"Fake cats play the back while get this doe You can bring your best but you can never match this flow Black the new kid, the one you never heard of (heard of) Nigga that's on some cool out shit but lyrically commiting murder Touch tracks up from the back up Niggas betters top slackin' off and twist this sack up..."
DJ Honda released H2 in Japan and was set to leave on a two week promotional tour. "Blaze It Up", one of Black's features on H2, was set to be the second single released off the album. So Black accompanied Honda to Japan to promote H2 and his single Blaze It Up .Upon returning from Japan they decided to shoot the video for the single. With Blaze It Up already making noise in Japan, the US version was ready to go. The first single was "On the mic" which featured Cuban Linx, JuJu, AL, Al Tariq, Problemz, and Black. The video was a success getting play daily on rap city. Black, Tariq and Problemz then took off on the H2 tour hitting LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle , Canada and New York. Honda then left Sony which led Black, Tariq and Problemz to form the group Missin' Linx. Again the buzz was out, the group was hot, but to no avail. Black found himself in the same spot he was in when he first started, nice as ever but with no deal.
"Police still on my dick like an invasion Lock me up, snatch up the transportation Went to in New York, South Pacific migration Wack emcee's watch this nigga's frustration Believe me when I tell you that I dictate the mic like Fidel does his nation Keep it flowin' like libation..."
It was at this time that DJ Honda decided to leave Sony Music Japan behind to embark on opening his own, independent record label, "DJ Honda RECORDINGS" simultaneously in New York City and Tokyo with Seoul, South Korea branch office opening in 2002. DJ Honda released two albums on Christmas Day, 1999: h 2000, a compilation album featuring all production by DJ Honda coupled with New York's prominent emcees and Turntablist Revolution: I.T.F. World DJ Compilation Album Vol. 1, a compilation of scratches & beat juggling tracks by the best turntablists from around the world. The first official U.S. & international single, "El Presidente" with Jeru the Damaja was distributed by RED and the music video was in rotation on national TV stations such as B.E.T.'s Rap City, MTV2, and other local cable shows. With the momentum of releasing this independent debut single, DJ Honda released his junior, compilation album titled, h III in Japan and Korean Versions only. He enlists yet another group of New York's finest lyricists: M.O.P., Teflon, The Beatnuts, Gravediggaz, Jeru The Damaja, Parish "PMD" Smith of EPMD, Triple Seis, 8 Off Agallah, Black Attack along with Rob Jackson, DJ Alladin, and more. For the first time ever, DJ Honda collaborates solo with one emcee on an album titled, "Underground Connection" with Parish "PMD" Smith of the duo group, EPMD and is released in Japan and S.Korea with bonus tracks from Korean hip hop artists, Erick Sermon and a few other emcees.
