On 2007's Misery Loves Kompany, Kansas City, Missouri underground rapper
Tech N9ne (aka Aaron D. Yates) offers up a fierce set of collaborations with likeminded hip-hop artists such as
Big Krizz Kaliko and
Kutt Calhoun. Hard-hitting and proudly entrenched in Midwestern rap culture (see the blazing "Misery," a play on "Missouri"), the album easily stands out as one of
Tech N9ne's most assured and uncompromising outings.