Diamond D
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| Diamond D | |
|---|---|
| Born | The Bronx, New York City,[citation needed] U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Producer-MC |
| Instruments | Keyboard Sampler Drum machine Strings Turntable |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Chemistry Records Mercury/PolyGram Records Diamond Mine Records Babygrande Records |
Diamond D is a hip hop producer and MC from The Bronx, New York City and one of the founding members of legendary NY crew D.I.T.C.[1] He started out as a DJ for Jazzy Jay back in the early 1980s and was at the same time perfecting his skills in beat making and turntablism, and together with rhyme partner Master Rob he was one half of the group Ultimate Force. The group got signed by Jazzy Jay to Strong City and Diamond and Rob started recording their debut album, I'm Not Playin', in 1988 and released the 12" single with the same title which spawned a buzz in the underground. The album was completed in 1990 but got caught up in label politics and was shelved until 2007 when it got released through Traffic Entertainment.
One of the last songs recorded for the album was a Diamond D solo song where he actually picked up the mic for the first time, the song was called "The Best Kept Secret". As Ultimate Force dissolved, record executives got their eyes on the Bronx phenomenon which eventually resulted in the release of Diamond's debut album Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop (released under the moniker Diamond & the Psychotic Neurotics) in 1992. The album is considered to be one of the finest D.I.T.C. solo LPs and features early appearances from Big L and Fat Joe, the latter of whose 1993 debut album, Represent, was mainly produced by Diamond D.[1]
Diamond's sophomore album, Hatred, Passions and Infidelity, was released in 1997 to mixed but mostly positive reviews. Following the release Diamond established his name as a sought-after producer after providing impressive beats to hip-hop legends like Busta Rhymes, Fugees, KRS-One, Queen Latifah, The Pharcyde and Brand Nubian amongst others. Since then he released the independent street album Grown Man Talk, the official mixtape/compilation The Diamond Mine as well as contributions to his D.I.T.C. cohorts' projects including the crew's self-titled 2000 debut album on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records.[1]
In 2008 Diamond signed with Babygrande Records. His fourth album, titled The Huge Hefner Chronicles, was released in October 2008 and unlike previous efforts the LP showed Diamond focusing more on his rhymes as production was handled by other respected underground beatmakers like Nottz, DJ Scratch, IllMind, Def Jef and Jesse West. Diamond has said that he is releasing a second album on Babygrande sometime in 2009 as his contract was for 2 albums although rumours says Diamond is now signed to Duck Down Records.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop
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Hatred, Passions and Infidelity
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Grown Man Talk
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The Diamond Mine
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I'm Not Playin' (as part of Ultimate Force)
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The Huge Hefner Chronicles
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[edit] Production
- 1989: Raheem - "I'm The King"
