnette and Solé)
8. Questions (Rough Draft)
9. Now It's On (ft. Lejo)
10. Bitch Sickness (ft. Phats Bossilini and Rame Royal)
11. Soldiers At War (ft. Big Scoob, Don Juan, L.V. & Short Nitty)
12. Cotton Soldier
13. Relish
14. Mitchell Bade (Interlude)
15. Mitchell Bade (ft. Bakarii)

Samples
Now It's On
    * "Moments in Love" by Art Of Noise

The Worst (2000)
Label:  Midwestside Records
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The Worst: 2K Edition (2001)
Label: Midwestside Records
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The Worst is the second studio album recorded by Tech N9ne released on September 12, 2000 on Midwestside Records.

Track List
   1. Stamina
   2. Trauma (featuring Hannible Bear Lector and Rock Money)
   3. Planet Rock 2K (Original Version)
   4. Thugged Out (featuring Gonzoe, Phats Bossi, Poppa L.Q. and Yukmouth)
   5. Walk These Shoes
   6. They're All Gonna Laugh At You
   7. Niggas
   8. Why?
   9. Mad Confusion (featuring Hannible Bear Lector)
  10. One Night Stand
  11. Get Blowed
  12. I Didn't Lie (featuring Lamani)
  13. Mind Of A Killer
  14. The Worst (featuring Law and Kemani)
  15. S.I.M.O.N. Says
  16. Fucked Up Day (Performed by Charmelle Cofield)
  17. Fucked Up Day (featuring Paul Law)

The Worst: 2K Edition is a re-release of The Worst by Tech N9ne. It features an updated track listing, including the replacement of three tracks for three newer tracks. ("Let's Get It Started", "Young Hooligans" and "Strange" replacing "Why? Tech N9ne", "Mad Confusion" and "They're All Gonna Laugh At You")

Track List
   1. Stamina
   2. Planet Rock 2K (Original Version)
   3. Let's Get It Started (featuring D-Loc & Dalima as Da Hooligans)
   4. Thugged Out (featuring Gonzoe, Phats Bossi, Poppa L.Q. and Yukmouth)
   5. Mind Of A Killer
   6. The Worst (featuring Law and Kemani)
   7. Walk These Shoes
   8. Trauma (featuring Hannible Bear Lector and Rock Money)
   9. Young Hooligans (featuring D-Loc & Dalima as Da Hooligans)
  10. Strange
  11. Get Blowed
  12. Niggas
  13. One Night Stand
  14. I Didn't Lie (featuring Lamani)
  15. S.I.M.O.N. Says
  16. Fucked Up Day (performed by Charmelle Cofield)
  17. Fucked Up Day (featuring Paul Law)

Anghellic (2001)
Label: JCOR Entertainment
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Anghellic: Reparation
Label: Strange Music
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Anghellic is the third studio album released by Tech N9ne released on August 28, 2001 on JCOR Entertainment.

In 2001, the song "Tormented," appeared in a scene of the Fox TV series Dark Angel, it plays for nearly two minutes in the background of a bar scene contained in the season two episode "Two."

Track List
01. Hellevator
02. Tormented
03. Stamina
04. Sinister Tech
05. Psycho Messages
06. Psycho Bitch
07. Real Killer
08. Cursed
09. Suicide Letters
10. Purgatory
11. It's Alive
12. Einstein
13. P.R. 2K1
14. Here I Come
15. Who You Came To See
16. Wake Up Call
17. This Ring
18. God Complex
19. This Life (Anghelic)
20. Going Bad
21. Heaven
22. Twisted

The album was re-released in 2003 with additional songs and remastered sound as Anghellic: Reparation. This version was released through Strange Music after conflicts with JCOR Entetainment during its original release.

Track List
01. Devil Boy
02. Hellevator
03. Tormented
04. Stamina
05. Sinister Tech
06. Psycho Messages
07. Psycho Bitch
08. Real Killer
09. Cursed
10. Suicide Letters
11. Purgatory
12. It's Alive
13. Einstein
14. Breathe
15. Who You Came To See
16. Wake Up Call
17. This Ring
18. God Complex
19. F.T.I
20. Going Bad
21. Heaven
22. Twisted

Celcius (2002)
Label: Midwestside Records
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Celcius is the fourth studio album by Tech N9ne, it was released in 2002 by Midwestside Records after Tech N9ne parted ways with the label. It contains a collection of songs he had previously recorded while still with the label, most unreleased until this point, though it also contains 3 songs where Tech does not appear.

