DJ Babu
| DJ Babu | |
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 DJ Babu | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Melvin Babu |
| Also known as |
Babu The Turntablist The Dilated Junkie Babs |
| Born | September 17, 1974 |
| Origin | Washington, D.C. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Instruments | Turntables |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels |
Stones Throw Records Nature Sounds |
| Associated acts |
Beat Junkies Dilated Peoples Likwit Junkies |
| Website | Dilated Peoples |
Melvin Babu (born September 17, 1974), better known as DJ Babu, is a Filipino-American DJ and producer. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence).
Career
Babu is also a member of the Beat Junkies DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo the Likwit Junkies. DJ Babu, Evidence and Pharoahe Monch also feature in the song H! Vltg3 on Linkin Park's Reanimation album. He lived in Oxnard, California for 1 year, and later moved to the neighbor city of Camarillo.
Babu has won multiple competition titles Including the Vestax World Championships and multiple ITF titles. As a revered battle DJ he has appeared in and hosted numerable videos. Babu is famous for redefining the art of Beat juggling during the 1997 ITF/Beat juggling category competition, when he first performed his "Blind Alley" routine. Under the name "The Turntablist", produced perhaps the genre's most popular battle record, 1996's Super Duck Breaks, which sold over 10,000 copies.
DJ Babu has also featured on numerous acts alongside groups such as Jurassic 5, Swollen Members and The Visionaries. Individually Babu has featured in many other groups.
Discography
Albums
- Super Duck Breaks (1996)
- Super Duper Duck Breaks (2000)
- Duck Season Vol. 1 (2002)
- Duck Season Vol. 2 (2003)
- The Beat Tape Vol. 1 (2007)
- Duck Season Vol. 3 (2008)
- The Beat Tape Vol. 2 (2010)
Singles
- "Pay Attention" (2001)
- "Duck Season" (2002)
- "Fan Mail" (2007)
Production
- "Service" Dilated Peoples (2000)
- "Phil Da Agony Interlude" Dilated Peoples (2001)
- "Proper Propaganda" Dilated Peoples (2001)
- "Pay Attention" Dilated Peoples (2001)
- "Hard Hitters" Dilated Peoples (2001)
- "Dilated Junkies" Dilated Peoples (2001)
- "Behold My Life" Defari (2002)
- "Behold My Life (Remix)" Defari (2003)
- "International" Chali 2na (2005)
- "The L.J.'s (album)-" Likwit Junkies (2005)
- "Alarm Clock Music" Dilated Peoples (2006)
- "Burn Big" Defari (2006)
- "Vultures" Defari (2006)
- "Rain or Shine" Evidence (2008)
- "C.T.D." Rakaa Iriscience (2010)
- "Eyes Wide" Rakaa Iriscience (2010)
- "Same Folks" Evidence (2011)
- "No Gunz Come Out" Defari (2013)
- "Lip Service" Defari (2013)
- "Curveball" Defari (2013)
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