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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Brahm
says:
Shout outs to Oddisee, XO, YU, Dunc, and Slimkat 78 for bringing that realness!
April 14th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
zillz
says:
yes sir!
April 14th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
DJ Eurok
says:
Diamond District is the type of project that DC hip hop heads have been anxiously awaiting for years. It’s the right combination of slick-produced boom bap beats and street-smart flows, plus the professional packaging and promotion that has long eluded indy releases from the nation’s capital.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Diamond District - In The Ruff | OnSMASH says:
[...] is the new album In the Ruff from Diamond District (Oddisee, X.O. & YU) which was released through their website earlier. [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Hannah
says:
Yay! Finally!
April 14th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Diamond District “In The Ruff” (Clean) | Medium says:
[...] Highly anticipated album, In The Ruff, from the DMVs Diamond District is finally out. If you haven’t heard of them yet, you’ve [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
mahadeo
says:
dmv! stand the fuck up!!!
April 14th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
DC Hip Hop
says:
Finally. I have been done some justice.
April 14th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Drew Kid
says:
oooooohhhhhh chiiiiillllddd, classic!!!
April 14th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
» NEW MUSIC: Diamond District - In The Ruff (Clean Version) HipHopIsCoolAgain says:
[...] Tracklist and download links after the jump. [Diamond District] [...]
April 14th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
AddisTunes
says:
Hot!!!!!
April 14th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Flowers
says:
Great album, fellahs. Now when i make that trip up to Bowie every so often, I can have some “arrival” music. This is how hip hop should sound. This album makes me think of that U.N. album from a while back. Oddisee stays pumpin that high fahrenheit.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:45 am
HoodHype.com's Urban Music News Blog says:
Free Music: Diamond District – In The Ruff…
I’ve been waiting for this group (founded by Oddisee) to drop this and it’s everything I thought it would be. Oddisee has got to be my favorite underground producer of 2009 next to a very choice few (what up Terry Cole). You DID hear …
April 15th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Young Raven
says:
there were times when i had “I Mean Business” on repeat for the entire damn day, so i was mos def lookin forward to this. straight HEAT ya’ll!!! i gotta go back to the lab after hearing this lol
April 15th, 2009 at 8:54 am
JarrJohnson
says:
Shout out to The Diamond District from Denver, CO. Classic material. Hip Hop at it’s finest. Thank you for blessing us with your work. Continue to stay single minded of purpose, with that purpose being the creation of timeless, creative music. I will be plugged in indefinitely.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Free Download: Diamond District - In The Ruff - Black Plastic Bag - Washington City Paper says:
[...] nods subtly to Marley Marl and Pete Rock with one foot in the present tense. The clean version is available for free download. Presumably, the curse words will cost [...]
April 15th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Black Shawn
says:
Dope! I’m coppin whatever ya’ll drop! Props and let’s keep this movement pushin!
April 15th, 2009 at 10:08 am
JSlack
says:
When’s the dity version droppin?
April 15th, 2009 at 10:25 am
The Honest Ape
says:
Man, one of the best hip hop albums I’ve heard in a very long time. Thanks for this.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:55 am
mark p.
says:
Is there any particular reason this is the clean version?
Not that I’m complaining, since it rules that you guys put this great album out for free, but I just thought that was odd.
Great work though, for real.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
SoleGC
says:
HOLY F**K.!! HIPHOP STANDD UPP.! ITS SOO HIPHOP RIGH NOW, WE NEED THESE DUDES ON THE RADIO SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WAT HIPHOP IS.! I APRECIATE WAT DIAMOND DISTRICT IS DOINN.
-Sole G.C
MYSPACE.COM/SAN_TOS
April 15th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Stefon
says:
YES YES YES DMV FOR REAL. Mad love y’all got a song for every time on here. Dope album ill BUY anything yall got comin in the future. Much love
April 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
charstarr
says:
Your album is sounds exactly what I saw as kid in 80’s-90’s with the acceptation of Crack. A yo, you came ILL with the beats, subject matter was DOPE, i’ll buy anything yall put out too. PG & DMV representin. just improve on the flows a tiny bit. Peace and Respect
April 15th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
…shot then » Blog Archive » Diamond District “In The Ruff” says:
[...] District are a DC based hip hop trio consisting of Oddisee, X.O. and YU. And In The Ruff is their new album that dropped yesterday. If you like hip hop of the boom bap kind then this will [...]
April 15th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Che
says:
Dope shit!
April 15th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
K-BETA
says:
CLASSIC
April 15th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Dj Earth 1ne
says:
The stuff that legends are made of….classic
April 16th, 2009 at 4:26 am
TheUrbanKerouac
says:
http://theurbankerouac.blogspot.com/2009/04/diamond-district-in-ruff-free-album.html
Dope!!! DMV stand up!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Dee Dee Blacc
says:
This was fire! thanks… instant classic
April 17th, 2009 at 1:59 am
LAN
says:
Thanks for this. Dope shit
April 17th, 2009 at 3:20 am
Wise Naim Allah aka D.L. Chandler aka Mash Comp
says:
Yo Oddisee, yU & XO,
I reviewed the record over at Okayplayer.com — http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/april-2009/diamond-district-(oddisee,-yu-_and_-xo)-200904167814/
PEACE!
April 17th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Frithjof Klepp
says:
Thx for this very good album! I didn´t listen to something as good for a long time! It should BURN the HIPHOP-Community!
Peace and respect from Berlin/ Germany!
