A decade later, Doomtree 'No Kings'

It's a surreal comparison, but during the same summer that Jay-Z and Kanye West - the reigning kings of hip-hop - released their Grammy-winning album "Watch the Throne," a scrappy band of Midwestern rap pioneers holed up in a Wisconsin cabin to record their acclaimed new album "No Kings," which is adorned with a stark, black-and-white graffiti tag of a crown with a slash through it.

A seven-headed hydra of hip-hop talent, the Minneapolis-based collective Doomtree - composed of the MCs P.O.S., Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter and Mike Mictlan, and producers Paper Tiger and Lazerbeak - is celebrating a decade of do-it-yourself excellence with their biggest collaborative tour to date.

amNewYork spoke with P.O.S. and Sims.