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DJ Babu Birth name Melvin Babu Also known as Babu
The Turntablist
The Dilated Junkie
BabsBorn September 17, 1974 Origin Washington, D.C. Genres Hip hop Instruments Turntables Years active 1992–present Labels Stones Throw Records
Nature SoundsAssociated acts Beat Junkies
Dilated Peoples
Likwit JunkiesWebsite Dilated Peoples DJ Babu (born Melvin Babu) is a Filipino-American DJ. One-third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples (alongside Rakaa Iriscience and Evidence), 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.
Contents
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
- "International" Chali 2na (2005)
External links
Stones Throw Records Madlib Other Members Aloe Blacc | Anika | Baron Zen | Breakestra | Charizma | CX KiDTRONiK | Dam-Funk | Dimlite | Dudley Perkins | Georgia Anne Muldrow | Guilty Simpson | J Dilla | J Rocc | James Pants | Koushik | M.E.D. | Mayer Hawthorne | Oh No | Omar Rodríguez-López | Peanut Butter Wolf | Percee P | Savath y Savalas | Strong Arm Steady | The Stepkids | The Turntablist | Gary Wilson | Wildchild |See also Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- American musicians of Filipino descent
- Hip hop DJs
- People from Oxnard, California
- People from Ventura County, California
- People from Washington, D.C.
- Stones Throw Records artists
- American hip hop record producers
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