"He Wanna Be Paid" had previously been released on the 0 to 60 Records compilation Midwest Mobbin under the title "Get Yo Paper". "Boss Doggs" is a remix of the song "Boss Doggin" from the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians' album My Dogs For Life while "Sprung" makes an appearance after appearing on the Live From The Ghetto compilation where it appeared under the title of "Blank Zone", a misspelling of the actual name, "Biank Zone."

Track List
   1. He Wanna Be Paid
   2. Call Girlz (feat. Don Juan)
   3. Be Warned
   4. Boss Doggs (feat. 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians)
   5. Sprung (feat. Don Juan)
   6. All I Want
   7. Nasty Girl (feat. Don Juan, L.V. and Rock Money)
   8. Pop That Thang (performed by Macc James)
   9. Shoot Tha Shit (feat. Bigbear and Don Juan)
  10. Ride Wit Me (performed by 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians feat. Severe)
  11. Blue Streak
  12. We Dem Boyz (performed by Jok3r)
  13. Mizery (feat. Macc James)
  14. Celcius (feat. Don Juan)

Absolute Power (2002)
Label: Strange Music
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Absolute Power is the fifth studio album by Tech N9ne released on September 24, 2002 on Strange Music. It peaked at #79 on the Billboard 200, and it has sold over 250,000 copies.

Track List
01. Intro
02. Industry Is Punks
03. Here Comes Tecca Nina
04. Imma Tell
05. Slacker
06. Keep on Keepin' On
07. Gunz Will Bust
08. Biancas & Beatrices
09. Diamond Joe's
10. Slither
11. Disturbance
12. Trapped in a Psycho's Body
13. T9X
14. She Devil
15. Worst Enemy
16. Signing Off
17. Absolute Power
18. Yada Yada Yada
19. Constantly Dirty
20. I'm a Playa

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I'm A Playa
    * "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco

Imma Tell
    * "Mambo Italiano" by Rosemary Clooney

Vintage Tech (2005) [compilation]
Label:  Strange Music
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Vintage Tech is compilation album released by Tech N9ne on March 22, 2005 on Strange Music. It brings together a mixture of unreleased material with material that was previously released on compilations as well as from his earlier albums.

Track List
01. Lost Lair of B'zle
02. Monster
03. S.H.E. (Seductive Human Erotica)
04. Save Yourself
05. Now It's On
06. Be Jealous
07. Red Necro
08. The Grench
09. I'm A Playa (Remix)
10. Trapped in a Psycho's Body
11. Freaky
12. My Own Hell
13. Victory
14. Mitchell Bade
15. Strange
16. Snake Ya
17. Shocked
18. Outro

Samples
Lost Lair Of B'zle
    * "Ave Satani" by Jerry Goldsmith

Now It's On
    * "Moments in Love" by Art Of Noise

I'm A Playa
    * "Friends" by Whodini
    * "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco

Freaky
    * "Darling Nikki" by Prince

Everready (The Religion) (2006)
Label: Strange Music
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Everready (The Religion) is the sixth studio album by Tech N9ne. The album was released on November 7, 2006 as a "Collector's Edition" CD that contains a second CD featuring 14 songs from Tech N9ne as well as other Strange Music artists. "Jellysickle" & "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl" also appeared on the 25 To Life video game soundtrack, while a censored version of "The Beast" was featured on the soundtrack to Madden NFL 06, released in 2005.

Eminem was set to appear on the track "My World" with Tech N9ne and Brotha Lynch but complications with his best friend Proof being killed led him to not being able to record his verse, so Dalima took over his spot on the album. Twista was originally set to appear on "Welcome To The Midwest," but his recorded verse wasn't sent to Tech in time to be fully mastered without delaying the album. Tech says he still plans to use the verse in the future.

