“I, Was That Guy…”
AUDIO By LC Weber on July 23, 2008 at 12:56 pmThe problem with being inundated with mixtapes and peppered with flyers at every venue is one develops a calloused, cynical front. I’m tired of pulling cards from my windshield. I’m tired of backpackers in lilac gear pushing their $5 mix on me. I’m tired of MC such-and-so putting me on game about MC wah-da-tah.
And I can’t tell you how many times I heard the name Diz Gibran floating around, to no personal avail… with no spins.
But when I met Diz at a recent house party I noted that he didn’t try and sell me on his party line. We were just two ships passing in the narrow hallway night with no promos, bios or information exchanged. Soon followed the co-sign of a trusted friend, and so I set my cynicism aside and relented a listen… and am I ever salty I turned a blind eye on this dude so many times. From the few joints I’ve heard, I’m like fully ready to splash your windshield with flyers and fill my backpack with Diz-tapes.
Because I’m a little fashionably late on this cat, let me tell you what I know:
1) It’s Diz – as in Dizzy, as in high. And Gibran – as in Kahlil, as in the poet.
2) He rolls with a beat maker by the name of Moonshine who has a slew of soulful bangables.
3) The timbre of his voice is Dilla-reminiscent, but his flow is unique. No copycat shit here.
4) He’s SoCal born and raised, but has avoided falling into any waify L.A., purple-shirt pitfalls.
Some recent realms of Hip-Hip are a bit heavy on the periwinkle, methinks.
I call this The Grimace Effect. Purple Reign.
Lavender has extra’d out the city of Los Angeles. But not Diz. He has West Coast sustainability. Diz looks and sounds like what should be new-era prototypal Hip-Hop… the genuine article. He’s not fleeting or faddish like a ‘winkle shirt.
“Truly Yours” is that feel good shit Diz intimates at the top — steel-toed snare and epic strings bleeding out the soul. A smooth little R&B hook interweaves Diz’s verses about the come-up — cool, confident spit with cut-throat delivery. Don’t sleep as long as I did…peep the shit. I expect big things from this dude. And now that I’m up on him, expect to hear more from him as well.
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moonshine got a fire AG remix too
its about time yall wrote up a piece about Diz…i mentioned something about him months ago when yall did a lil writeup about The Hundreds. Dude been killin it out here in L.A. for a minute. Always shows love when i roll into Diamond. Chopped it up with him a lil at the Clipse and Luckyiam show awhile back. real stand up dude
GUTTA LANE!!!!
-KT
the big homie diz.
good shit tss.
American Gangster was hot.
B-More Nation 1990
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01 – 2-Ice Prodcutions – Destination Unknown
02 – K-Prep – Let Me Get Technical
03 – 2+2 – 2+2
04 – E.D. – Mixology – New Jack
05 – E.B.B. – Business is Business
06 – 3 C’s – Don’t Cha Love It
07 – Corporatives – All About the Money
08 – Murder Inc – I’ll Break You
09 – 2 Guys and 4 Jewels – Chaos
10 – King R.A.W. – Ruler of the Rhythm
Diz is that dude!!! I grabbed some of his material from ‘05 and it’s pretty dope. Anybody holdin’ some new shit??? I heard that he has an album coming soon, any truth to this???
@ Flea
Yeah, I hear he’s got a mixtape coming down soon. Like late summer, early fall.
Don’t you worry… I’ll be all over it for you.
tommy wright 3 – on the run 1996
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01 – Info (Intro) (1:05)
02 – Take a Chance (4:18)
03 – Getting Crunk (5:10)
04 – On the Run (5:18)
05 – Royally (4:41)
06 – Thuggish Ruggish Bustaz (4:55)
07 – Do Or Die (4:44)
08 – Fuck All Yall (4:47)
09 – Die Nigga Die (3:39)
10 – Angry Souls (4:45)
11 – Amnesia (4:36)
12 – Havin’ Thangs (4:57)
13 – Psycho Sounds (4:37)
14 – Manslaughter (4:26)
15 – Gangsta Forever (4:16)
16 – Last Alternative (5:02)
@Contra, yo homie one question about a thang
what about soprano’s album 5cigs. you talk about that. thx to answer me.
