K.O.D. | ||||
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Studio album by Tech N9ne | ||||
Released | October 26, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2009 | |||
Genre | Midwest hip hop, horrorcore, Crunk | |||
Length | 77:52 | |||
Label | Strange Music | |||
Producer | Karbon, Matic Lee, Rob Rebeck, Ruben Armstrong, Seven, Travis O'Guin (exec. prod.), Young Fyre | |||
Tech N9ne chronology | ||||
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Singles from K.O.D. | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Billboard | (84/100) |
HipHopDX | |
RapReviews | (9/10) |
The Country Gazette | (Favorable) |
K.O.D. (initialism for King of Darkness) is the ninth studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne; it was released on October 26, 2009, by Strange Music. The album features guest appearances from Three 6 Mafia, Brotha Lynch Hung, King Gordy, Kutt Calhoun, Krizz Kaliko and Big Scoob, among others. The album has been broken up into sections: "Anger", "Madness" and "The Hole" from several of his other albums. On October 22, 2009, the album appeared as a featured "Album Premiere" on Myspace.
The album entered at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 30,326 copies in its first week.
Corey Taylor, from Slipknot was supposed to appear on the track "Killing You", but was unable to begin recording in time and, as a result, failed to submit his vocals for the track. The label had to move forward with mastering the track for the album without his involvement.
On September 9, 2009, Strange Music released a video on its YouTube account showing Yates regarding to his upcoming music video for "Show Me a God", stating that it would be a very serious video dedicated to his mother. The music video for "Show Me a God" was then released through Strange Music's YouTube account on October 2, 2009. On October 7, 2009, a second version of this video has also appeared on the label's account, except this one is in high definition.
On October 20, 2009, "Leave Me Alone" and "Show Me a God" was officially released as the first and second digital singles. "Strange Music Box" was also designated as a single from the album.