Editing Tech N9ne (section)

=== 2006–2011: Independence and Tech N9ne ''Collabos'' ===
[[File:Tech N9ne on 2006-11-06.jpg|thumb|left|Tech N9ne in 2006]]
In 2006, Yates released the album ''[[Everready (The Religion)]]''.<ref name="rapreviewseverready">{{cite web |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2006_11_everready.html |title=''Everready (The Religion)'' Review |first=Steve 'Flash' |last=Juon |date=November 14, 2006 |work=RapReviews.com |access-date=March 13, 2010 }}</ref> The following year, he released ''[[Misery Loves Kompany]]''.<ref name="rapreviewsmlk">{{cite web |url=http://rapreviews.com/archive/2007_07F_miseryloves.html |title=''Miser Loves Kompany'' Review |first=Pedro |last=Hernandez |date=July 31, 2007 |work=RapReviews.com |access-date=October 29, 2010 }}</ref> Yates announced that the album was the first in a series of "Tech N9ne Collabos" albums that feature a wide range of guest appearances.<ref name="rapreviewsmlk" />

The following year, Yates released the album ''[[Killer (Tech N9ne album)|Killer]]''.<ref name='DubCNN Interview'>{{cite web |url=http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/techn9ne-part1/ |title=DubCNN – Tech N9ne Interview (Part 1) |access-date=July 31, 2008 |last=Etminan |first=Nima |date=July 17, 2008 }}</ref> That September, he exceeded one million album sales over his entire catalog.<ref name="BallerStatus-090208" /> Yates remarked of the accomplishment that, "It just reminded me of all the work we'd done in the past, up until now [...] 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."<ref name="BallerStatus-090208" /> Yates released his second ''Collabos'' album, ''[[Sickology 101]]'', in April 2009.<ref name="Sickology">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1548197|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic Review of ''Sickology 101'' |first=David |last=Jeffries |year=2009 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=March 13, 2010 }}</ref>

Yates later performed at the [[Rock The Bells]] 2009 Festival and the tenth annual [[Gathering of the Juggalos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2009 Rock the Bells line-up announced! |url=http://guerillaunion.com/?p=255 |publisher=Guerilla Union |date=April 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412143355/http://guerillaunion.com/?p=255 |archive-date=April 12, 2009 |access-date=April 7, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Infomercial2010">{{cite video |people=DJ Clay, Sugar Slam, Awesome Dre, and Corporal Robinson (Presenters) |date=July 17, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xewi_Gdc8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/o0xewi_Gdc8| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=11th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos |medium=internet production |publisher=Psychopathic Records |access-date=July 17, 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> That October, he released ''[[K.O.D. (Tech N9ne album)|K.O.D.]]'', an acronym for King of Darkness. The album featured a dark overtone, as Yates was dealing with the illness of his mother.<ref name="AfterKOD">{{cite web |url=http://deftmag.com/features/tech-n9ne-after-kod/ |title=Tech N9ne: After KOD |first=Ricardo |last=Quinteros |date=April 17, 2010 |publisher=Deft Mag |access-date=October 28, 2010 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303033857/http://deftmag.com/features/tech-n9ne-after-kod |url-status=dead }}</ref> An [[Extended play|EP]] of new songs over unused beats from the ''K.O.D.'' album was released in 2010 as ''[[The Lost Scripts of K.O.D.]]''. Later that year, Yates released his third ''Collabos'' album, ''[[The Gates Mixed Plate]]''.<ref name="AfterKOD" /> In October, he released his second EP ''[[Seepage (Tech N9ne EP)|Seepage]]''. On December 23, he released his first mixtape ''[[Bad Season]]''.which was later released in retail CD form with a modified track list and without DJ Scream. On June 7, 2011, Yates released ''[[All 6's and 7's]]''. The album features several hip-hop artists as well as rock artists including [[B.o.B]], [[E-40]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Hopsin]], [[T-Pain]], [[Jay Rock]], [[Mint Condition]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Twista]], [[Lil Wayne]], [[Yelawolf]] and [[Deftones]] and many others.

In 2011, Yates told 411mania.com that after ''All 6's And 7's'' he planned on releasing his fourth album in the ''Collabos'' series titled ''[[Welcome to Strangeland]]'', featuring guest appearances from everyone on Strange Music, followed by the long-awaited K.A.B.O.S.H. and 816 Boyz albums.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqsSFTn3Clw  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/gqsSFTn3Clw| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Tech N9ne Interview – Canuck The Industry Tour – 411mania.com |via=[[YouTube]] |date=May 22, 2011 |access-date=March 2, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Then, in July 2011, Yates said in a blog post that [[Rick Ross]] has agreed to do a song with him for the K.A.B.O.S.H. album and that he is also hoping to have a collaboration with [[Jay-Z]] on that album. In the same blog post, he said that the K.A.B.O.S.H. album will be a [[Rock music|rock]] album.<ref>[http://blog.therealtechn9ne.com/2011/07/tech-n9ne-multimedia/video/tech-talks-jay-z-rick-ross-kabosh-inspiration-the-boogieman-interview/ Tech Talks Jay-Z And Rick Ross On KABOSH, Plus Inspiration For 'The Boogieman' [Interview&#93; | Tech N9ne]. Blog.therealtechn9ne.com (July 23, 2011). Retrieved January 3, 2012.</ref> In another blog post several weeks later, he confirmed that he will begin work on the album after completing ''Welcome to Strangeland''.<ref>[http://blog.therealtechn9ne.com/2011/08/editorial/destroying-k-a-b-o-s-h-editorial/ Destroying K.A.B.O.S.H. [Editorial&#93; | Tech N9ne]. Blog.therealtechn9ne.com (August 3, 2011). Retrieved January 3, 2012.</ref> Following his tour, he announced that he was about to begin work on ''Welcome to Strangeland'' and ''[[Klusterfuk]]'', confirming producers for both projects. ¡Mayday! is to entirely produce ''Klusterfuk''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hunte |first=Justin |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19203/title.tech-n9ne-talks-klusterfuk-scoring-a-1-album-with-0-spent-on-marketing |title=Tech N9ne Talks "Klusterfuk," Scoring A #1 Album With $0 Spent On Marketing |publisher=HipHop DX |date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref> He said he will then begin work on the K.A.B.O.S.H. album.<ref name="blog.therealtechn9ne.com">[http://blog.therealtechn9ne.com/2011/08/social/tech-n9ne-confirms-producers-strangeland-klusterfuk-social/ Welcome to Strangeland and Klusterfuk Producers]. blog.therealtechn9ne.com. August 2011</ref>

Tech N9ne is featured on Lil Wayne's ninth studio album ''[[Tha Carter IV]]'' on the song "Interlude". The track features a verse from Tech and [[Andre 3000]]. During a radio interview with [[Funkmaster Flex]] in August 2010, Wayne stated that he and Tech N9ne formed a "brotherhood" when Yates visited him in jail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Osorio |first=Kim |url=https://www.bet.com/article/otmroy/tech-n9ne-talks-new-album-82-city-tour-and-lil-wayne |title=Tech N9ne Hits The Road For 82 City Tour |publisher=BET |date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>  In a later interview, Tech N9ne claimed that he thinks the song will "awaken a lot of other people that wouldn't usually look [his] way" and "teach all the new fans how to become technicians".