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. The album was released in 2006 as a "Collector's Edition" CD that contains a second CD featuring 14 songs from Tech N9ne as well as other

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artists. "Jellysickle" & "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl" also appeared on the '' 25 To Life'' video game soundtrack, while a censored version of "The Beast" was featured on the soundtrack to '' Madden NFL 06'', released in 2005. In 2010, the song "Riot Maker" was used by

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. The album debuted at #50 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 22,000 copies sold in its first week. The song " Caribou Lou" was later certified Gold in 2012, and certified platinum later in 2017.

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was originally set to appear on the track "My World" with Tech N9ne and Brotha Lynch but complications with his best friend

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being killed led him to not being able to record his verse, so Dalima took over his spot on the album.

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was originally supposed to appear on "Welcome To The Midwest," but his recorded verse wasn't sent to Tech in time to be fully mastered without delaying the album. Tech says he still plans to use the verse in the future.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two: Strange Music Library

Bonus tracks

*Copies purchased from

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-owned stores contained a promotional code allowing the download of this track for free.

Samples

No Can Do *" I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" by Hall & Oates Welcome to the Midwest *" Sway" by

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Bout Ta' Bubble *" Beat Box II" by

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The Rain *"Rain" (from the

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soundtrack) by

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& The Seatbelts

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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