Track List
01. Enter Everready / B.L.E.S.T.
02. Riot Maker / Enjoy - (featuring Skatterman/Snug Brim)
03. No Can Do - (featuring Big Krizz Kaliko)
04. Welcome To The Midwest - (featuring Big Krizz Kaliko)
05. Bout Ta' Bubble
06. It's What You Thinkin'
07. Night And Day / T.E.C.H. Radio
08. Jellysickle - (featuring E-40)
09. Caribou Lou
10. Hood Connection, Strange Commercial
11. My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl
12. Flash / Your Descent
13. Come Gangsta
14. Melancholy Maze & My World Intro, The
15. My World - (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung/Dalima)
16. Running Out Of Time "Root"
17. The Rain / Welcome Back / Party Hard - (featuring Alyia/Reign Yates)
18. F**k'em Girl - (featuring Big Krizz Kaliko/Kutt Calhoun)
19. Beast, The
20. This Is Me / Goodbye

Disc two: Strange Music Library (collector's edition)
1. Intro - Tech N9ne,
2. That Owl
3. In My Head
4. Groupie
5. Rock Like That - Tech N9ne, Davis, B.
6. The Shouting - Tech N9ne, Davis, B.
7. Don't Blame Me - Tech N9ne, Landis, Stacy "Skat
8. Run - Tech N9ne, Landis, Stacy "Skat
9. Whip It - Tech N9ne, Calhoun, Melvin "Ku
10. Playa Like Me - Tech N9ne, Calhoun, Melvin "Ku
11. Trapped - Tech N9ne, Prozak
12. Holy War - Tech N9ne, Prozak
13. Let It Go - Tech N9ne, Watson, Samuel "Big
14. The Need - Tech N9ne, Watson, Samuel "Big
15. Little Pills

Tech N9ne Collabos: Misery Loves Kompany (2007)
Label: Strange Music
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Tech N9ne Collabos: Misery Loves Kompany is the seventh studio album by Tech N9ne released on July 17, 2007 on Strange Music, and the first release in the "Collabos" series. The album was recorded in one month and was released on July 17, 2007. It features 17 tracks featuring artists such as Yukmouth, T-Nutty, D-Loc & Dalima, Greed, Money Hungry, Big Scoob (of the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians), Joe Vertigo, Shadow, The Philsta and Mr. Reece as well as fellow label mates Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim and Prozak. Production was mainly handled by David Sanders II, a producer from Huntsville, Alabama; Sanders handled half the production with the rest mainly being handled by Seven (who produced numerous track for Tech N9ne's 2006 effort Everready: The Religion) with lone production credit going to Rob Rebeck for "You Don't Want It."

Following its release, the album debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 13,000 copies in its first week.

Track List
01. Kansas City Shuffle (Intro)
02. Midwest Choppers - (with Big Krizz Kaliko/Dalima/D-Loc/)
03. Misery - (with Yukmouth/The Journalist)
04. That Box - (with Greed/Big Krizz Kaliko/Skatterman/Snug Brim/Kutt Calhoun)
05. Gangsta Shap - (with Big Krizz Kaliko/Kutt Calhoun)
06. Sex Out South - (with Big Krizz Kaliko/Kutt Calhoun)
07. Get Ya Head Right - (with Money Hungry/Snug Brim)
08. Fan or Foe - (with T-Nutty/Big Krizz Kaliko)
09. Girl Crazy "Crazy Love"
10. 2 Piece - (with Big Scoob/Big Krizz Kaliko/Joe Vertigo)
11. Big Scoob - (with Big Scoob)
12. Yeah Ya Can - (with Shadow/Krizz Kaliko)
13. I Can Feel It - (Skit, with Agginy/The Philsta)
14. Karma - (Skit)
15. You Don't Want It - (with Big Krizz Kaliko/Prozak/Mr. Reece)
16. Message to the Black Man
17. P.A.S.E.O., The (The Poem Aaron Saw Extra Ordinary)

Killer (2008)
Label: Strange Music
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Killer is the eighth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne released on July 1, 2008 on Strange Music. Killer's album cover pays homage to Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller album cover. With Killer, Tech N9ne has SoundScanned his 1 millionth album independently.

This album was the first album Tech N9ne recorded as a double disc release, containing 32 tracks. (Everready (The Religion) contained two discs, however the second disc was marketed as a bonus disc and not a part of the album itself.) Guests who were featured on the album include Paul Wall, Scarface, Shawnna, Brother J of X-Clan, Mistah F.A.B., Kottonmouth Kings, Hed PE, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim, BG Bulletwound, Mr. Stinky, Liquid Assassin of Grave Plott, and Ice Cube. While Brotha Lynch Hung was confirmed to be a guest on the album early on, he would be absent from the album in the end. It was later revealed that Brotha Lynch Hung was supposed to be on Psycho Bitch II, but he would have been unable to get his verse back to Tech in time, thus he did not appear. He was instead replaced by Grave Plott's Liquid Assassin.

