Aaron Dontez Yates (born November 8, 1971), better known by his stage name Tech N9ne (pronounced \\\\\\\"Tech Nine\\\\\\\"), is an American rapper from Blue Springs, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O\\\\\\\'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over ten million albums and has had his music featured in film, television, and video games. In 2009, he won the Left Field Woodie award at the mtvU Woodie Awards.
His stage name originated from the TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun, given to him by rapper Black Walt due to his fast rhyming style. Yates later applied a deeper meaning to the name, claiming that it stands for the complete technique of rhyme, with \\\\\\\'tech\\\\\\\' meaning technique and \\\\\\\'nine\\\\\\\' representing the numbers 3,6, and 0 meaning perfecting all the way around.
This is a compilation of every release by Tech N9ne since the beginning of his career all the way up until January 2012
Included Albums/Releases:
1999 - The Calm Before The Storm Part 1
2000 - The Worst
2001 - Anghellic
2002 - Absolute Power
2002 - Celcius
2005 - Vintage Tech
2006 - Everready [The Religion]
2006 - The Strange Music Library
2007 - Misery Loves Kompany
2008 - Killer
2009 - K.O.D
2009 - Sickology 101
2010 - Bad Season
2010 - Seepage
2010 - Strange Days Tour - A Decade Of Excellence
2010 - The Gates Mixed Plate
2010 - The Lost Scripts Of K.O.D
2011 - All 6\\\\\\\'s and 7\\\\\\\'s
2011 - Welcome to Strangeland