- 1990: Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician (LP):
"Funky Technician", "Here I Come", "Bad Mutha", "I Keep The Crowd Listening" - 1990: Ultimate Force - "I'm Not Playing" (LP)
- 1999: Showbiz & AG - "I'm Convinced", previously unreleased
- 1991: Lord Finesse - Return of the Funky Man (LP):
"Fuck ’Em", "Isn't He Something", "Praise The Lord", "That's How Smooth I Am", "Praise The Lord (Remix)" - 1992: Showbiz and A.G. "Hard to Kill", "Soul Clap," from Runaway Slave
- 1992: The Ghetto Girlz - Ain't Takin' No Shit (LP):
"Alphabetical Order", "Bitch Ass Nigger", "Marked For Death", "That's All She Wrote" - 1992: Diamond D And The Psychotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop (2xLP)
- 1992: Diamond D And The Psychotic Neurotics - "Best Kept Secret (Remix by 45 King & Diamond)"
- 1992: Brand Nubian - "Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down", "Punks Jump Up... (Remix)
- 1992: Busy Bee - Thank God For Busy Bee (LP):
"Get With Me", "Home Boyz", "I Got Thingz Sewed", "My Personality" - 1992: The A.T.E.E.M. - Yeah (Diamond Mix)
- 1992: R.O.C. - Dedicated to My Girl (Diamond Mix)
- 1993: Illegal - "CrumbSnatcher" and "Illegal Will Roc" from The Untold Truth
- 1993: Red Hot Lover Tone - Give It Up (Remix)
- 1993: Cypress Hill - When The Ship Goes Down (Diamond Mix)
- 1993: Yaggfu Front & Diamond D - Slappin' Suckas Silly (Remix)
- 1993: Apache - "Who Freaked Who" and "Get Ya Weight Up" from Apache Ain't Shit
- 1993: Fat Joe - Represent (LP):
"Bad Man", "Watch The Sound", "Flow Joe", "Da Fat Gangsta", "Shorty Gotta Fat Ass", "You Must Be Out of Your Mind"and "Get On Up" - 1993: Diamond D - "I'm Outta Here (Remix)"
- 1993: Illegal - "We Getz Buzy (Remix)"
- 1993: Raazda Rukkuz - "Da Chronic Asthmatics" and "Loco Impact", 12" Single
- 1993: Leaders of the New School - "Classic Material (Remix)"
- 1993: Diamond D ft. Lord Finesse & Sadat X - "You Can't Front"
- 1993: Private Investigators - "Who Am I? (God) [Remix]"
- 1993: Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs - Roxbury 02119 (LP):
"Streets of the Ghetto", "Busted", "Love Comes & Goes", "I Thought Ya Knew", "Dat Ain't Right" - 1994: Fu-Schnickens - ""Sneakin' Up On Ya", ""Aaahh Ooohhh!" from Nervous Breakdon
- 1994: A.D.O.R. - The Concrete (LP):
"Day 2 Day", "Heart & Soul", "Keep it Real", "The Kid is Crazy", "Day 2 Day (Mecca Mix)" - 1994: Shadz of Lingo - A View to a Kill (LP):
"Different Stylez", "Don't Test Da Skills", "Ill And Get Clowned", "Think I Give A Fuck" - 1994: Red Hot Lover Tone - "#1 Player" and "Bust The Manueva", from #1 Player
- 1994: Nefertiti - "Come Down Baby" and "Family Tree" from L.I.F.E.
- 1994: House of Pain "Word is Bond", "Word is Bond (Remix)" from Same As It Ever Was
- 1994: Justice System - "Dedication to Bambaata (Remix)"
- 1994: Dana Barros & Cedric Ceballos, ft. A.G. & Brand Nubian - "Ya Don't Stop"
- 1994: Outkast - "SouthernPlayalistiCadillacMuzik (Remix)"
- 1994: Scientifik - "I Got Planz" and "Yeah Daddy", from Criminal
- 1994: The Veldt - "Soul in a Jar (Guitar Mix)"
- 1994: Joi ft. Shadz of Lingo - "Freedom"
- 1994: Total Devastation - "Wonderful World of Skins (Remix)"
- 1994: Lucas - "Cityzen (Diamond D Remix)"
- 1995: The Pharcyde "Groupie Therapy," from Labcabincalifornia
- 1995: KRS-One - "Build Ya Skillz," "Squash All Beef," from KRS-One
- 1995: KRS-One - "Ah Yeah (Diamond Flava)" and "Ah Yeah (Diamond Rhode Mix)", 12" Single
- 1995: KRS-One - "What I Know", unreleased outtake from KRS-One
