| Tech N9ne: The Box Set | ||||
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| Released | October 13, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2002-2009 | |||
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| Length | 5:56:22 | |||
| Label | Strange Music | |||
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Tech N9ne: The Box Set (also referred to as The Box Set), [2] is a box set by American rapper Tech N9ne, released on October 13, 2009, through Strange Music. [3] The box sets combines his albums Everready , Misery Loves Kompany , Killer , and Sickology 101 into one. [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Enter Everready" | 1:56 | ||
| 2. | "Riot Maker" (featuring Skatterman & Snug Brim) |
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| 5:32 |
| 3. | "No Can Do" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) |
| Rick Rock | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Welcome to the Midwest" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) |
| Tha Bizness | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Bout Ta' Bubble" (backup vocals by Krizz Kaliko) | Yates | Seven | 3:30 |
| 6. | "It's What You Thinkin'" (backup vocals by Krizz Kaliko) | Yates | Seven | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Night and Day" (backup vocals by Krizz Kaliko) | Yates | Seven | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Jellysickle" (featuring E-40, backup vocals by Krizz Kaliko) | Yates | Rick Rock | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Caribou Lou" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) |
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| 4:31 |
| 10. | "
| 1:51 | ||
| 11. | "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl" | Yates | Rick Rock | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Flash" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) |
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| 3:53 |
| 13. | "Come Gangsta" |
| Seven | 5:35 |
| 14. | "The Melancholy Maze & My World Intro" | Yates | 1:25 | |
| 15. | "My World" (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung & Dalima) |
| The Legendary Traxster | 4:37 |
| 16. | "Running Out of Time (R.O.O.T.)" |
| Seven | 3:43 |
| 17. | "The Rain" (featuring Alyia Yates & Reign Yates) |
| Polyhedron | 4:20 |
| 18. | "Fuck'em Girl" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun) |
| Seven | 4:10 |
| 19. | "The Beast" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) | Yates | Da Riffs | 3:40 |
| 20. | "This Is Me" (backup vocals by Krizz Kaliko) |
| TyJilla for Official Productions | 4:44 |
| Total length: | 75:58 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kansas City Shuffle (Intro)" | A. Yates, B. Fraser, N. Ellingburg | Robert Rebeck | 1:41 |
| 2. | "Midwest Choppers" (featuring D-Loc, Dalima & Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates, D. Epps, R. Easterwood, S. Watson | Seven | 6:32 |
| 3. | "Misery" (featuring The Journalist & Yukmouth) | A. Yates, J. Ellis, L. Buch | Seven | 4:41 |
| 4. | "That Box" (featuring Greed, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim) | A. Henderson, A. Yates, M. Calhoun, S. Landis, S. Watson, W. LeJeune | David Sanders II | 5:50 |
| 5. | "Gangsta Shap" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun) | A. Yates, M. Calhoun, S. Watson | David Sanders II | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Sex Out South" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun) | A. Yates, M. Calhoun, S. Watson | David Sanders II | 5:31 |
| 7. | "Get Ya Head Right" (featuring Money Hungry & Snug Brim) | A. Henderson, A. Yates, T. Morris | Seven | 4:55 |
