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). 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.

エディション | PA

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)