Posts Tagged ‘YU’
The 1978ers (yU x Slimkat) – “Far” (Video)
March 20, 2015
The 1978ers, made up of yU the emcee & Slimkat the producer, bring you the latest visuals for their track “Far” off of their People of Today album. The humble King yU spits lyrics that promote spreading love, embracing our unique creativity, and the idea of universal understanding through the metaphor of space and it’s vast beautiful wonder.  Slimkat orchestrates the beat and director Jay Brown brings this all to life.  Guest vocals by B. jamelle and you have a quality piece of production. If you like what you see and hear make sure you pick up the full length project from the link below.
DOWNLOAD: THE 1978ERS – PEOPLE OF TODAY (ALBUM)
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yU – “Homicide” (Prod. By Nottz)
February 5, 2015
This joint is a straight up banger! Been playing it on my radio show ever since it dropped. He’s 1/2 of the 1978ers, 1/3 of the critically acclaimed group Diamond District, D.C. lyricist “yU” links up with arguably one of Virginia’s illest producer Nottz! Whenever I see Nottz’ name on something I know he’s going to be killin’ it with the boom-blappers! yU does the damn thing with the appropriate subject matter & A+ lyricism to match the track as well. This joint is straight MURDA! But in a good way. Be on the lookout for Mellow Music Group’s upcoming compilation that this song appears on called “Persona” due March 10th. If you missed the Oddisee & Phonte collaboration called ‘Requiem’ we posted a few days ago, it will be on that same MMG compilation due March 10th as well.
DOWNLOAD: MELLOW MUSIC GROUP – PERSONA (COMPILATION ALBUM)
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Diamond District – “March on Washington (Redux)” (Album Stream)
December 18, 2014
Here we go! Diamond District let out the whole “March On Washington (Redux)” for fresh air and a little FREEdom. What that means for you: A no-risk, no-price listen to a priceless work. We linked you the way to cop below (and before). So stream for FREE and support/purchase if you like. Oddisee, Uptown XO, and yU will appreciate Y-O-U for doing so.
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Diamond District – “Ain’t Over” (Black Milk Remix)
December 8, 2014
Can we get a ‘hell yeah’ for this Black Milk Remix of “Ain’t Over” by Diamond District??!! Hip-Hop banged out with a definitive Dirty D (Detroit, Michigan, USA) sound.
Black Milk remixes Diamond District “Ain’t Over” from the newest Diamond District record “March on Washington.”
Diamond District’s “March On Washington (Redux)” is available for pre-order on iTunes now.
DIAMOND DISTRICT – AIN’T OVER (BLACK MILK REMIX) | MARCH ON WASHINGTION (REDUX)
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Diamond District (Oddisee, Uptown XO, yU) – “A Part Of It All” (Video)
November 27, 2014
Later for any hater on this video. Super dope lyrical visual conceptual incredible. That is all. Respect to Oddisee, Uptown XO, and yU – Diamond District. We posted on their “March On Washington” project earlier (linked below). “Part Of It All”… part of that project. Video above is a must see.
(Shout to director Jay Brown and effects guy Paul Mihailoff, too!)
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The 1978ers – “One Nine 7-T-8″ (Video)
November 10, 2014
Oh yessir, can we get a yes yes y’all for this video? For the 1978ers (yU & Slimkat) and their FREE “One Nine 7-T-8” single? For their forthcoming “People Of Today” LP (all of which we’ve posted on here for you)? Yeah y’all c’mon!
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Kev Brown x Hassaan Mackey – Git ‘Em feat. yU x Toine x Kaimbr x Eye-Q
November 6, 2014
Underground icons Kev Brown (producer and emcee) & Hassaan Mackey (emcee) welcome yU (of Diamond District), Toine (of DTMD), Kaimbr and Eye-Q onto this elevated platform of real Hip-Hop. These are those superior flows, rhyming back-and-forth between the bros. Niceness. This is “Get ‘Em” off that “That Grit” project. Both linked below.
Diamond District – “First Step†(Video)
October 3, 2014
Music video for the Diamond District single “First Step” (you heard it here before). Uptown XO, Oddisee, and yU do the do; building up to the early October release of their “March On Washington.”
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Diamond District – “Lost Cause”
September 25, 2014
Latest from the mines minds of Diamond District – their new single “Lost Cause.†Their “March On Washington” full-length is due out October 14, 2014 (available for pre-order now though, link below). The single and album were entirely produced by Oddisee.