It features production by producers that have previously collaborated with Tech like Michael "Seven" Summers and David Sanders II, as well as new collaborations such as with Tramaine "YoungFyre" Winfrey, Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby and Adam "Wyshmaster" Cherrington.

On October 3rd, 2008, the music video for "Like Yeah" premiered on MTVU.com. The video was directed by Estevan Oriol and featured several cameos such as the songs producer YoungFyre, fellow label mates Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun, actor Danny Trejo, as well as artists Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., C-Bo, Glasses Malone, Krondon and Skinhead Rob.

Track List
Disc 1
01. Dr. Frazier's Office (Intro Skit)
02. Like Yeah
03. Wheaties - (featuring Shawnna)
04. Everybody Move
05. Get The Fuck Outta Here - (featuring Paul Wall/The Popper)
06. The Waitress
07. Crybaby
08. Shit Is Real
09. Blackboy - (featuring Ice Cube/Krizz Kaliko/Brother J)
10. Pillow Talkin' - (featuring Scarface)
11. Paint A Dark Picture - (featuring Dirtball)
12. Hope For A Higher Power
13. Worst Case Scenario (Skit)
14. Psycho Bitch II - (featuring Liquid Assassin)
15. Poisonous - (featuring Liz Suwandi)
16. Too Much - (featuring Kutt Calhoun)
Disc 2
01. I Love You But Fuck You
02. One Good Time
03. Drill Team - (featuring Krizz Kaliko/Snug Brim/B.G. Bulletwound)
04. Beat You Up - (featuring Lebowski/The Weapon)
05. Let's Go - (featuring Kutt Calhoun/Mistah F.A.B.)
06. Why You Ain't Call Me
07. Seven Words - (featuring Krizz Kaliko/Skatterman)
08. Sexorcist, The (Infomercial) - (featuring Krizz Kaliko)
09. Killa Call (Skit)
10. Enjoy - (featuring Krizz Kaliko/Bosko)
11. Elbow Macaroni (Skit)
12. I Am Everything - (featuring Hed P.E./Kottonmouth Kings)
13. Happy Ending
14. Can't Shake It - (featuring Krizz Kaliko/Robert Rebeck)
15. Holier Than Thou - (featuring Strange Lane Choir/Krizz Kaliko)
16. Last Words

Tech N9ne Collabos: Sickology 101 (2009)
Label: Strange Music
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Tech N9ne Collabos: Sickology 101 is the ninth studio album, and the second in the "Collabos" series, by  Tech N9ne released on April 28, 2009 on Strange Music.

Early on, the album carried a "The Study of Being Sick" subtitle, but as its release grew nearer, the subtitle was phased out. The album features guest appearances from Krayzie Bone, Crooked I, Chino XL, Messy Marv, Ron Ron, Potluck, also featured are fellow Kansas City rappers Cash Image, D-Locc Da Chop and the 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians. Furthermore, fellow Strange Music rappers Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun and Big Scoob are featured. It features production by producers that have previously collaborated with Tech, like Tramaine "YoungFyre" Winfrey, Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby, Adam "Wyshmaster" Cherrington, and Michael "Seven" Summers, with additional production alongside YoungFyre, like Josh "Karbon" Brunstetter, and Brian "Yung Fokus" Reid. With "Karbon" being under Kasai LLC, founded by YoungFyre. The additional production credits were not added to the first batch of copies, but are added in later ones.

Both "Red Nose" and "Sickology 101" were released as digital singles on March 31, 2009, while "Nothin'" followed as a digital single on April 14, 2009. On March 24, 2009, the music video for "Red Nose" was added to YouTube by Strange Music's account in high-definition video. On April 13, 2009, the video premiered on MTVU.com. The video was directed by Dan Gedman.

The initial numbers released by Nielsen SoundScan for the albums' debut week were 18,680 which would have put the album at #23 on the Billboard 200. However, according to a news report by HipHopDX, Strange Music submitted proof, indicating the number to be 21,455 copies sold first week. As a result, Sickology 101 actually debuted on the Billboard 200 at #19.

