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.