Hi-Teknology Explained

Hi-Teknology
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hi-Tek
Cover:	Hiteknology.jpg
Released:	May 8, 2001
Recorded:	2000–2001
Genre:	Hip hop
Label:	Rawkus/Priority/EMI Records
Producer:	Hi-Tek
Prev Title:	Train Of Thought
Prev Year:	2000
Next Year:	2006

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.

Samples^[1]

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^[2]

Theme From Hi-Tek

• "Mas Que Nada (Pow, Pow, Pow)" by Warren Kime

Suddenly

• "Vole Vole Farandole" by Paul Mauriat

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	66
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	12

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Hot 100	R&B/Hip-Hop	Rap
2001	"The Sun God"	—	77	5
2002	"Round & Round"	62	13	1

Notes and References

1. Hi-Teknology. Hi-Tek. 2001. liner notes. Rawkus Records. P2 50171.
2. Web site: Brown. Preezy. The Produce Section 11 of Hi-Tek's most classic beats. Revolt. May 8, 2019. June 1, 2024.