Track List
01. Sickology 101 Ft. Chino XL And Crooked I
02. Midwest Choppers Ft. Krayzie Bone And K-Dean
03. Ghetto Love Ft. Krizz Kaliko And Kutt Calhoun
04. Poh Me Anutha Ft. Potluck And Kutt Calhoun
05. We Kixin’ It Ft. Ron Ron And The Popper
06. Nothin’ Ft. The Boy Boy Young Mess (Messy Marv) And Big Scoob
07. Let Me In Ft. Cash Image And D Loc The Chop
08. In The Air Ft. Craig Smith And Nesto
09. Blown Away
10. Party And Bullshit Ft. Big Ben And Shadow
11. Grammy’s (Skit)
12. Sorry N’ Shit Ft. 57th Street Rogue Dog Villains
13. Dysfunctional Ft. Big Scoob And Krizz Kaliko
14. Far Away Ft. Krizz Kaliko
15. Spelling Bee (Skit Ft. Rob Rebeck)
16. Creepin’ Ft. B.G. Bulletwound And Paul Mussan
17. Red Nose
18. Areola Ft. 816 Boys (Bonus)

K.O.D. (2009)
Label: Strange Music
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K.O.D. (initialized for King of Darkness) is the tenth studio album by rapper Tech N9ne, released on October 26, 2009 on Strange Music. The album was originally scheduled for an October 27, 2009 release, but the album was shipped out early and the label decided to release it a day early. Early shipment allowed the album to be released on the artist's mother's birthday, to whom he had dedicated the album.

Guest features include Three 6 Mafia, Brotha Lynch Hung, King Gordy, Kutt Calhoun, Krizz Kaliko and Big Scoob. Corey Taylor of Slipknot was confirmed to appear on the song "Killing You," but it was later revealed that he was unable to record and submit his vocals for the track in time and the label had to move forward with mastering the album.

Like several of his other albums, K.O.D. is broken up into sections: "Anger", "Madness" and "The Hole".

On October 22, the album appeared as a featured "Album Premiere" on Myspace.

The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 selling 30,326 copies in its first week

Singles and videos

On September 9, 2009, Strange Music released a video on their YouTube account depicting Yates regarding his upcoming video for "Show Me A God," stating that it would be a very serious video dedicated to his mother. The official music video for "Show Me A God" was then released through Strange Music's YouTube account on October 2. Five days later, on October 7, a second version of the video appeared on the label's account, this one in high definition.

On October 20, "Leave Me Alone" and "Show Me A God" were officially released as digital singles. "Strange Music Box" has also been designated as a single from the album.

A video was filmed for the single "Leave Me Alone," and it was exclusively premiered on mtvU.com on October 27, the albums' original release date.

A video for the song "Low" was released on December 3.

Track List
01 - Show Me A God
02 - The Warning (Skit)
03 - Demons Ft. Three 6 Mafia
04 - Blackened The Sun
05 - Strange Music Box Ft. Krizz Kaliko And Brotha Lynch Hung
06 - Sundae (Skit)
07 - Check Yo Temperature Ft. Sundae And T-Nutty
08 - B. Boy Ft. Big Scoob, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman And Bumpy Knuckles
09 - Hunterish Ft. Irv Da Phenom And Krizz Kaliko
10 - The Pick Up (Skit)
11 - In The Trunk
12 - Pinocchiho
13 - Horns Ft. Prozak And King Gordy
14 - Interview With Jason Whitlock (Skit)
15 - It Was An Accident Ft. Alan Wayne
16 - Shadows On The Road
17 - Low
18 - Messages (Skit)
19 - Killing You
20 - Leave Me Alone
21 - Prayer By Brother K.T. (Skit)
22 - K.O.D. (Introducing Mackenzie O'Guin)
23 - The Martini Ft. Krizz Kaliko

The Gates Mixed Plate (2010)
Label: Strange Music
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The Gates Mixed Plate is the eleventh studio album by Tech N9ne, which was released on July 27, 2010 on Strange Music. It is the third album in the rapper's "Collabos" series, following the 2009 album Sickology 101. The album's name is in reference to the Kansas City Bar-B-Q restaurant Gates Bar-B-Q. The album's first single, "O.G." further references the restaurant.

The album will have what the artists describes as "lighter music" after the 2009 album, K.O.D., took a "darker" approach. When speaking on the content of the album, the artist said the album "is full of party tracks because I'm trying to rejoice." The album will also feature guest appearances by Kutt Calhoun, Krizz Kaliko, Big Scoob, Brotha Lynch Hung, Stevie Stone, Jay Rock, Glasses Malone, Yukmouth, Devin the Dude, Irv Da Phenom, and many more.

