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DJ Babu
DJ Babu
Background information
Birth name	Chris Oroc
Also known as	Babu, The Turntablist
Genre(s)	Hip hop, DJ
Years active	1992–present
Label(s)	Stones Throw Records
Associated acts	Beat Junkies, Dilated Peoples, Likwit Junkies

DJ Babu (born Chris Oroc) is a Filipino-American DJ and is a member of the Beat Junkies, a crew of DJs which includes others such as Melo-D, Rhettmatic, and J-Rocc. He is a member of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples, along with Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence. Image File history File links Babu. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Stones Throw Records is a California-based hip hop independent record label. ... The (World Famous) Beat Junkies is a crew of 7 hip-hop DJs. ... Dilated Peoples are a hip hop group who have achieved great fame in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success, with the exception of the song This Way, a collaboration with Kanye West, in 2004. ... It has been suggested that List of U.S. cities with large Filipino American populations be merged into this article or section. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... The (World Famous) Beat Junkies is a crew of 7 hip-hop DJs. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Dilated Peoples are a hip hop group who have achieved great fame in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success, with the exception of the song This Way, a collaboration with Kanye West, in 2004. ... Rakaa is one of the three members of the hip hop trio Dilated Peoples. ... An American Hip-Hop artist and producer and memeber of the Rap Group Dilated Peoples. ...

DJ Babu (under the alias "The Turntablist') was the creator of the most widely used Breakbeat album Super Duck Breaks (1996 Stones Throw Records) and its follow-up Super Duper Duck Breaks. Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ... Super Duck Breaks is a breakbeat album recorded by Turntablist and DJ Babu in 1996. ... Stones Throw Records is a California-based hip hop independent record label. ...

Discography

Super Duck Breaks (1996)
The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 1 (1997) (with beatjunkies)
The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 2 (1998) (with beatjunkies)
The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 3 (1999) (with beatjunkies)
Super Duper Duck Breaks (2000)
Duck Season vol. 1 (2002)
Duck Season vol. 2 (2003)

Super Duck Breaks is a breakbeat album recorded by Turntablist and DJ Babu in 1996. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Collaberations

D.A. Johnson Jr. ... The Beatnuts are a hip hop crew from Queens, New York City. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Freddie Foxxx, also known as Bumpy Knuckles, (born James Campbell in 1969) is an American rapper from New York. ...

External links

DJ Babu interview

Results from FactBites:

MP3.com: Exclusive Interview with DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples (2858 words)
	Babu speaks on the new Dilated album, the importance of a good live show, his upbringing as a feared battle DJ, and ongoing advances in music technology.
	Babu: You know, and I think as a group we're on a mission to show people that we were more than that and we can do more than that while still keeping our roots intact.
	Babu: It's a natural evolution if you're into records and you're into that classic style of DJing that I was fortunate enough to get a taste of coming up--it was something I think in the back of my head I always knew I wanted to tinker with.

:: MVRemix Interviews - DJ Babu :: (920 words)
	DJ Babu, one of the busiest, and most prolific DJ's in the rap game appeared on Saturday Night Grind with DJ INI to answer questions on his work on albums in the past, and the myriad of projects he and his associates plan to put out next year.
	DJ Babu: Of course, earlier this year, Dilated we dropped our fourth album, "20/20".
	DJ Babu: I did two on that, but it's a family affair, you see a lot of Evidence on there, a lot of Alchemist.

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