Building them bridges (I’m about that)
Expanding our vision (I’m about that)
Switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that’s different.
– yU
Yeah, you get that? You like that? Well, go get that. Ha! Oh yeah, the single is a FREE download!!
DOWNLOAD: DIAMOND DISTRICT – LOST CAUSE | MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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The 1978ers – “A People’s Intro Act I”
September 12, 2014
Emcee yU and producer Slimkat (collectivized as The 1978ers) have that “People Of Today” LP coming (due out November 11, 2014). Don’t you worry. In fact, you can pre-order the the plate AND get a first taste of the project – a track called “A People’s Intro Act I†– by following the links below.
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Diamond District – “First Step”
August 26, 2014
Well it’s about COTDAYAM TIME!!! One our favorite hip hop groups representing D.C. is back! I’ve been a fan ever since their first album dropped & have been waiting for the trio to regroup & drop some new bangers! With everything going on in the world right now Oddisee, yU, and X.O.’s next album ‘March On Washington’ due October 14th is an appropriate title of what’s to come. For now your ‘First Step’ should be to peep the bangin’ new single.
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Substantial Love Lost feat. Jsoul (Prod. yU of Diamond District)
March 11, 2014
Dope track from DMV MC Substantial off of his remix album Art Is Where The Home Is. His Mello Music Group release Home Is Where The Art Is dropped and 2012 was executive produced by Oddisee. This first cut here is STOOPID fresh. You can cop the full release HERE
The Other Guys – “Memories Fade” feat. yU x Substantial
September 27, 2013
Score another scoop for Bad Magics. This particular single “Memories Fade” is a favorite of mine off The Other Guys’ EP entitled “The Opposite of Sex.”
“Sex is the mere reason for man’s existence today, naturally throughout life and its pleasures its opposite pain rears its ugly head. One can’t fully appreciate the pleasures of life with out feeling some pain in between.”
– The Other Guys
THE OTHER GUYS – MEMORIES FADE FEAT. YU X SUBSTANTIAL | THE OPPOSITE OF SEX
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R&B/Soul: yU – “Dreams” feat. Danedra Rowell
August 23, 2012
In a departure from the boom bap we’ve come to expect, yU sets Danedra Rowell on lead vocals for “Dreams†– a rap-free melancholy melody on how we had bigger dreams when were younger… too young to fully understand them. Shout to Kevin Nottingham for the scoop on this gem.
DOWNLOAD: YU – DREAMS FT. DANEDRA ROWELL
yU – “I Believe” (Oddisee Remix)
June 20, 2012
“I Believe” was originally released as part of “The EARN,” a mixtape from DC emcee yU the 78er. Well, Oddisee got hold of it and worked some magic; creating a classic track that is heavier on the boom bap. “Either believe, or be left,” yU said it best on this cut. Don’t get left! Listen to this banger for yourself. It will make a believer of you!
DOWNLOAD:Â yU – I BELIEVE (ODDISSEE REMIX)
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yU – “I Believe” feat. Duff
January 16, 2012
One of D.C.’s skilled emcees, yU, decided to release this joint from his album “The Earn” in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr this morning. Let’s all sit back, read the lyrics to the song, & reflect for a while…..
DOWNLOAD: YU – I BELIEVE FEAT. DUFF
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yU – ‘Time Machine’
January 6, 2012
New track from yU’s new project The Earn which is out now. Another dope project from yU and Mello Music Group. Support this one!!!
yU – Can’t Hide featuring EyeQ (Prod. By Slimkat78)
December 21, 2011
Slimkat78 produced this track that is now a bonus cut from Diamond District member yU’s new project The Earn, which is out now.
yU – Talks About His Album “The EARN” (Video)
December 14, 2011
Diamond District’s yU is back with his new project The Earn and it builds off the dopeness he dropped on his first project Before Taxes.
yU – “If U Down”
November 22, 2011
Damn it was less than a week ago when D.C. producer & emcee yU dropped “A Garbage Beattape” of instrumentals that was far from basura, but the brother just blessed the real heads with the first single to his upcoming album “The Earn” which is due to drop on Mellow Music Group on December 13th. This is the second solo album from the D.C. native following his debut album “Before Taxes”. Like we said before in a previous post, yU is an ill emcee & underrated producer as a soloist outside of his group Diamond District, but this time he enlists his homie SlimKat78 on the production duties. Peep out the banger below…
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