Exclusive Rhymes From Diamond District

215 Magazine write up on DC Hip Hop, Diamond District mentioned

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Diamond District on the Rolling Stone’s Hype Monitor

Hype Monitor: Diamond District

The Band: Diamond District
The Buzz: Longtime denizen of the underground Oddisee teams with MCs (and Scrabble proper-name points bonanzas) XO and YU for a record that documents the seamy underbelly of our nation’s capital, rapping about people in tight times pushed well past the breaking point.
Listen If: You don’t call it ” ’90s hip-hop,” you call it “real hip-hop.”
Key Track: The grim and grimy “Streets Won’t Let Me Chill,” where all three MCs take turns narrating a bleak day in the city over humid horns and a panicked vocal sample

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DIAMOND EXCHANGE MIXTAPE

DJ Buddy and the good folks over at 5 Animals Play present the “Diamond Exchange”. Check out this dope mini mix featuring tracks from Diamond District, XO, YU & Oddisee.

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I Mean Business On iTunes

With Diamond District’s “In The Ruff” officially dropping on October 27th, “I Mean Business” has been made available for sale on iTunes along with the instrumental. Pre-order the full album now at UnderGroundHipHop.com

Diamond District (X.O. + YU + Oddisee) – In The Ruff

“In The Ruff” will be released on vinyl, CD & digital formats October 27th on Mello Music Group/Oddisee Music.

Diamond District “In The Ruff” (Clean Version)

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00 Intro
01 Streets Wont Let Me Chill
02 Who I Be
03 Back To Basics
04 I Mean Business
05 Get In Line
06 In The Ruff 
07 The Shining  (Produced by Dunc)
08 The District
09 Make It Clear
10 Off The Late Night (Produced by Slim kat 78)
11 Let Me Explain
12 First Time

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In The Ruff is the highly anticipated debut album from new DC hip hop
group “The Diamond District”, created by state veterans Oddisee, X.O.
& YU. In The Ruff is the answer for any lover of hip hop who asks the
question – “Where did that grimy East coast sound go?”

The group was founded by rapper/ producer Oddisee, who has a long list
of production & collaboration credits with the likes of Freeway, Talib
Kweli, Siagon, Little Brother, Trek Life, Charles Hamilton, Jazzy Jeff, Buck
Shot, Royce the 5′9”, Nikki jean, Muhsinah, J-live, Lil Fame of MOP,
Skyzoo and many more. Oddisee’s soulful, haunting samples over bass-
heavy beat breaks create the perfect instrumentals for him, XO & YU to
match with their street savvy, politically conscious lyrics.

“The ware wolves wear wool suits, be ware of them…”
-YU

In The Ruff is a raw mid-90’s Boom-Bap themed album for the DC state of
mind, destined to appeal to all lovers of hip hop’s golden era, managing to
travel back in time and push the boundaries of DC Hip-Hop
simultaneously.

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“I Mean Business”

What up folks! check out our second single “I Mean Business”. We’ve been receiving amazing feed back from the first single and we’re looking forward to the opinions on the new cut! We’ll be posting some new video content soon, peace!

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Diamond District EPK

Diamond District Mini Documentary from Diamond District on Vimeo.

Get to know new DC Hip Hip group “Diamond District”

Filmed by T. Purnell for Packing Light Productions & Humble Monarch
Edited by Humble Monarch

Who I Be

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