HII (album)
h II is the second album by Japanese producer DJ Honda. It was released on November 12, 1997 via Sony Records in Japan and on March 24, 1998 via Relativity Records and Epic Records in North America and Europe. Audio production of the album was solely handled by DJ Honda, except for three tracks of its worldwide version produced by Mista Sinista, Roc Raida and V.I.C. respectively. It featured guest appearances from various hip hop artists, including Camp Lo, Cuban Link, De La Soul, KRS-One, Mos Def and The Beatnuts among others.
The album peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 16 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. It also spawned seven singles, but only two of them reached music charts: "Travellin' Man" and "On The Mic".
Track listing
Sample credits- "Trouble in the Water" contains elements from "B & G " by The Gary Burton Quartet & Eberhard Weber
- "Disco T-E-C" contains elements from "Feels So Real " by Patrice Rushen
- "Blaze It Up" contains elements from "Top Billin'" by Audio Two
- "Mista Sinista Interlude" contains elements from "Change the Beat " by Beside
- "Team Players" contains elements from "Blue Lick" by Bob James
- "When You Hot You Hot" contains elements from "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" by Coke Escovedo
- "For Every Day That Goes By" contains elements from "Did You Hear What They Said?" by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson and "Street Life" by The Crusaders & Randy Crawford
- "5 Seconds" contains elements from "Paradise" by Grover Washington, Jr.
- "Who the Trifest?" contains elements from "For Real" by Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson and "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
- "Around the Clock" contains elements from "Song of Innocence" by David Axelrod
- "Roc Raida Intro" contains elements from "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren, "What They Hittin' Foe?" by Ice Cube and "No Equal" by The Beatnuts
- "Hai!" contains elements from "Medley: Ike's Rap III/Your Love Is So Doggone Good" by Isaac Hayes and "When I'm Gone" by The Jones Girls
- "Every Now & Then" contains elements from "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad
- "On the Mic" contains elements from "Mary Jane" by Rick James, "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick, "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth and "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls
- "Travellin' Man" contains elements from "Whatever's Fair" by Jerry Butler, "Latoya" by Just-Ice and "Black Cream" by Harold Wheeler
Personnel
- Katsuhiro Hōnda – main artist, producer, scratches, recording
- Anthony Williams – performer, producer & scratches
- Joel Wright – performer & producer
- Victor Padilla – performer, producer
- Peter Kang – executive producer
- Taka Ozeki – executive producer
- E. "DJ EV" Hitch – scratches
- Tony "CD" Kelly – keyboards
- Adrian Bartos – performer
- Alex Mosquera – performer
- Berntony Smalls – performer
- Bladmillo Castillo – performer
- C. Bullock – performer
- Dante Terrell Smith – performer
- David Jude Jolicoeur – performer
- Derrick Lemel Stewart – performer
- Doug 'Dug Infinite' Thomas – performer
- Ernest Dion Wilson – performer
- Felix Delgado – performer
- Gerald W. Berlin – performer
- Jeff Valentino – performer
- Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – performer
- Keith Murray – performer
- Kelvin Mercer – performer
- Kia Jeffreys – performer
- King Doe-V – performer
- Lateefa Harland – performer
- Lawrence Parker – performer
- Lester Fernandez – performer
- Lord Sear – performer
- Rashawnna Guy – performer
- S-On – performer
- Saladine Wallace – performer
- Salahadeen Wilds – performer
- Sean Black – performer
- Chris Conway – mixing & recording
- Dino Zervos – recording
- Kirk Yano – recording
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Ill Tongue – management
- Hideo Oida – photography
- Piotr Sikora – photography
Charts