Hi Tek

The last we heard from Ohio producer Hi-Tek he was 50 percent done with his long-awaited forthcoming album, Hi-Teknology: Ohio Player with plans to put the LP out in 2013. Well, the year came and went with not so much as a peep from the producer...

"I have aspirations to be Marvin Gaye in the back of my head." Drake said those words in an interview with MTV back in September, once again establishing that his musical ambitions can't be contained to the rap world. In June, the Canadian rapper/singer revealed to GQ that his then in production new album would be heavily influenced by Gaye's 1978 record Here, My Dear, a wounded and em

Houston hip-hop legend Scarface told XXL last week that hip-hop has lost its soul, claiming that in this day and age, lyrics are being dumbed down because everyone is so focused on turning up. “I feel like our music was dumbed down,” the Houston legend said in a phone interview, echoing a number of his peers who have vocalized similar frustrations recently. “I grew up listening...

Rakim, DJ Premier, Big Daddy Kane, More Talk Hip-Hop's 40th

Hi-Tek teams up with LYVEF to talk politics tomorrow on UStream...

Dave & company chop up an N'Sync sample and go ham...

A new offering from this Ohio trio as they look to spread themselves beyond the middle of the map...

Meet the rapid-fire rapper behind the T-Mobile spots you've been seeing on TV recently...

The BK MC says the project, which he's putting out himself, is coming before the new year...

J. Cole sells out SOB's, performs with Talib Kweli and Hi Tek...

Talib shows love to Tanya Mrgan for keeping the Brooklynati movement going...

Hi-Tek reflects on missed pay days from his time on Rawkus...