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'Hip hop presented itself to me in bows and ribbons as the most logical form of escapism.'
Transmitting frequencies of love and unity to the hip hop universe from Chi-town to L.A. to Osaka, Hi-Fidel was born and raised in Hyde Park Chicago. He began his career flipping freestyles on mix tapes and rocking crowds on the Southern Illinois University campus. His debut on wax was the epic love-lost-type track 'Madeira.' Fidel doesn't waste his breath criticizing the rap game, but uses hip hop as a carrier for his poetry to reach around the globe. For evidence, check the album, 'Traveling between St. Louis and Chicago.' His advice to you:
'For these troubled times, double the amount of positivity/and shock the world with that inner electricity.'
Hi-Fidel
Isabellan Future (prod. DJ Crucial) b/w Gordo 3003 (prod. Kenautis Smith)
F5 Records
Back with heat for the streets, Hi-Fidel collabs, ones again, with his partner in crime, F5 founder, DJ Crucial. This 45’ is first single from Hi-Fidel since the days of “Traveling b/w St. Louis and Chicago (2001).” With a new sound and a new atmosphere to breath in, Hi-Fidel is well on the way of achieving his intergalactic mission: “live free and get rich.” Side A “Isabellan Future”, produced by DJ Crucial is worth the anticipation sought by true fans. An evolution of hotness, his rhyme skills never diminish, this line from the lead single makes it apparent.
“Mase in ya face not a compact disk/
resistance is futile you can never combat this.”
Side B, “Gordo” (3003) produced by Chicago’s Kenautis Smith, is more space traveling, transcending time and space on an air lifting beat. The wait is nearly over… 45” coming soon @ F5records.com
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Hi Fidel once again travels back from the future to bless us with some other-wordly rhymes with beats by our main Mr. Crucial.Check out what okayplayer has to say
'That emcee is a Chicago-born cat named Hi Fidel who shares many of 'Geti's eccentricities, including his gift for off-kilter song concepts, rhyming as (or about) strange characters, and dipping in and out of different voices and rhyme styles from song to song. All these qualities, and many more, are on display on his newest LP The Company of Wolves. At times Fidel comes off startlingly similar to 'Geti (who drops a guest-verse on the track 'Patty Farmington'), spitting his raps in a slurry slow-flow and worshiping at the 'weirdo alter' ruled by Rap deities with names like Doom, Del, and Keith. But his changeable cadence, (which lends itself to comparisons with the likes of various second-tier Wu-Tang-ers, Mos Def, and C-Rayz Walz, amongst others) and his tendency to spit braggadocio or address more ostensibly populist subject-matter (such as street violence and the travails of the working man) in his less abstract moments help establish him as his own man and a shining example of uniqueness in an industry where doing what everybody else is doing is often the only way to make a buck.' |
The Company of Wolves
(CD)
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1. Diamonds feat. Black Spade
2. Jimmy
3. Whiskey and Dristan
4. The Deer Hunter 
5. Isabel and Future
6. Manther feat. Kent Cyclone
7. Detective A
8. The Big Bang Theory
9. Gordo 3003 feat. M.O. Tep
10. Small Victories feat. Pidgeon John & Mathias
11. Patty Farmington feat. Serengeti
12. Barbara Kruger
13. The Thin Wall
14. Fortitude
15. My Melody
16. Christine feat Kent Cyclone
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Hi Fidel is on the way to bringing us all together. |
Isobel and Future
(7" Vinyl Single)
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“She was a wire-framed jane with an exotic name…” An ode to teenage adulation that sprung a series, following in the footsteps of EPMD’s “Jane.” |
Madeira
(12" Vinyl Single)
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1. Madeira
2. Madeira Inst
3. Vega I In Filtro
4. Vega I Inst
5. Vega I Remix
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In a groundbreaking midwest collaboration, F5 records artists Hi-Fidel and BNP squash all STL ChiTown beef with I - 55. The teamwork of these 3 MCs plus an infectous chorus gives listeners all they can handle. This limited edition 7 inch also features a remix by Mike the 2600 King. |
I - 55
(7" Vinyl Single)
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Madeira (n. muh-DEER-ah) 1. Island in the Atlantic near the northern coast of Africa; colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th Century; birthplace of sugar plantations. 2. Type of wine exported from the island. 3. The girl who ripped out Hi-Fidel's heart.
Here F5 presents the sequel to the single that set it off back in '98, 'Madeira II'. This A-Side is another showcase of Fidel's gift of storytelling, continuing the saga of one girl's witchy ways.
On the flip side, 'Fiery' is a hot unreleased track with some unrelenting drum hits from DJ Crucial. |
Madiera II b/w Fiery-like Mah Mood
(12" Vinyl Single)
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1. Madiera II
2. Madiera II Inst
3. Fiery-Like Mah Mood
4. Fiery Inst
5. Bonus Burn
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This Hype Park MCs first full length offering is a must have for any true underground hip hop fan. Fidel brings a unique flow with socially consciece lyrics all blended together by DJ Crucial.
This CD is the newly remastered/remixed version including The Tenth Wonderful. This album is laying down tracks all over the globe so pick it up for yourself here! |
Traveling Between STL and CHI
(CD)
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1. The Tenth Wonderful
2. Burn
3. Bows and Ribbons
4. Lo-Fi
5. Madeira
6. Vega
7. Fire Next Time
8. Antenna
9. Madeira II
10. Live Work Play
11. You wanna hear sum'n
12. Solid Gold
13. Higher and Higher
14. I-55
15. Golden Ostrich
16. Satori
17. BASF
18. Intro
19. Computers Run It
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This is the forth single from Chicago representative Hi-Fidel. Part revolutionary and part hip hop missionary, Fidel channels words of fury and beauty through his mic cord. This records has seen the shores of England, Japan, France, Korea and Austrailia. Unreleased track 'rainbow beach' on the flip makes this 12 inch an F5 classic. |
10th Wonderful b/w Rainbow Beach
(12" Vinyl Single)
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1. The 10th Wonderful
2. The 10 Wonderful Inst
3. Rainbow Beach
4. Rainbow Beach Inst
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“Hip hop presented itself to me in bows & ribbons as the most logical form of escapism…” Four emcees, two deejays, one ill song that has seen the shores of Japan, England, and Germany. Minneapolis-Chicago-St. Louis connection. |
Midwest
(12" Vinyl Single)
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1. Midwest (B-Money Mix)
2. Midwest (B Money Inst)
3. B Money Bonus Beat
4. Midwest (Crucial Mix)
5. Midwest (Crucial Mix Inst)
6. Crucial Bonus Beat
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