- 1995: Big C - "Look Alive", from D&D Project
- 1995: Big Red - "Created A Monster" and "How They Want It", 12" Single
- 1995: Various Artists - "Freedom (Theme From Panther)"
- 1995: Tha Alkaholiks "Let it Out," "Next Level," from Coast II Coast
- 1995: Fat Joe - "Bronx Tales" and "Watch Out", from Jealous One's Envy
- 1995: Urban Thermo Dynamics - "Manifest Destiny"
- 1996: Fugees "The Score," from The Score
- 1996: Xzibit "Bird's Eye View," from At the Speed of Life
- 1996: Mondo Grosso - Do You See What I See (Remix)
- 1996: Ronnie Foster - "Summer Song (Diamond D Mix)"
- 1996: Sadat X ft. Fat Joe - "Nasty Hoes", from America is Dying Slowly
- 1996: Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah& Jodeci - "Rainy Dayz (Mr. Dalvin Remix)"; co-production, programming & mixing
- 1996: Ras Kass "Soul on Ice (Remix)", from Soul on Ice (12" single)
- 1996: Broadway A.K.A. Party Arty - "Enjoy Yourself"
- 1996: Sadat X - "Wild Cowboys", "Petty People" and "Move On" from Wild Cowboys
- 1997: Afro Jazz - "Paria v/s Estat"
- 1997: Organized Konfusion "Questions," from The Equinox
- 1997: Diamond D - Hatred, Passions and Infidelity (2xLP)
- 1997: Diamond D - "Hiatus (Remix)", "MC2", from The Hiatus 12"
- 1997: D.I.T.C. - "Day One", 12" Single
- 1998: A.D.O.R. - "The Rush", from Shoq Frequency
- 1998: Busta Rhymes "What the Fuck You Want!!" from Extinction Level Event (Final World Front)
- 1998: Brand Nubian - "Foundation", from Foundaction
- 1998: D.I.T.C. ft. Brand Nubian - "I Flip Styles"
- 1998: Queen Latifah - "I Don't Know", from Order in the Court
- 1999: A.G. - "Nowhere to Go", from The Dirty Version
- 1999: Busta Rhymes - "The Bus-a-Bus (Remix)"
- 1999: Diamond D - "When it Pours it Rains", from Soundbombing 2
- 1999: Diamond D & Sadat X - "Feel It", 12" Single
- 1999: Mos Def "Hip-Hop," from Black on Both Sides
- 1999: Pharoahe Monch "The Light," "The Truth," "The Ass," from Internal Affairs
- 1999: Scaramanga - "S.I.R.", from 7 Eyes, 7 Horns
- 1999: Too Short ft. Jay-Z - "Here We Go", from Too Short (album)
- 2000: A.D.O.R. - "Cock'd Back", from Animal 2000
- 2000: Freddie Foxxx "Bumpy, Bring it Home," from Industry Shakedown
- 2000: D.I.T.C. "Day One," "Foundation," from D.I.T.C.
- 2000: Sadat X - "X-Man", "You Can't Deny" from State of NY vs. Derek Murphy EP
- 2000: Unbound Allstars - "Mumia 911"
- 2001: Busta Rhymes - "Wife in Law" featuring Jaheim
- 2001: Muro ft. O.C. - "Lyrical Tyrants (Diamond Mix)"
- 2002: The 45 King - "Double Dare"
- 2003: Akrobatik- "Feedback," from Balance
- 2003: ASD - "Sag Mir Wo Die Party Ist"
- 2003: Diamond D - Grown Man Talk (CD)
- 2004: Earatik Statik ft. Pacewon - "People Like Us", from Feelin Earatik
- 2004: Edo G featuring Pete Rock - "Streets is Callin", from My Own Worst Enemy
- 2004: The Omen - "It's Our World", from DJ Rhetmatic Mixtape
- 2005: A.D.O.R. - "The Realness", from Signature of Ill
- 2005: Sadat X - "The Great Diamond D", from Experience & Education
- 2005: Medina Green - "Green Boogie", from Mixtape
- 2006: Cannonball Adderley – "Bohemia in the Dark (Remix)"
- 2006: Sadat X - "The Post", from Black October
- 2007: Sean Price - "Get it Together", from Master P
- 2007: Natalie Cole - "Day Dreaming", from Leaving
- 2008: Terror Tongue - "Lyrical Threat", from Unreleased Production 1994
- 2008: Diamond D - "Good Tyme", "When Ur Hot Ur Hot" and "I Wanna Leave", from The Huge Hefner Chronicles
- 2009: Collective Efforts - "I Get Down"
- 2009: Freestyle Professors - "Think About It", from Gryme Tyme
