Hi-Tek Tells Stories Of Collaborating With J Dilla, Snoop, And Talib Kweli And Yasiin Bey on Black Star; Breaks Down The Cincinnati Sound; And Names His Favorite Producers

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Hi-Tek and Talib Kweli have known one another for decades. They’ve collaborated on full albums -- most notably the iconic Reflection Eternal -- and Hi-Tek was the most heavily featured producer on Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. This is all to say: When the usually-reticent Tek agreed to sit down for People’s Party with Talib Kweli, we knew it was going to be a great episode. If you love the Soulquarians era and count yourself as a fan of Black Star, you’re going to want to catch this one. Hi-Tek gets real and raw, shares stories about coming up with Kweli, and talks about shifting to the West Coast to work with Snoop. The discussion spans the careers of both Tek and Kweli and comes full-circle with discussions of current projects and future collaborations. This is an episode for true production heads. Because Hi-Tek is -- without a doubt -- one of the best that the culture has seen.

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0:00.0	What's up party people it's Tyler quality to be came see the MCO
0:03.4	I love the fact that y'all checking out the people's party and showing us a lot of love
0:07.2	You know what we do we bringing you all the live guests we bringing you the best podcasts on the internet
0:12.1	Just make sure you subscribe and leave a review people's party. Tell it quality. Let's go
0:30.0	One two three in a place to be it is the BKMC Tyler quality you and I rock with people's party
0:35.0	It's the world's best podcast that's right and next to me even though we on zoom
0:39.9	I got the flyest the most thoughtful the best co-host in the world the most bitchiest apparently hearing
0:48.1	Jasmine Lee in a place to be it was up Jasmine how you feeling
0:51.6	What's up I almost felt compelled to do a rhyme but maybe next time but you did do a rhyme you said almost
0:58.2	I almost felt compelled to do a rhyme but maybe next time see I was a poet there we go. I didn't even know it. I didn't even know it
1:05.5	Well today's show is very special to me because we had a lot of guests that are friends of mine a lot of
1:15.4	guests that I consider family a lot of guests that I came into game with but there are very few guests
1:21.0	that I actually literally came into game with that we've had on this show now I came in the game with
1:27.6	This guest learning how to hone my craft and perfect my chops as a songwriter and Jared Meyer who is
1:35.2	a partner of mine in this enterprise that is people's party he was a co-founder of Rookas records
1:40.4	He said about this man no one even comes close in terms of defining the Rookas sound on the production side
1:48.7	After Black Star after my album reflection eternal after making tracks for all types of artists
1:54.2	But Yassine Bay who was then most deaf after working on sound bombing his he came with his own first album high technology
2:00.8	Had me on it common Kormegas Lomb village when the Rookas era was over
2:06.4	He transitioned like real seamlessly into being a producer for the aftermath crew working with such
2:13.2	Luminary artists as the game 50 cents G unit and more but at the time his second album high technology 2 came out in
2:19.5	2006 and high technology 3 in 2007 he was featuring everyone from Ghostface Killer to Ray Rayquan the chef Jadakiss
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