It s amazing that Hi-Tek could float under the radar for the past five years and yet still have so many production credits to his name. But since he s joined in the ranks of Dr. Dre s Aftermath ...

Hip-hop producer Hi-Tek is slated to release his new album, "Hi-Teknology, Vol. 3: Underground," in November via Babygrande. Thus far, the soft-spoken producer has wrangled Talib Kweli, ...

HI-TEK: It s an artist deal, Hi-Tek as an artist. I just do whatever kinda album I wanna do. That s what MCA is really about. ALLHIPHOP: So are you gonna have the option of introducing new ...

Can a truly great producer ever be pigeon-holed? If you ask Tony “Hi-Tek” Cottrell, Cincinnati, Ohio’s most famous hip-hop producer, versatility is the key to success.

Hi-Teknology 2. Since splitting from former Reflection Eternal accomplice Talib Kweli a few years ago, Cincinnati-bred producer Hi-Tek has quietly made some power moves behind the scenes.

Noted producer Hi-Tek calls himself a free agent right now, but is keeping busy with a number of projects. By Billboard Staff Noted producer Hi-Tek calls himself a free agent right now, but is ...

Hip-hop producer Hi-Tek is slated to release his new album, “Hi-Teknology, Vol. 3: Underground,” in November via Babygrande. So far, the soft-spoken producer has wrangled Talib Kweli, G… ...

Third album in the producer's series is heavier on lesser-known rap talent from his native Ohio, though it also features Ghostface, ... Hi-Tek can't evaporate because he'll never boil.

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 ...

It’s not like rapper Talib Kweli and producer Hi-Tek haven’t been busy since 2000’s Train of Thought, the duo’s debut album as Reflection Eternal.. Both have become established and ...

Kweli and his partner, DJ Hi-Tek, express a struggle between grieving and reviving the trampled culture and genre as rappers line up for contracts as if emceeing were a vocation instead of an art.

Less than three years ago, Cincinnati producer Hi-Tek-- then known almost exclusively as the primary sound architect for Rawkus' brief, romanticized run atop underground rap-- showed up in the ...