{"id":132535,"date":"2018-10-19T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=132535"},"modified":"2018-10-18T23:31:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:31:14","slug":"diamond-districts-in-the-ruff-audiophile-vinyl-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/diamond-districts-in-the-ruff-audiophile-vinyl-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond District’s ‘In The Ruff’ Audiophile Vinyl Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To celebrate their upcoming tenth anniversary, Mello Music Group<\/strong> will be releasing special Audiophile Editions of their classic titles. The Mello Signature Series will be pressed on double LPs, limited to 300 copies of each title, on 180 gram black vinyl, with special gatefold packaging, including liner note stories from Mello about the creation of each title.<\/p>\n

Diamond District had crafted a brilliant group album In The Ruff<\/em>, which turned out to be an indie hit and garnered national attention to Mello Music Group<\/strong>. Streets Won\u2019t Let Me Chill<\/em>, Who I Be<\/em> and I Mean Business<\/em> all struck chords as singles, but the album itself was a complete front to back masterpiece helmed by Oddisee<\/strong> who produced, arranged, mixed, mastered, and rapped on the whole thing. yU<\/strong> offered philosopher king\u2019s poetry to the album, while Uptown XO<\/strong> brought the street sensibility to the project. iTunes named it to their best rap of 2009 list. NPR<\/strong> included the vinyl on their best of 2009 along with calling the trio a DC Supergroup. <\/p>\n

Pre-order the vinyl here<\/a>.<\/p>\n