Everready (The Religion)

Everready (The Religion) is the fifth studio album by American rapper Tech N9ne, his second for Strange Music. It was released on November 7, 2006. The album included a "collector's edition" CD that featured music from all of Strange's current roster at the time. The album is very popular among fans and considered by Tech N9ne himself to be among his best work, and several songs from it have been featured across a number of different media. In particular, "Caribou Lou" has sold upwards of 1,000,000 copies, becoming Tech N9ne's first and so far only Platinum-certified record. The album sold 22,000 copies in its first week of release and has sold around 500,000 copies, making it Tech N9ne's first Gold certified album in the RIAA in 2020.
==Reception==
RapReviews gave the album an 8/10, breaking down the scoring as an 8/10 for music and 8/10 for lyrics.
==Track Listing==
===Disc 1: Everready===
Number 	Title 	Writers 	Producer(s) 	Length
1 	Enter Everready/B.L.E.S.T. 	 	 	1:56
2 	Riot Maker/Enjoy [feat. Skatterman & Snug Brim] 	Aaron Henderson, Stacy Landis, Samuel Watson, Aaron Yates	Tech N9ne, Robert Rebeck, Tyler Lyon	5:32
3 	No Can Do [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Watson, Yates 	Rick Rock 	3:56
4 	Welcome To the Midwest [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Manzilla Queen, Watson, Yates 	Seven 	3:15
5 	Bout Ta Bubble 	Yates 	Seven 	3:30
6 	It's What You Thinkin' 	Yates 	Seven 	3:47
7 	Night and Day/T.E.C.H. Radio [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Yates 	Seven 	4:15
8 	Jellysickle [feat. E-40] 	Yates 	Rick Rock 	3:37
9 	Caribou Lou [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Watson, Yates 	Rune Rask, Troo.L.S. 	4:31
10 	Hood Connection/Strange Commercial/Hood Connection 	 	 	1:51
11 	My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl 	Yates 	Rick Rock 	3:40
12 	Flash/Your Descent [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Melvin Calhoun, Watson, Yates 	Rune Rask, Troo L.S. 	3:53
13 	Come Gangsta 	Watson, Yates 	Seven 	5:35
14 	The Melancholy Maze/My World Intro 	Yates 	 	1:25
15 	My World [feat. Brotha Lynch Hung and Dalima] 	Reggie Easterwood, Kevin Mann, Yates 	Legendary Traxster 	4:37
16 	Running Out of Time (R.O.O.T.) [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Watson, Yates 	Seven 	3:43
17 	The Rain/Welcome Back/Party Hard [feat. Alyia Yates]	Queen, Watson, Yates 	Polyhedron 	4:20
18 	Fuck'em Girl [feat. Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun] 	Calhoun, Watson, Yates 	Seven 	4:10
19 	The Beast [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Yates 	Da Riffs 	3:40
20 	This Is Me/Goodbye 	Watson, Yates 	TyJilla 	4:44
21 (Promotional download)	Sleeping Beauty [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Yates 	 	5:09
===Disc 2: Strange Music Library===
Number	Title 	Writers 	Producer(s) 	Length
1 	Intro 	Yates 	 	1:14
2 	That Owl 	Watson, Yates 	Seven 	5:38
3 	In My Head [feat. Krizz Kaliko] 	Yates 	Mista Royce 	4:56
4 	Groupie [feat. Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun] 	Calhoun, Watson, Yates 	Big Tank 	6:22
5 	Rock Like That [performed by Critical Bill] 	Mark Causley, Bryan Davis, Tom Sawyer, Michael Scott, Phil Thacker	Critical Bill, Robert Rebeck	3:57
6 	The Shouting [performed by Critical Bill] 	Causley, Davis, Sawyer, Scott, Thacker 	Critical Bill, Robert Rebeck	4:15
7 	Don't Blame Me [performed by Boy Big and Skatterman & Snug Brim]	Henderson, Landis 	Walter Canady, Raw Beats 	3:42
8 	Run [performed by Skatterman & Snug Brim] 	Henderson, Landis 	Preston Middleton 	5:40
9 	Whip It [feat. Kutt Calhoun] 	Calhoun, Yates 	Seven 	4:40
10 	Playa Like Me [performed by Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun] 	Calhoun 	Seven 	4:49
11 	Trapped [performed by Project: Deadman] 	Steven Shippy 	Mike E. Clark 	4:40
12 	Holy War [performed by Project: Deadman] 	Mike Clark, Shippy 	Mike E. Clark 	4:53
13 	Let It Go [performed by Krizz Kaliko] 	Watson 	Seven 	4:58
14 	The Need [performed by Barbara Word and Krizz Kaliko] 	Watson 	Seven 	6:18
15 	Little Pills [feat. Kabosh] 	Watson, Yates 	Robert Rebeck 	4:03
==Samples==
*"No Can Do" features a sample of "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" by Hall & Oates
*"Welcome To the Midwest" features a sample of "Sway" by Dean Martin
*"Bout Ta Bubble" features samples of "Beat Box" by Art of Noise and "Spoonin' Rap" by Spoonie Gee
*"Caribou Lou" features a sample of "Carlos Rossi" by E-40
*"The Rain" features a sample of "Rain" by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts
== Notes==
*"The Rain" and "Come Gangsta" also appear on the digital version of  Tech N9ne's 2010 mixtape Bad Season
*"Caribou Lou" and "Night and Day" appear on the Alpha Dog soundtrack
*A slightly different version of "Holy War" appears on Prozak's 2008 album Tales From the Sick
*Eminem was originally slated to appear on "My World", but had to bow out after his best friend, Proof, was killed.
