HII (album)

h II
h II
Studio album by DJ Honda
Released	November 12, 1997 (Japan) ; March 24, 1998 (worldwide)
Studio	The Hit Factory (New York, NY); Power Play Studios (Long Island City, New York); Streeterville Studios (Chicago, IL); Honda's Crib;
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:04:00 (Japan) ; 57:32 (worldwide)
Label	Sony; Relativity; Epic;
Producer	Peter Kang (exec.); Taka Ozeki (exec.); DJ Honda; Mista Sinista; Roc Raida; V.I.C.;
DJ Honda chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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. With DJ HONDA'S production and scratching, other hip hop artists continue to drop verses.

The album peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart^[2] and number 16 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.^[3] It also spawned seven singles, but only two of them reached music charts: "Travellin' Man" (No. 76 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs^[4] and No. 17 on Hot Rap Songs)^[5] and "On The Mic" (No. 89 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs).^[4]

Track listing[]

All music is composed by DJ Honda.

1997 version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trouble in the Water" (featuring De La Soul)	3:45
2.	"Disco T-E-C" (featuring Camp Lo)	5:02
3.	"Blaze It Up" (featuring Black Attack & Kia Jeffreys)	4:31
4.	"Mista Sinista Interlude"	1:02
5.	"Intro"	0:17
6.	"Team Players" (featuring KRS-One & King Doe-V)	4:51
7.	"Answering Machine"	2:32
8.	"Talk About It" (featuring Al Tariq)	3:12
9.	"When You Hot You Hot" (featuring Dug Infinite & No I.D.)	4:12
10.	"Fat Lip Interlude" (featuring Fatlip)	1:05
11.	"For Every Day That Goes By" (featuring Rawcotiks)	3:30
12.	"5 Seconds" (featuring Black Attack)	4:15
13.	"Example" (featuring Roc Raida)	1:09
14.	"Stretch Armstrong and Lord Seer Interlude"	1:09
15.	"Who the Trifest?" (featuring The Beatnuts)	3:37
16.	"Long Island to Japan" (featuring DJ EV)	0:21
17.	"Go Crazy" (featuring S-On)	2:52
18.	"Around the Clock" (featuring Problemz)	3:23
19.	"R-Beat"	0:25
20.	"Sometimes I Think..." (featuring Rawcotiks)	3:21
21.	"WF II" (featuring Al Tariq, Black Attack, Cuban Link, Juju, Problemz & V.I.C.)	3:45
22.	"Kill the Noise (Remix)" (featuring Problemz)	3:16
23.	"Fuk Dat" (featuring Black Attack)	3:14
Total length:		1:04:00

Sample credits^[6]^[7]

"Trouble in the Water" contains elements from "B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream)" by The Gary Burton Quartet & Eberhard Weber (1977)
"Disco T-E-C" contains elements from "Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)" by Patrice Rushen (1984)
"Blaze It Up" contains elements from "Top Billin'" by Audio Two (1987)
"Mista Sinista Interlude" contains elements from "Change the Beat (Female Version)" by Beside (1982)
"Team Players" contains elements from "Blue Lick" by Bob James (1979)
"When You Hot You Hot" contains elements from "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" by Coke Escovedo (1975)
"For Every Day That Goes By" contains elements from "Did You Hear What They Said?" by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson (1972) and "Street Life" by The Crusaders & Randy Crawford (1979)
"5 Seconds" contains elements from "Paradise" by Grover Washington, Jr. (1979)
"Who the Trifest?" contains elements from "For Real" by Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson (1978) and "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy (1987)
"Around the Clock" contains elements from "Song of Innocence" by David Axelrod (1968)

1998 version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Roc Raida Intro" (featuring Roc Raida)	A. Williams	Roc Raida	1:10
2.	"Trouble in the Water" (featuring De La Soul)	K. Honda D. Jolicoeur K. Mercer	DJ Honda	3:45
3.	"5 Seconds" (featuring Black Attack)	K. Honda S. Boston	DJ Honda	3:59
4.	"Hai!" (featuring Keith Murray & 50 Grand)	K. Honda G. Berlin K. Murray C. Briggs D. Wansel	DJ Honda	3:26
5.	"Every Now & Then" (featuring Infamous Syndicate)	K. Honda L. Harland R. Guy D. Matthews	DJ Honda	2:21
6.	"Mista Sinista Interlude" (featuring Mista Sinista)	J. Wright	Mista Sinista	1:04
7.	"Team Players" (featuring KRS-One & King Doe-V)	K. Honda L. Parker D. McKay R. James	DJ Honda	4:42
8.	"On the Mic" (featuring A.L., Cuban Link, Juju & Missin' Linx)	K. Honda A. Mosquera F. Delgado J. Tineo B. Smalls S. Boston C. Bullock V. Padilla D. Davies R. Walters J. Johnson	DJ Honda V.I.C.	3:45
9.	"For Every Day That Goes By" (featuring The Rawcotiks)	K. Honda B. Castillo J. Valentine	DJ Honda	3:31
10.	"WKCR Interlude" (featuring Lord Sear & Stretch Armstrong)		DJ Honda	0:52
11.	"Who the Trifest?" (featuring The Beatnuts)	K. Honda J. Tineo L. Fernandez	DJ Honda	3:36
12.	"Talk About It" (featuring Al Tariq)	K. Honda B. Smalls	DJ Honda	3:12
13.	"Blaze It Up" (featuring Black Attack)	K. Honda S. Boston K. Robinson N. Robinson	DJ Honda	4:10
14.	"DJ Ev Interlude"	K. Honda E. Hitch	DJ Honda	0:30
15.	"Go Crazy" (featuring S-On & Ol' Dirty Bastard)	K. Honda S. Ryan	DJ Honda	2:52
16.	"Around the Clock" (featuring Problemz)	K. Honda C. Bullock D. Axelrod	DJ Honda	3:38
17.	"When You Hot You Hot" (featuring Dug Infinite & No I.D.)	K. Honda D. Thomas E. Wilson L. Ware P. Sawyer	DJ Honda	4:12
18.	"Interlude" (featuring Fat Lip)	K. Honda D. Stewart	DJ Honda	1:05
19.	"Travellin' Man" (featuring Mos Def)	K. Honda D. Smith H. Wheeler	DJ Honda	5:16
Total length:				57:32