| 8. | "Fan or Foe" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & T-Nutty) | A. Yates, S. Watson, T. Jones Jr. | Seven | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Girl Crazy "Crazy Love"" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates | David Sanders II | 5:28 |
| 10. | "2 Piece" (featuring Big Scoob, Joe Vertigo & Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates, J. Watson, S. Ashby, S. Watson | Seven | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Big Scoob" (featuring Big Scoob) | A. Yates, S. Ashby | Seven | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Yeah Ya Can" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Shadow) | A. Yates, G. Washington, S. Watson | Seven | 4:21 |
| 13. | "I Can Feel It" (featuring Agginy & The Philstir) | A. Yates, P. Holley, R. Swinton | David Sanders II | 4:39 |
| 14. | "Karma (Skit)" | A. Yates | Robert Rebeck | 0:43 |
| 15. | "You Don't Want It" (featuring Krizz Kaliko, Mr. Reece & Prozak) | A. Yates, M. Thompson Jr., S. Shippy, S. Watson | Robert Rebeck | 3:38 |
| 16. | "Message to the Black Man" | A. Yates | David Sanders II | 4:58 |
| 17. | "The P.A.S.E.O. (The Poem Aaron Saw Extra Ordinary)" | A. Yates | David Sanders II | 5:47 |
| Total length: | 76:59 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sickology 101" (featuring Chino XL & Crooked I) | Aaron Yates, Derek Barbosa, Dominick Wickliffe | Wyshmaster | 03:43 |
| 2. | "Midwest Choppers 2" (featuring K-Dean & Krayzie Bone) | Anthony Henderson, A. Yates, K. Dean, Samuel Watson IV | Young Fyre, Karbon | 04:34 |
| 3. | "Ghetto Love" (featuring Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun) | A. Yates, Melvin Calhoun, S. Watson | Young Fyre, Karbon | 05:15 |
| 4. | "Poh Me Anutha" (featuring Kutt Calhoun & Potluck) | A. Yates, James Kerri, Joshua Liederman, M. Calhoun, S. Watson | Young Fyre, Yung Fokus | 04:09 |
| 5. | "We Kixin' It" (featuring Ron Ron & The Popper) | A. Yates, Ronald White, Walter Edwin | Young Fyre | 03:43 |
| 6. | "Nothin'" (featuring Big Scoob & Messy Marv) | A. Yates, Marvin Watson, Stewart Ashby Jr. | Matic Lee | 03:46 |
| 7. | "Let Me In" (featuring Cash Image, D-Locc Da Chop, & Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates, Derius Taylor, Derwayne Williams, S. Watson | Young Fyre, Karbon | 05:53 |
| 8. | "In the Air" (featuring Craig Smith & Nesto the Owner) | A. Yates, Craig Smith, Ernesto Edwards | Wyshmaster | 04:18 |
| 9. | "Blown Away" | A. Yates, Brian Fraser, Manzilla Queen | Young Fyre | 04:51 |
| 10. | "Party & Bullshit" (featuring Big Ben, Shadow & Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates, Ben Olney, Gerald Washington, S. Watson | Young Fyre | 04:25 |
| 11. | "Grammy's (Skit)" (featuring Below Zero, Chandra Palmer, Dana Perkins, Irv Da Phenom, Krizz Kaliko, Rob Rebeck & Valerie Knight) | M. Queen | Rob Rebeck | 01:14 |
| 12. | "Sorry N' Shit" (featuring 57th Street Rogue Dog Villians) | A. Yates, M. Whitebear, S. Ashby Jr., William Oats | Matic Lee | 05:50 |
| 13. | "Dysfunctional" (featuring Big Scoob & Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates, S. Ashby Jr., S. Watson | Matic Lee | 04:00 |
| 14. | "Far Away" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) | A. Yates, S. Watson | Matic Lee | 03:38 |
| 15. | "Spelling Bee (Skit)" (featuring Makzilla & Rob Rebeck) | M. Queen | Rob Rebeck | 01:15 |
| 16. | "Creepin'" (featuring B.G. Bulletwound & Paul Mussan) | A. Yates, Gregory Roland, Paul Sowell, S. Watson | Seven | 05:05 |
| 17. | "Red Nose" | A. Yates, M. Queen | Matic Lee | 05:27 |
| 18. | "Bootlegger (Skit) / Areola / Bootlegger (Outro)" (performed by 816 Boyz) (Bonus track)) | A. Yates, M. Calhoun, M. Queen, S. Watson | Matic Lee (Areola) Rob Rebeck (Skit / Outro) | 04:29 |
| Total length: | 75:35 | |||
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