構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:45:21

Personnel: Hi-Tek, Common, Talib Kweli, DCQ, Donte, Main Flow, Brian Digby, Jr., Crunch, Cormega, Jonell, Jinx Da Juvy, Mos Def, Slum Village, MOOD, Buckshot (rap vocals); Vinia Mojica (vocals). Personnel: Hi-Tek (rap vocals); Common, Cormega, Crunch, DCQ, Jinx Da Juvy, Jonell, Main Flow, Mood, Mos Def, Slum Village, Talib Kweli, Vinia Mojica, Brian Digby, Buckshot, Donte (rap vocals). Though he'd been lurking around the fringes of the hip-hop scene for a while, Hi-Tek first made a major splash on the underground hip-hop scene via his collaboration with Talib Kweli on REFLECTION ETERNAL. That album set a standard for progressive hip-hop that was followed by the more-successful BLACK STAR by Kweli and Mos Def, but Hi-Tek bounces back with HI-TEKNOLOGY. Kweli, Common, and a host of other underground hip-hoppers join Hi-Tek on this blast of intensity and creativity from the epicenter of modern rap. Though Hi-Tek occasionally indulges in thug-oriented imagery, he's got larger concerns on his mind. Enlightenment and transcendence are the overriding themes of "The Sun God," for example. And on "All I Need is You," he delivers an ode to romantic fealty that's emotionally light years beyond what most street-cred rappers seem capable of. The sophisticated, highly textured production is heady enough to support the most high-minded of sentiments, but still funky without resorting to jeep beats.

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)