Track List
1 "Ms. Walker / Brooklyn Martino (Intro)" 
2 "O.G."     
3 "F U Pay Me" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Makzilla)   
4 "Gamer" (featuring Kutt Calhoun)
5 "Jumpin' Jax" (featuring Bishop Young Don, Stevie Stone & Krizz Kaliko)   
6 "Keep It One Hunit" (featuring Big Scoob, Glasses Malone & Irv Da Phenom)   
7 "Pow Pow" (featuring Kutt Calhoun, Mon. E.G. The Ghostwriter, Riv Locc & Tay Diggs)   
8 "Harvey Dent" 
9 "Tony G (Intro)" 
10 "What's Next" (featuring Craig Smith & Oobergeek)   
11 "Afterparty" (featuring Kutt Calhoun & Devin the Dude)
12 "Too Many Girls" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Sundae)
13 "Pu Wah Wah" (performed by 816 Boyz)   
14 "Sean Tyler (Intro)"
15 "KC Tea" 
16 "JT Quick (Intro)" 
17 "Oh You Didn't Know" (featuring Irv Da Phenom & The Popper)
18 "Far Out" (featuring J.L., P.R.E.A.C.H. & Stevie Stone)
19 "Paper" (featuring Brian B Shynin (Intro), Jay Rock & Joe Vertigo)   
20 "Loud" (featuring Irv Da Phenom, Bizzy & Alan Wayne (Pradagy))   
21 "Need More Angels with Prayer by Brother K.T." (featuring Irv Da Phenom)   
22 "Doin' It" (Bonus Track) (featuring Chillest Illest, OME & Yukmouth)

Seepage EP (2010)
Label: Strange Music
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Seepage is the second EP by Tech N9ne released on October 25, 2010 on Strange Music. The EP consists of five tracks that were written recently after Tech witnessed Krizz Kaliko's breakdown after receiving bad news, and soon after, receiving news that his mother was back in the psych ward. The beats that appear on the EP were purchased by the artist intended for his studio album K.O.D. but went unused during the sessions. The EP, just like K.O.D. and the Lost Scripts, is broken up into 3 sections: "Anger", "Madness" and "The Hole".

Track List
1.Choking From It (Intro)
2.Seepage (feat. Tonesha Sanders)
3.Asshole (feat. Big Scoob & Krizz Kaliko)
4.Alucard
5.Bite Me
6.Trippin' Comin' (feat. Krizz Kaliko)

Bad Season (2010)
[mixtape]
Label: XXLMag.com
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Bad Season is a mixtape album by Tech N9ne, presented by XXLMag.com, released on December 23, 2010 as a free ditigal release.  It features Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun and his latest signee, 2010 XXL freshman Jay Rock, while Dr. Dre, Travis Barker and Cookin Soul are among the producers. It is hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and DJ Scream

Track List
1. Bad Season Skit (feat. Jeff Nelson)
2. Table and Chest Stress
3. Sex to the Beat (feat. Kutt Calhoun, Bizzy & Krizz Kaliko)
4. No More Music by the Suckas (feat. Black Vain, Oobergeek & Krizz Kaliko)
5. Bad Season (feat. Krizz Kaliko, Nesto & Tonesha Sanders)
6. Somethin’ to See (feat. Krizz Kaliko & Irv Da Phenom)
7. Ego Trippin’ (feat. Krizz Kaliko)
8. All Day All Night (feat. Krizz Kaliko)
9. Hard Liquor
10. Livin’ Like I’m Dyin’ (feat. Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Ubiquitous of Ces Cru & Godemis of Ces Cru)
11. Down for the Block (feat. Jay Rock, Kutt Calhoun & Big Scoob)
12. Lick You Teeth (feat. Irv Da Phenom, Krizz Kaliko & Tonesha Sanders)
13. Losin’ My Mind
14. The People Speak Skit
15. This Ring (feat. Dontez Yates)
16. The Rain (feat. Alyia Yates, Reign Yates & Lecoya Lejeune)
17. Come Gangsta (feat. Krizz Kaliko)

All 6's And 7's (2011)
**2011 HHUG Album Of The Year nominee**
Label: Strange Music
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All 6's And 7's is the twelfth studio album of Tech N9ne, released on June 7, 2011, on Strange Music. Tech has stated that the title All 6's And 7's means "in a state of confusion and disarray." He also said that this will be his "biggest" and "craziest" album of all. Guests for the album include B.o.B., Hopsin, Ceza, Yelawolf, Snoop Dogg, Jay Rock, Deftones, Twista, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, E-40, Busta Rhymes, Kendrick Lamar and more. Tech had expressed an interest in collaborating with Janelle Monae, Eminem, and Tyler, the Creator. The album was a 2011 HHUG Album of the Year nominee.

