DJ Babu

DJ Babu
Birth name	Melvin Babu
Also known as	Babu The Turntablist The Dilated Junkie Babs
Born	September 17, 1974 (1974-09-17) (age 37)
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

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.

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

• DJ Babu interview
• Beat Junkie Sound

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