The album features guest appearances from B.o.B, Big K.R.I.T., CeeLo Green, The Doors, The Game, Kendrick Lamar, Serj Tankian, T-Pain, Trae tha Truth, and Wiz Khalifa, among others including several artists from Tech N9ne's Strange Music imprint.

[1] In March 2013, during an interview with The Arizona Daily Wildcat, Tech N9ne revealed the album has divided into three separate parts titled Fire, Water and Earth.

[3] During the album's recording process, Tech N9ne worked with several of his Strange Music label mates including Big Scoob,[4] Ces Cru,[5] Krizz Kaliko,[5] ¡Mayday!,[5] Rittz[5] and Stevie Stone.

[5] He also worked with various other collaborators, such as B.o.B,[6] Big K.R.I.T.,[6] CeeLo Green,[6] The Game,[6] Info Gates,[5] Red Café,[4] Serj Tankian,[6][7] T-Pain,[8] The Doors[9][10] and Trae tha Truth.

[6] In June 2013, the track listing revealed guest appearances on the album from Krizz Kaliko, Serj Tankian, T-Pain, Big Scoob, Red Café, Trae tha Truth, Liz Suwandi, Tyler Lyon, Kendall Morgan, Kendrick Lamar, ¡Mayday!, Angel Davenport, Game, Snow Tha Product, Twisted Insane, Wrekonize, B.o.B, Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., CeeLo Green, Kutt Calhoun, Scoop DeVille, Rittz, Stevie Stone, Ces Cru, Danny Brown and The Doors.

Nas was initially sent the song "Burn the World", however, the rapper found the track too personal and requested Tech send him something else.

Tech then had his producer, Seven, create a beat he called "The Rise & Fall of Y'all" which he intended to send to Nas but was unable due to timing.

[15] Producers on this album including Drumma Boy, Fredwreck, ¡Mayday!,[16] Scoop DeVille, Michael "Seven" Summers and Young Fyre.

[19] On July 25, 2013, the music video for "So Dope (They Wanna)" featuring Snow tha Product, Twisted Insane and Wrekonize, was released.

[29] On June 4, 2013, the album was released for pre-order on the Strange Music website, in three different variants including a standard, deluxe, and a vinyl version.

[31] David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "Building on the pop and polish of his 2011 release All 6's and 7's, this 2013 effort from Tech N9ne finds the angry and angsty rapper bringing back some of the horror show rap of his early days, which is good, because now his nightmares are not only vivid, but incredibly well-funded.

"[32] Arasia Graham of HipHopDX said, "Something Else in all of its intense, loud, confusing and obnoxious glory is fluid in its musical movement and sincere in its content.

The album is contradictory in subject matter and sound yet speaks to the idealistic and free flowing approach Tech takes when creating music.

"[34] Steve Jones of USA Today said, "The Kansas City rapper explores facets of his personality – fire, water, earth – using a variety of flows and eclectic beats.

He harnesses a prodigious guest list (Cee Lo, Kendrick Lamar, Serj Tankian, T-Pain, The Doors) to create something unconventional.

"[37] Eric Diep of XXL said, "Though Tech proves he's a master of the flow and storytelling ("My Haiku—Burn The World", "Fragile", "Priorities"), his approach to what he dubs as "beautiful music" has yet to reach the level of pop culture icon.

No, but even attempting something like that is a tall task, and the album as a straight listen certainly exhibits a noted change in musical direction as it plays, which is a commendable.

It's a sign of Tech's confidence that the lead single "So Dope (They Wanna)" gives equal time to Wrekonize, Snow Tha Product and Twisted Insane flowing over the Shane Eli/Jon Pakfar beat - and Tech's flow on the opening verse shows he hasn't slowed with age.

They commented saying, "There's plenty for everyone here: dark emotional songs ("I'm Not A Saint",) trap hyphy bangers ("Dwamn") and radio-friendly cuts ("See Me").

Despite the fact that Tech is exploring heavy metal rock with his Therapy EP, you can always count on him for a solid hip-hop album.