Diamond D, the legendary co-founder of seminal hip-hop group D.I.T.C.(Diggin’ in the Crates) speaks on his forthcoming album, October14th’s “The Huge Hefner Chronicles.” An industry giant, Diamond is agrammy-winning producer, who has collaborated with and/or produced forthe likes of The Fugees, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Busta Rhymes,2 $hort, Sadat X (Brand Nubian) & many more.
In this rare and candid piece, Diamond speaks on the origins of the album title:”…it’s not on no playboy sex shit, it’s just basically like mystatus in the game. Even though I haven’t had nothing out in a while,motherf^&*ers still respect me like that…”
And the proof is in the pudding. From fevered blog buzz to bothcollege and commercial radio (NY’s Hot 97, Seattle’s KUBE & more),everyone’s been feeling his new single “D-I-A-M-O-N-D,” produced bynone other than the legendary Nottz (Kanye West, The Game, NotoriousB.I.G., J. Dilla).