Hi-Tek
Hi-Tek played a major role in the highly admired golden-age revivalist sound affiliated with the Rawkus Records collective, crafting many of the label's initial breakthrough releases. While Hi-Tek's production style owes a debt to New York's finest beat-makers from the early '90s -- DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor -- the producer actually arose from Cincinnati's low-key hip-hop scene rather than the streets of Brooklyn. Local mentors such as Ravi T, J-Fresh, and Sen Sai showed the aspiring youth how to craft beats, and by 1992 he had crossed paths with Mood, one of the Midwest city's premier hip-hop groups. Hi-Tek collaborated on the song "Hustle on the Side" and helped the group score a record deal. Years later, the producer befriended Talib Kweli, who was in town working with Mood. This affiliation eventually spawned the Reflection Eternal duo, one of the first acts to put the Rawkus label on the map. But it was Hi-Tek's work with Kweli and Mos Def on the milestone album Black Star (1998) that first made the producer a hot commodity. He next collaborated exclusively with Kweli for Reflection Eternal (2000), an album that crossed over from the b-boy camp to the mass market and became a critically championed coast-to-coast success. Then came Hi-Tek's solo spotlight on Rawkus, Hi-Teknology (2001), which featured a broad range of up-and-coming MCs, including some of his Cincinnati peers. Between releases he produced tracks for a broad array of rappers, including such notables as Snoop Dogg, Blackalicious, and Raphael Saadiq, all the while shopping around for labels to issue his second solo album, finally settling on Babygrande. Hi-Teknology 2 (2006), which included verses from Nas, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, and of course Kweli, was followed by a much less star-studded Hi-Teknology 3 late the next year.
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18 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Hi-Teknology
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por HI-TEK MUSIC, INC. el 2/02/2020
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Hi-teknology - Volume 2
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Babygrande Records el 17/10/2006
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Revolutions Per Minute
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 14/05/2010
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Hi-Teknology 3
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Babygrande Records el 11/12/2007
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Beatbox Studios 2 (1996 Mpc 60ii)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Hi-Tek Music, Inc el 5/04/2023
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Werk Road (1997 Mpc 60)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Hi-Tek Music, Inc el 5/05/2023
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Back Again (feat. RES)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 9/06/2009
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Hi-Teknology (The Instrumentals)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por HI-TEK MUSIC, INC. el 31/01/2020
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Panorama Apartments (1994 Mpc 60ⅱ)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por HiTek Music, Inc el 5/02/2023
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Beatbox Studios (1995 Mpc 60ii)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Hi-Tek Music, Inc el 5/03/2023
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Where It Started At (NY) (feat. Talib Kweli, Jadakiss, Papoose & Dion) (12")
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Babygrande Records el 21/12/2010
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Glen Orchard Drive (1993 Mpc 60)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Hi-Tek Music, Inc el 5/01/2023
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Strangers [Paranoid] (feat. Bun B)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 12/04/2010
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Strangers (Paranoid) [feat. Bun B]
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 12/04/2010
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Concealed Revelations
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Space Invadaz LLC el 3/03/2024
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In This World
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 23/03/2010
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Midnight Hour (feat. Estelle)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 26/04/2010
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In This World
Hip-Hop/Rap - Editado por Blacksmith - Warner Records el 23/03/2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo