DJ Babu
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| DJ Babu | |
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| Birth name | Chris Oroc |
| Also known as | Babu The Turntablist The Dilated Junkie Babs |
| Born | September 17, 1974 |
| Origin | Washington, D.C. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Instruments | Turntables |
| Years active | 1992- present |
| Labels | Stones Throw Records Nature Sounds |
| Associated acts | Beat Junkies Dilated Peoples Likwit Junkies |
| Website | Dilated Peoples |
DJ Babu (born Chris Oroc) is a Filipino-American DJ. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence), Babu is also a member of the Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies. DJ Babu, Evidence and Pharoahe Monch also feature in the song H! Vltg3 on Linkin Park's Reanimation album. He lived in Oxnard for 1 year, and later moved to the neighbor city of camarillo
Babu has won multiple competition titles Including the Vestax World Championships and multiple ITF titles. As a revered battle DJ he has appeared in and hosted numerable videos. Under the name "The Turntablist", produced perhaps the genre's most popular battle record, 1996's Super Duck Breaks, which sold over 10,000 copies.
DJ Babu has also featured on numerous acts alongside groups such as Jurassic 5, Swollen Members and The Visionaries. Individually Babu has featured in many other groups.
Coined the phrase "TURNTABLIST".
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Super Duck Breaks (1996)
- Super Duper Duck Breaks (2000)
- Duck Season Vol. 1 (2002)
- Duck Season Vol. 2 (2003)
- The Beat Tape Vol. 1 (2007)
- Duck Season Vol. 3 (2008)
- Duck Season Vol. 4' (2010)
- The Beat Tape Vol. 2 (2010)
[edit] Singles
- "Pay Attention" (2001)
- "Duck Season" (2002)
- "Fan Mail" (2007)
[edit] External links
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