Sickology 101 is the ninth studio album

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, and the second in the "Collabos" series, by rapper Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne

Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...

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Early on, the album carried a "The Study of Being Sick" subtitle, but as its release grew nearer, the subtitle was phased out. The album features guest appearances from Krayzie Bone

Krayzie Bone

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, Crooked I

Crooked I

Dominick Wickliffe, better known by his stage name Crooked I, is an American rapper from Long Beach, California. He is a member of the hip hop group, Slaughterhouse with other members Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5'9. Slaughterhouse is currently signed to Shady Records / Interscope Records....

, Chino XL

Chino XL

Derek Keith Barbosa , better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent...

, Messy Marv

Messy Marv

Marvin Watson, better known by his stage name Messy Marv, is an American rapper from Pittsburg, CA, but represents the Fillmore Area of San Francisco, CA.Messy Marv is affiliated with the blood gang...

, Ron Ron

Ron Ron

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, Potluck

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, also featured are fellow Kansas City rappers Cash Image, D-Locc Da Chop and the 57th Street Rogue Dog . Furthermore, fellow Strange Music rappers Krizz Kaliko

Krizz Kaliko

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, Kutt Calhoun

Kutt Calhoun

Melvin Calhoun Jr., better known by his stage name Kutt Calhoun, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. His second album, Feature Presentation, debuted at #60 on the Billboard "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart in its first week of release...

 and Big Scoob are featured. It features production by producers that have previously collaborated with Tech, like Tramaine "Young Fyre" Winfrey

Young Fyre

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, Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby, Adam "Wyshmaster" Cherrington, and Michael "Seven" Summers

Seven (producer)

Michael Summers better known by his stage name Seven, is an American producer. Seven is best known for his work with independent artists Tech N9ne and XV.-Career:...

, with additional production alongside Young Fyre, like Josh "Karbon" Brunstetter and Brian "Yung Fokus" Reid. The additional production credits were absent from the copies of the album in the initial pressing, but were added in subsequent pressings.

Both "Red Nose" and "Sickology 101" were released as digital singles on March 31, 2009, while "Nothin'" followed as a digital single on April 14, 2009. On March 24, 2009, the music video for "Red Nose" was added to YouTube

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 by Strange Music

Strange Music

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's account in high-definition video

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. On April 13, 2009, the video premiered on MTVU.com

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. The video was directed by Dan Gedman.

The initial numbers released by Nielsen SoundScan

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 for the albums' debut week were 18,680 which would have put the album at #23 on the Billboard 200

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. However, according to a news report by HipHopDX, Strange Music submitted proof, indicating the number to be 21,455 copies sold first week. As a result, Sickology 101 actually debuted on the Billboard 200 at #19.

Track listing

Trivia

• A reoccurring joke throughout the album is that the 816 Boyz won a Grammy for the song "Areola", despite the fact that if the user listened to the album in chronological order, they have yet to hear it.
• The song "Let Me In" addresses the controversy and racial uproar at the Kansas City Power & Light District
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• The album title is parody of "Psychology 101."