yU - "This Is It" (Produced by SlimKat78)

yU - "This Is It" | mp3

From that Mello Music Helpless Dreamer Compilation available at iTunes.

yU is one creative cat. He really shined on that Diamond District project.

yU Before Taxes Instrumentals - "Lunchin' and "Almost Time"

yU - "Almost Time" | mp3

yU - "Lunchin" | mp3

After the success of his solo album, Before Taxes, Diamond District representative yU is laying a few treats on the people.

Since he knows a lot of cats want to get there rhyme on, he's making "Almost Time and "Lunchin' available for you to do so.

Cop the Before Taxes album at iTunes... (a digital copy of Before Taxes instrumentals is available at iTunes.)

yU ft. Eye Q - On The Corner

yU ft. Eye Q - On The Corner | mp3

From the Before Taxes album available at iTunes.

yU talks with IgnantWitted in NYC:

Atlanta: Y.U, Methuzulah, Boog Brown & Kev Brown @ Apache Cafe TONIGHT

Heart of the Hood presents the Atlanta stop of the 2010 Kragenoff Tour - "Lick A Shot" featuring Kev Brown, y.U.(Diamond District), Methuzulah, Boog Brown and K-Beta.

It goes down tonight April 16th at the Apache Cafe.

Lick A Shot

Apache Cafe

64 3rd Street

Atlanta, Ga

Doors: 9pm Show: 10:30PM

www.apachecafe.info

yU Before Taxes Album Available Now

Coming off the release of the Diamond District's In The Ruff, yU's solo album is ready. Get it at iTunes.

The album is an eclectic and creative mix that takes it to the essence of the culture.

yU - "Close" | mp3

yU ft. Rodney President & Eye Q | mp3

yU - "Native"

yU - "Native" | mp3

This one recognizes yU's Native American roots.

From that forthcoming album, Before Taxes, due April 13th.

Great concept, tight flow and production. yU is a really creative dude.

yU(Diamond District) Before Taxes Album Coming Soon

yU - "On Ya Head" | mp3

yU, one of the members of hip-hop group Diamond District is prepping his solo CD, "Before Taxes" for an April 13th release.

Oddisee Dropping Diamond District "In The Ruff" Instrumentals

Diamond District's "In The Ruff" album available at iTunes

Diamond District are dropping their triple pack of instrumentals from the "In The Ruff" album.

You get "Streets Won't Let Me Chill", "In The Ruff" and "Off the Late Night" instrumentals.

Click the links...

Oddisee ft. yU - "yU Traveling" (NYC Remix)

Oddisee ft. yU - "yU Traveling" (NYC Remix) | mp3

Diamond District member, yU, jumps on the remix to this joint.

Diamond District Interviews with The Stand

Oddissee and yU talk about that DMV.

Get to know a little more about Oddisee:

Diamond District Mini-Documentary

If you listen to DJ Peter Rosenberg on Hot 97 in NYC, these cats should not be a surprise or in anyway unknown to you. The names should be familiar in one way or another.

The dude Oddisee has been putting in work for a minute and done his Red Bull Music Academy thing to prove it. From the Low Budget crew, to the Halftooth Records joints, dude is the truth.

That mid-atlantic region is heating up.