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Infobox musical artist|name = Diamond D|image = Jmil_and_Diamond_D_at_A3C_in_Atlanta-cropped.jpg|caption =|background = non_performing_personnel|alias =|Born = The Bronx , New York City , Citation needed|date=September 2008 United States|U.S. |instrument = Keyboard instrument|Keyboard Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler Drum machine String instrument|Strings Turntablism|Turntable |genre = Hip hop |occupation = Producer-MC|years_active = 1988& ndash;present|label = Pete Waterman Entertainment|Chemistry Records / Mercury Records|Mercury / PolyGram Records Diamond Mine Records Babygrande Records Diamond D (born Joseph Kirkland , 1969) is a Hip hop production|hip hop producer and rapping|MC from the Bronx , New York City , and one of the founding members of the legendary D.I.T.C. crew.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p68202/biography|pure_url=yes allmusic Biography
Biography
He started out as a DJ for Jazzy Jay back in the late 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 signed with Jazzy Jay 's Strong City Records , and Diamond and Rob started recording their debut album, '' I'm Not Playin' '', in 1988 and released the 12-inch single with the same title, which spawned a buzz in the underground. The album was completed in 1990, but it got caught up in label politics, such as the shutdown of Strong City distributor Uni Records , and was shelved until 2007 when it was released through Traffic Entertainment. One of the last songs recorded for the album was a Diamond D solo song in which he actually picked up the mike 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 (Fat Joe album)|Represent , was mainly produced by Diamond D.
From then, he went on to produce for multiple hip hop and R& B artists listed below in the discography.
In 1996, Diamond D appeared on the Red Hot Organization 's compilation CD America is Dying Slowly alongside Biz Markie , Wu-Tang Clan , and Fat Joe , among many other prominent hip hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by The Source (magazine)|The Source magazine. In 1996 He won a Grammy for his production contribution on The Fugees LP The Score
Diamond's second 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 for hip hop legends such as Busta Rhymes , Fugees , KRS-One , Queen Latifah , the Pharcyde , and Brand Nubian , among others. He is regarded as one of the first hip hop producers to work with artists on both the east and west coasts. Since then, he released the independent street album Grown Man Talk|Grown-Man Talk , the official mixtape compilation The Diamond Mine , and provided contributions to his D.I.T.C. cohorts' projects including the crew's self-titled 2000 debut album on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records.
In 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy award for co-production on Natalie Cole's cover of Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming"
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 focus more on his rhymes, as production was handled by other respected underground beat makers such as Nottz , DJ Scratch , Ill Mind , Def Jef , and Jesse West .
In 2010 He produced The First SIngle "Shine" from Pharoehe Monch's LP The W.A.R. Report
Discography
Albums
Album information
Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop
Released: September 22, 1992
Billboard 200 chart position: -
R& B/Hip-Hop chart position: #47
Singles: "Best Kept Secret"/"Freestyle (Yo, That's That Shit)," "Sally Got a One-Track Mind"/"Check One, Two," "Fuck What U Heard"/"I'm Outta Here"
Hatred, Passions and Infidelity
Released: August 26, 1997
Billboard 200 chart position: -
R& B/Hip-Hop chart position: #40
Singles: "The Hiatus"/"No Wonduh (The Projects)," "J.D.'s Revenge"/"This One"
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 - "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"
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)<--Unreleased & Revamped says year 1996, not 93(? ) (The single was released 1993, the album was compiled in 1996)
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 (Fat Joe album)|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: 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 Breakdown (Fu-Schnickens album)|Nervous Breakdon
1994: Another Definition of Real|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. (rapper)|A.G. & Brand Nubian - "Ya Don't Stop"
2006: Sadat X - "The Post", from Black October (album)|Black October
2007: Sean Price - "Get it Together", from Master P
2007: Natalie Cole - "Day Dreaming", from Leaving
2008: TerrorTongue - "Lyrical Threat", from Unreleased Production 1994
2009: Collective Efforts - "I Get Down"
2009: Freestyle Professors - "Think About It", from Gryme Tyme
2011: Pharoahe Monch - "Shine", from " W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)
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External links
http://www.myspace.com/therealdiamondd Myspace
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