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DIAMOND DISTRICT LIVE THIS THURSDAY! [FOR FREEEEEEE!!]

The homies Kenny Fresh of Fresh Selects & Chase Freeman of NMDZ are proud to present the Portland debut of Washington, DC supergroup Diamond District. Compromised of rapper/producer, Oddisee, and his MC counterparts, yU and X.O. – Diamond District have been making a tidal wave of noise throughout the music world after the release of their debut album, In The Ruff, last fall.

Hailed by such hip-hop notables as DJ Premier, Posdnous (De La Soul), Phonte (Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange) - In The Ruff was widely accepted as one of the essential hip-hop albums of 2009. All three members have surely been no slouch in their solo careers either. Oddisee recently released the instrumental album, Travelin Man, and has produced tracks for everyone from DJ Jazzy Jeff to Freeway to Talib Kweli. yU officially released a retail version of his underground classic, Before Taxes, this month, which was selected as a XXL Editor’s Choice and licensed for Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers Fourcompilation when FRESHselects.net first released it last year. Lastly X.O. has been continuing his reign over the DMV-area mixtape scene through a slew of releases with the reputable Studio43 label, most recently One. One. Ten.

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Tags: CHASE FREEMAN, Diamond District, FREE BEER & SHOW?, FRESH SELECTS, KENNY FRESH, NMDZ, ODDISEE, X.O., YOU A STUPID MUH FUCKA IF U IN THE HOOD AND DONT GO!, YU