Track List
1. The Pledge (Intro) (Produced By: Ben Cybulsky)   
2. Technicians (Produced By: Soleternity)   
3. Military (Skit) (Produced By: Ben Cybulsky)   
4. Am I A Psycho? feat. B.o.B; Hopsin (Produced By: B.o.B) [official video]
5. He's A Mental Giant (Produced By: Seven)  [official video]
6. Worldwide Choppers feat. Busta Rhymes; Ceza; D-Loc; JL (of B. Hood); Twista; Twisted Insane; U$O; Yelawolf (Produced By: Seven)   
7. We Miss You Man (Skit) (Produced By: Ben Cybulsky)   
8. I Love Music feat. Kendrick Lamar; Oobergeek (Produced By: EmayDee)   
9. Strangeland (Produced By: J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)   
10. Call From Richie (Skit) (Produced By: Ben Cybulsky)   
11. The Boogieman featuring First Degree The D.E.; Stokley Williams (of Mint Condition) (Produced By: J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)   
12. Cult Leader featuring Liz Suwandi (Produced By: Seven)   
13. Call From KC Poet Camile (Skit) (Produced By: Ben Cybulsky)   
14. Fuck Food featuring Krizz Kaliko; Lil Wayne; T-Pain (Produced By: Seven)   
15. Overtime featuring Stevie Stone (Produced By: Jayson "Koko" Bridges)   
16. Pornographic featuring E-40; Krizz Kaliko; Snoop Dogg (Produced By: Seven)   
17. You Owe Like Pookie featuring Jay Rock; Kutt Calhoun (Produced By: Seven)   
18. Delusional featuring Nikkiya (Produced By: Will Power)   
19. So Lonely featuring Blind Fury; Mackenzie O'Guin (Produced By: Wyshmaster)   
20. If I Could featuring Chino Moreno; Stephen Carpenter (of Deftones) (Produced By: Seven)   
21. Angry Caller (Skit) (Produced By: Ben Cybulsky)   
22. Love Me Tomorrow featuring Big Scoob (Produced By: Seven)   
23. Mama Nem featuring Krizz Kaliko (Produced By: David Sanders II)   
24. Promiseland featuring Nikkiya (Produced By: Wyshmaster)

Welcome To Strangeland (2011)
Label: Strange Music
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Welcome to Strangeland is the thirteenth studio album, and the fourth in the "Collabos" series, by Tech N9ne. It was released on Strange Music on November 8, 2011, the rapper's 40th birthday.

Track List
1. Stars (prod Seven)
2. Welcome To Strangeland feat. Krizz Kaliko (prod Jomeezius The Genius)
3. Unfair feat. Krizz Kaliko, Ubiquitous, Godemis (prod Seven)
4. Kocky feat. Kutt Calhoun, Jay Rock (prod David Sanders II)
5. Who Do I Catch (prod Seven) [official video]
6. My Favorite feat. Prozak, Brotha Lynch Hung (prod Jomeezius The Genius)
7. Retrogression feat. Mayday! (prod Plex Luthor)
8. Bang Out feat. 816 Boyz (prod Seven)
9. Beautiful Music (prod Jomeezius The Genius)
10. Won't You Come Dirty feat. Young Bleed, Stevie Stone (prod Jomeezius The Genius)
11. Sad Circus feat. Brotha Lynch Hung, Courtney Kuhnz (prod Seven)
12. The Noose feat. Mayday! (prod Plex Luthor)
13. Slave feat. Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun (prod Seven)
14. Overwhelming feat. Jay Da 3rd (prod Beats 4 Days LLC)
15. Gods feat. Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun (prod Seven)

Klusterfuk EP (2012)
Label: Strange Music
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Klusterfuk is the third EP by Tech N9ne released on March 13, 2012 on Strange Music. The entire EP is produced by hip hop group ¡Mayday!.

Track List
1. Klusterfuk
2. Blur feat. Wrekonize
3. Can’t Stand Me feat. Krizz Kaliko
4. Ugly Duckling feat. Aqualeo
5. Awkward
6. D.K.N.Y. feat. Krizz Kaliko

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