Hi-Teknology
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hi-Teknology
| type = Album
| artist = Hi-Tek
| cover = Hiteknology.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 8, 2001
| recorded = 2000–2001
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length =
| label = Rawkus/Priority/EMI Records
| producer = Hi-Tek
| prev_title = Train Of Thought
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip
| next_year = 2006
| misc =
{{Singles
| type = studio
| single1 = Round & Round
| single1date = 2001
| single2 = The Sun God
| single2date = 2001
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|last=Conaway|first=Matt|class=album|id=r530902}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score = A−{{cite magazine|last=Baker|first=Soren|author-link=Soren Baker|date=May 11, 2001|title=Music: Hi-Tek – Hi-Teknology|issue=595|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|page=80|location=New York}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last1=Lester|first1=Paul|author-link=Paul Lester|title=Rave to the rhythm|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/jun/01/shopping.artsfeatures2|access-date=June 1, 2024|work=The Guardian|date=June 1, 2001|page=16}}
| rev4 = HipHopDX
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.46/title.hi-tek-hi-teknology|website=HipHopDX|date=May 5, 2001|access-date=June 1, 2024}}
| rev5 = RapReviews
| rev6 = Vibe
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Solomon|first=Asali|author-link=Asali Solomon|date=July 2001|title=Revolutions: Hi-Tek – Hi-Teknology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA132|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702103630/https://books.google.com/books/content?id=1CUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA132&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0EwlNAt0c6hBS10gD_KUocvz95_A&w=1280|archive-date=July 2, 2022|via=Google Books|magazine=Vibe|page=132|location=New York|access-date=June 2, 2024}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Hi-Teknology is the debut album from producer Hi-Tek, released on Rawkus Records. Most songs feature rapping or singing by other artists, and all are produced by Hi-Tek. A sequel, Hi-Teknology 2, was made for MCA Records but never released; a second Hi-Teknology 2 was recorded and released on Babygrande Records.
Track listing
All songs produced by Hi-Tek.
{{Track listing
| headline =
| all_writing =
| title1 = Scratch Rappin'
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = The Sun God
| length2 = 4:34
| note2 = featuring Common & Vinia Mojica
| title3 = Get Back, Pt. II
| length3 = 3:46
| note3 = featuring DCQ, Talib Kweli
| title4 = Breakin' Bread
| length4 = 3:53
| note4 = featuring Brian Digby Jr., Crunch, Donte, Main Flow
| title5 = All I Need Is You
| length5 = 3:39
| note5 = featuring Cormega & Jonell
| title6 = Where I'm From
| length6 = 3:11
| note6 = featuring Jinx Da Juvy
| title7 = Tony Guitar Watson
| length7 = 1:00
| title8 = Round & Round
| length8 = 3:30
| note8 = featuring Jonell
| title9 = Get Ta Steppin'
| length9 = 4:37
| note9 = featuring Mos Def & Vinia Mojica
| title10 = Theme From Hi-Tek
| length10 = 1:48
| note10 = featuring Talib Kweli.
| title11 = L.T.A.H.
| length11 = 3:52
| note11 = Featuring Slum Village
| title12 = Suddenly
| length12 = 3:25
| note12 = featuring - Donte, Main Flow
| title13 = The Illest It Gets
| length13 = 4:24
| note13 = featuring Buckshot
| title14 = Hi-Teknology
| length14 = 1:38
| note14 = featuring Jonell
}}
Breakin' Bread
- "Rejected" by Elmer Bernstein
- "Beats to the Rhyme" by Run-DMC
- "Body Rock" by Mos Def, Q-Tip and Tash
All I Need Is You
- "Hall of Mirrors" by Kraftwerk
Round & Round
- "Burlesque in Barcelona" by Jakob Magnússon{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Preezy|title=The Produce Section {{!}} 11 of Hi-Tek's most classic beats|url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2019-05-08/99433/the-produce-section-11-of-hi-teks-most-classic-beats|website=Revolt|date=May 8, 2019|access-date=June 1, 2024}}
Theme From Hi-Tek
- "Mas Que Nada (Pow, Pow, Pow)" by Warren Kime
Suddenly
- "Vole Vole Farandole" by Paul Mauriat
Chart positions
=Album=
class="wikitable"
! Chart (2001) ! Peak |
US Billboard 200
| align="center"|66 |
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
| align="center"|12 |
=Singles=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|41463|Hi-Teknology|type=album}}
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