Frithjof aka dj-clap
April 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
New free music: Diamond District’s “In The Ruff” | 4080Records says:
[...] Download it here. [...]
April 18th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
FLX
says:
Damn you guys are crazy for droppin this for free – i would ve paid 20 fuckin euros for this without thinkin twice!
Thank you sirs for putting out the album of the year – already! Peace and much respect from the old world!
FLX
April 19th, 2009 at 8:02 am
jj
says:
Peace from T dot (Toronto Canada)
this is madd hot. hip hop has been waitin a long time to hear some quality music back in the game!!!
thank you for sharin your work
jj
April 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
seher
says:
April 21st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Unk Funk
says:
Diamond District & Oddisee makin’ history with this ish here. I’m so glad I got a link to this dope site! Big ups to my dude brub for puttin’ me up on it!
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:34 am
Badmon3333 the Beat Doctor
says:
Bla-DOW! People should be PAYIN’ for this shit! Excellent work!
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:56 am
DJ Sweet Hots
says:
THOROUGHLY PLEASED! Good God, I heard ya’ll album last night at my homeboy’s house and I was amazed. FUCKING amazed.
Such a breath of much-needed fresh air! I gotta get some vinyl (I know I know…no one uses vinyl, but this DJ does!!!!)
April 24th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Mads Kjeldgaard
says:
Hey guys. The links aren’t working. Well, one is, but the zip-file is corrupt. Please re-up, cause Denmark is fiending for this album!!!
April 27th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Mattzki
says:
Copped it after hearing your track on Indiefeed Hip Hop. Props to those still in the grind, repping the real. Come and check out the UK scene when you’re able
Peace, out.
Mattzki
April 28th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Tony
says:
Yo feeling the music like crazy its hard. For reference heard it on Sarah Loves Show on BBC Iplayer. I feel like this is what we all call hip hop! Keep doing your thing!
April 30th, 2009 at 7:01 am
hearsay » may 2009 mix says:
[...] who just made a clean version of their soon-to-be-released LP, In The Ruff, available for free HERE. Honestly there’s not that much cursing so it’s not that far off from the final [...]
April 30th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Diamond District « The Free Up says:
[...] Download the free album here. [...]
May 1st, 2009 at 11:38 am
oppsy daisy
says:
picked up on the review from hiphopisntdead.com, downloaded the album and it is the best hip hop album i have heard all year (and probablly last year 2)!
Props from London, lemme know how 2 buy this shit!
May 5th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Curtis
says:
hip hop album of the quarter year.
thx for the free shit.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
spirit equality
says:
i neglected to comment earlier even though i downloaded this when it first dropped. great work. sounds as great weeks later after continuous plays as it did the first time i heard it. keep pushing. this is dc’s year to break out and you guys helped the movement a LOT.
dmv love,
spirit equality
newgoldenera.com
May 6th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
''alfredzobrokealsfuck''
says:
from holland with PROBZ!
May 11th, 2009 at 1:19 am
''alfredzobrokealsfuck''
says:
from Holland with ”PROBZ”
May 11th, 2009 at 1:25 am
andre
says:
hello, my name is andre, i’m from Portugal.
this album is fantastic, one question? there is any place where i can find the lyrics to better understand the songs?
Thanks
Congrtz from Portugal
Peace
May 12th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Kevin
says:
Can I buy this on vinyl? Seriously, I want to help support you guys. THIS ALBUM IS GOLDEN ERA, NEXT LEVEL SHIT!
May 16th, 2009 at 11:58 am
DJ
says:
where can I get the dirty version?
thanks
May 27th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
hotwhyler
says:
Ayo! album rules! but where can i get the uncensored thing? thanks. bless
May 28th, 2009 at 3:24 am
–N–
says:
Bangin.
May 29th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
BootlegGlovehands
says:
Just now getting it… (it’s been out since april!!11!)
Sweetly produced wholesome goodness.
I hope there’s a instrumental version, ’cause i’ma be rhyming all over ya schit son!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 pm
elogik
says:
classic..dope combo of beats and rhymes…
June 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
chemistONE
says:
Tight music y’all! Where can I find a listing of your shows??????
June 18th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
TDK
says:
You guys did an excellent job with this project.I look forward to hearing more from you all. And I do my best to spread the word about this gem of an album.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Andre
says:
Much love from Germany. Just came across your music yesterday . Fucking loving it. But what does “clean version” mean? did u censor your own music??hope not. One
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:12 am
D
says:
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eh, from a cali dude in S.D. I must say I love it. I feel it. Jerk chicken, sticky summers, brick projects, brownstones. Your sound brings those memories back to me. peace.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
freddy
says:
this is what i was waiting for..
thanks
July 9th, 2009 at 3:47 am
El MIguel
says:
Much love for your true school realness album! Great work, awesome lyrics, headnoddin Beats and this really good feeling when i am listening to it!
U guys planing to come to europe!?!
Peace overn out!
July 9th, 2009 at 7:25 am
The Daily Hit: Diamond District - In The Ruff » BluntCruise says:
[...] cuts off the album, but I highly recommend listening to the whole thing, which can be downloaded here. (As far as I can tell the clean version is the only version available, oh [...]
August 13th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Fantasy iTunes List For Week 8-17-09 « Speech Is My Hammer… says:
[...] incredible set of soundbeds, Diamond District’s mission is accomplished. [Download at Diamond District's blog. Also, check Oddisee [...]
August 18th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Shazz
says:
Is there an uncensored version coming out too?
Great album!!! Supa-dope
September 15th, 2009 at 8:06 am