What up Isla Vista.
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I just gave Diamond District "In the Ruff" it's fourth spin, and its status has elevated massively.
Diamond District is a group out of the District of Columbia, with members Oddisee, X.O., and yU. "In the Ruff" (2009) was D.D.'s debut release. Production is tight. MCs bring it and are, for the most part, consistent start to finish. It's got this catchy, smooth piano riff that plays at multiple parts of the album... Really ties it together nicely. Under 70k last.fm plays to date tells me that a lot of folks haven't had the opportunity to listen to this album. Don't sleep on them; With another drop anticipated for 2010, you don't want to wait and have some catching up to do... 
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Life is just blah, blah, blah
You hope for blah
And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah
And waiting for blah
And hoping you were right about the blahs you made
And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out
And you're surrounded by the ones you blah
Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.
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