The result has been plenty of sales and success for the independent rapper. His albums are still injected with the same dark paranoia that made him famous, but it is layered with a smoother sound and party anthems galore. While some fans balked at the change in direction, it has worked wonders for Tech N9ne and his Strange Music label. He signed Kansas City street rappers to his label and shifted his focus to making music that was more commercial and universal. After receiving backlash from his hometown fans, Tech N9ne made it a point to show that he was not the devil worshipping horrorcore rapper they stereotyped him to be. If that were true, it would be a sharp departure from the image Tech N9ne has spent years building. It was rumored to be Tech N9ne's return to the darker sound which made him popular.

The title was first announced as 'K.O.D.' with no information on what the letters stood for. Tech N9ne's latest album was shrouded with controversy and hype from the minute it was announced. Fans who feed on the rapper's Eminem-meets-Freddy Krueger style are going to find that Tech is communicating his inner demons as vividly as ever, and that the dark carnival music still holds strong with returning favorites Ruben Armstrong, YoungFyre, and Robert Rebeck handling most of the production.Tech N9ne :: King Of Darkness (K.O.D.) :: Strange Music Boy.' It gets shockingly dark from here, with victims being thrown 'In the Trunk,' while past acquaintances are addressed in 'Killing You,' but you don't come to a Tech N9ne album for sunshine and light.

Guests Three 6 Mafia prove a perfect choice to set the tone with their eerie work on 'Demons,' while the fantastic foursome of Big Scoob, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman, and Bumpy Knuckles are just as welcome on Tech's version of guys night out, 'B. Coming before the official intro, the opening 'Show Me a God' is one giant highlight of a prelude as Tech deals with his mother's failing health and offers a more humble examination of despair than the heavy-handed epic that follows. is a concept album at its core, telling the story of Tech was the 'King of Darkness' and dividing it into three acts: Anger, Madness, and The Hole. Remarkably, Tech N9ne's second release of 2009 is as driven, ambitious, and satisfying as his first, the collaboration filled Sickology 101.

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