Sample credits^[6]^[7]

"Roc Raida Intro" contains elements from "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren (1982), "What They Hittin' Foe?" by Ice Cube (1990) and "No Equal" by The Beatnuts (1993)
"Hai!" contains elements from "Medley: Ike's Rap III/Your Love Is So Doggone Good" by Isaac Hayes (1971) and "When I'm Gone" by The Jones Girls (1980)
"Every Now & Then" contains elements from "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad (1977)
"On the Mic" contains elements from "Mary Jane" by Rick James (1978), "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick (1985), "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth (1982) and "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls (1983)
"Travellin' Man" contains elements from "Whatever's Fair" by Jerry Butler (1973), "Latoya" by Just-Ice (1986) and "Black Cream" by Harold Wheeler (1975)

Personnel[]

Katsuhiro Hōnda – main artist, producer, scratches, recording
Anthony Williams – performer ("Example" and "Roc Raida Intro"), producer & scratches ("Roc Raida Intro")
Joel Wright – performer & producer ("Mista Sinista Interlude")
Victor Padilla – performer ("WF II"), producer ("On The Mic")
Peter Kang – executive producer
Taka Ozeki – executive producer
E. "DJ EV" Hitch – scratches ("Long Island To Japan" and "DJ Ev Interlude")
Tony "CD" Kelly – keyboards ("Blaze It Up", "Hai!" and "On The Mic")
Adrian Bartos – performer ("Stretch Armstrong And Lord Seer Interlude" and "WKCR Interlude")
Alex Mosquera – performer ("On The Mic")
Berntony Smalls – performer ("On The Mic", "Talk About It" and "WF II")
Bladmillo Castillo – performer ("For Every Day That Goes By" and "Sometimes I Think...")
C. Bullock – performer ("Around The Clock", "Kill The Noize (Remix)", "On The Mic" and "WF II")
Dante Terrell Smith – performer ("Travellin' Man")
David Jude Jolicoeur – performer ("Trouble In The Water")
Derrick Lemel Stewart – performer ("Fat Lip Interlude"/"Interlude")
Doug 'Dug Infinite' Thomas – performer ("When You Hot You Hot")
Ernest Dion Wilson – performer ("When You Hot You Hot")
Felix Delgado – performer ("On The Mic" and "WF II")
Gerald W. Berlin – performer ("Hai!")
Jeff Valentino – performer ("For Every Day That Goes By" and "Sometimes I Think...")
Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – performer ("On The Mic", "WF II" and "Who The Trifest?")
Keith Murray – performer ("Hai!")
Kelvin Mercer – performer ("Trouble In The Water")
Kia Jeffreys – performer ("Blaze It Up" and "On The Mic")
King Doe-V – performer ("Team Players")
Lateefa Harland – performer ("Every Now & Then")
Lawrence Parker – performer ("Team Players")
Lester Fernandez – performer ("Who The Trifest?")
Lord Sear – performer ("Stretch Armstrong And Lord Seer Interlude" and "WKCR Interlude")
Rashawnna Guy – performer ("Every Now & Then")
S-On – performer ("Go Crazy")
Saladine Wallace – performer ("Disco T-E-C")
Salahadeen Wilds – performer ("Disco T-E-C")
Sean Black – performer ("5 Seconds", "Blaze It Up", "Fuk Dat", "On The Mic" and "WF II")
Chris Conway – mixing & recording
Dino Zervos – recording
Kirk Yano – recording
Tom Coyne – mastering
Ill Tongue – management
Hideo Oida – photography
Piotr Sikora – photography

Charts[]

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	57
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[9]	16

Release history[]

Region	Date	Label(s)
Japan	November 12, 1997	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Japan	March 24, 1998	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
United States		Relativity Records
Canada		Relativity Records, Epic Records
Europe		Epic Records

References[]

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "HII - DJ Honda". Allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "DJ Honda HII Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "DJ Honda HII Chart History". Heatseekers Albums. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "DJ Honda Chart History". Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "DJ Honda Travellin' Man Chart History". Hot Rap Songs. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "DJ Honda on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "DJ Honda on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "DJ Honda Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "DJ Honda Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

External links[]

HII at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "HII - DJ Honda". Allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[2] "DJ Honda HII Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[3] "DJ Honda HII Chart History". Heatseekers Albums. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[:2-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "DJ Honda Chart History". Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[5] "DJ Honda Travellin' Man Chart History". Hot Rap Songs. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[:0-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "DJ Honda on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[:1-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "DJ Honda on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_DJ_Honda-8] "DJ Honda Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_DJ_Honda-9] "DJ Honda Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

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