Diamond District consists of Oddisee (who does most of the production), XO & YU. They released a free album, In The Ruff, earlier this year but it flew under my radar until recently (thanks to the homegirl Soulful Jenn for the recommendation, good looks!). This is one of my favorite cuts off the album, but I highly recommend listening to the whole thing, which can be downloaded here. (As far as I can tell the clean version is the only version available, oh well).

“If everybody’s a star, then I’m a huge one // six million ways to rhyme, it’s hard to choose one // I’m soundin like a father MC // you jus follow the saga while we slapbox the beat…”

Diamond District - In The Ruff (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)