*Twista was originally slated to appear on "Welcome To the Midwest", but did not get his vocals sent back in time for mastering.
*A remix of "Welcome To the Midwest" was made featuring a new verse from Kutt Calhoun, but this version has never been released so far and is only performed in concerts.
*"Jellysickle" and "My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl" both appear on the soundtrack to the video game 25 To Life.
*"The Beast" appears on the soundtrack to the video game Madden NFL 2006. It was also used by MMA fighter Gilbert Menendez as entrance music at the 2009 Strikeforce Event "Carano Vs. Cyborg".
*"Riot Maker" was used by TNA Wrestling as the theme music to their Hard Justice pay-per-view.
*"Caribou Lou" has been used in the MTV television show My Super Sweet 16.
*Tech's verse on "My World" received The Source magazine's "Hip Hop Quotable" recognition for the month of November 2006, a monthly honor given to a standout verse from an album released that month.
==Singles==
*Bout Ta Bubble
*That Owl
*Trapped
==Peak Chart Positions==
US Billboard 200 (50)
US Independent (2)
US R&B (23)
US Rap (11)
==Personnel==
Alyia Yates: featured performer, track 17 (disc 1)
Boy Big: featured performer, track 7 (disc 2)
Brotha Lynch Hung: featured performer/writer, track 15 (disc 1)
Dalima: featured performer/writer, track 15 (disc 1)
Da Riffs: producer, track 19 (disc 1)
E-40: featured performer, track 8 (disc 1)
Krizz Kaliko: featured performer, tracks 3-4, 7, 9, 12, 16, 18-19, 21 (disc 1), 3-4, 10, 13-15 (disc 2); writer, tracks 3-4, 9, 12-13, 16-18, 20 (disc 1), 2, 4, 15 (disc 2); additional vocals, tracks 2, 6, 13, 17 (disc 1)
Kutt Calhoun: featured performer, tracks 18 (disc 1), 4, 9-10 (disc 2); writer, tracks 12, 18 (disc 1), 4, 9-10 (disc 2)
Lecoya Lejeune: additional vocals, track 17 (disc 1)
Legendary Traxster: producer, track 15 (disc 1)
Makzilla: writer, tracks 4, 17 (disc 1)
Mark Causley: producer/drums/writer, tracks 5-6 (disc 2)
Michael Scott: producer/guitar/writer, tracks 5-6 (disc 2)
Mike E. Clark: featured performer, tracks 11-12 (disc 2); producer, tracks 11-12 (disc 2); writer, track 12 (disc 2)
Mista Royce: producer, track 3 (disc 2)
Phil Thacker: producer/bass/writer, tracks 5-6 (disc 2)
Polyhedron: producer, track 17 (disc 1)
Powerdise: featured performer/producer/writer, tracks 5-6 (disc 2)
Preston Middleton: producer, track 8 (disc 2)
Prozak: featured performer/writer, tracks 11-12 (disc 2)
Raw Beats: producer, track 7 (disc 2)
Reign Yates: additional vocals, track 17 (disc 1)
Rick Rock: producer, tracks 3, 8, 11 (disc 1)
Robert Rebeck: producer, track 15 (disc 2); co-producer, tracks 2 (disc 1), 5-6 (disc 2)
Rune Rask: producer, tracks 9, 12 (disc 1)
Seven: producer, tracks 4-7, 13, 16, 18 (disc 1), 2, 9-10, 13-14 (disc 2)
Skatterman: featured performer/writer, track 2 (disc 1), tracks 7-8 (disc 2)
Snug Brim: featured performer/writer, track 2 (disc 1), tracks 7-8 (disc 2)
Tech N9ne: album artist; writer, tracks 2-9, 11-21 (disc 1), 1-4, 9, 15 (disc 2); additional vocals, tracks 5-8, 10-14 (disc 2); featured performer, track 15 (disc 2); producer, track 2 (disc 1)
Tom Sawyer: DJ/producer/writer, tracks 5-6 (disc 2)
Troo.L.S.: co-producer, tracks 9, 12 (disc 1)
TyJilla: producer, track 20 (disc 1)
Tyler Lyon: co-producer, track 2 (disc 1)
Walter Canady: producer, track 7 (disc 2)
Yukmouth: additional vocals, track 13 (disc 1)