+offtopic:
did yall see that fight with candance parker….damn that bitch dont play she balls just like a nigga yo…..but why ya boi rick mahorn jump on the court and toss lisa lesile….once a bad boy always a bad boy huh….
really good female old skuul
ME-NAJ-AH-TWA – CHA-LICIOUS 1994
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cha-licious
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kuz its like dat
la la la
do what chu gotta do
break
back 2 da og
i aint nasti
give tha azz 2 no 1
kickin azz
kumin attrackshun
kruz wit me
da laz zhit
outro
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01. Everybody Wants Something 04:40
02. I’d Rather Be Wrong 04:42
03. I’m Gon’ Cry 03:33
04. Ain’t No Love 04:49
05. Still Open 04:34
06. Hypnotic (Feat. R. Kelly & Fabolous) 04:51
07. Another Relationship 04:18
08. If You Play Your Cards Right 06:01
09. Hit On Me 04:27
10. I Am Your Woman 04:28
11. Faithful To You 03:30
12. Tonight I’m Gonna Let Go 03:53
13. Guess What 03:33
14. Special Occasion 04:04
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It’s Dizzy Fairfax, fuckers. New shade of LA coming out of the wooooood! LA is kinda killin it right now….Blu, Pac Div,J*Davey,U-N-I. Everybody better stop talkin bout the clothes cause they all sound like they went to the Ras Kass academy of bars and cleaned up their act at the boutiques and beaches of So Cal. Recognize the times.
NICE !!!
never heard of homie…..
but gotta give this joint is due ….
propz 4 showing good muzik love
Khalil Gibran is the ish. Catch up.
Diz, sir, you are the shit. Point blank. Still getting burn on my iPod. Put out more stuff.
LC, Nice write up. Metal babies, right?
Greums…I already explained the album. What more do you want kiddo?
The kid is nice. Stay posted for the Diz Gibran Vimby Video
lol yeah u have already explained tha album okay
i know but i wanna know if youre francophone (if u understand french lyrics) ? plus i wanna know which other french albums you has listenned ? to under
stand your mind about your explanation of “puisqu’il faut vivre”. nothing more homey. thx
@ The lil homey Greums
Not Francophone, multilingual. I speak a plethora of languages.
As for which other albums I listened to, you must be joking. That list is a bit too long. ‘Puisqu’il faut..’ is not the best album in the world. It’s definitely one of the most well-rounded, and it served perfectly to illustrate my point about what a 5-cig album should aspire to. I wanted to use Ol Kainry’s album, but it was lacking. Thought about using the debut album from Sway (from the UK), but that album needs it’s own piece. So I settled on Soprano. There’s your answer kiddo. You can rest easy now.
oh, and you’re welcome.
*continues bumping “Truly Yours” by Mr. Gibran. *
yeah homey, no disrespect me, i know it’s ironic, it’s joke. calm i’m not a kid lol u can also talk to me seriously. peace
yeah soprano disc ain’t best of the world. sure. so u’re multilingual probably ! but just some rappers are very much better than this album. you talk about olkainry. he’s ain’t lack, weak. ‘demolition man’ it’s a hard & very good album but as styles p ‘time is money’, one or two years too later to have real success. but really good. but french indé label ain’t american indé label. french it’s hard for inde rapper like olkainry or all. soprano was way better five years ago not it’s bad now but a lil bit commercial with his major label deal but still good. if u wanna a real hot french album, plus, the best of 2007. tell me. peace
thx for ya talk Mr. Contra, cuz he despaired. hum you were despairing.
oh and you’re welcome, too.
@ LC: Cool, I’ll be on the look at for that.
Yeszir!
Diz is that dude…ya bout to hear and see a lot more of him in the coming months too…
LA is def on one rite now, too much dope talent around…
LC, simply put, this sh*t knocks…
Very nice. Diz is officially on my radar.
@ OED
Man. Right? I’m sayin….
Diz G the LA streetwear fashion icon. The Diamond Supply Co. dude? Heard of em through that but not the music. Song is brutal. Dopeness personafied.
free at least … free way to the third album, yall !
cuz we need of da rocAfella type of sound ish. Yo
SOULFUL(L) ! The Roc ina buildin’. Zthe Roc !
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Freeway – The Flow Monster
Moonshine is this year’s 9th Wonder or Just Blaze. Checked his myspace a few times and he got nothin but bangers. he should be somewhere in diz’s top friends
Brand new joint 2008 – “Busy P – To Protect And Entertain Featuring Murs ” (appears on Ed Rec Volume III & Pedrophilia EP). Full Version Here :
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Sadatay!
pyoor fiyah this is.
Westcoast rappers in 08>Industry
^- Basically. As predicted by Stack Bundles…
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Diz is barred from the click in LA these days due to getting caught with his hand in the till at Diamond. Shit was super duper wak real talk. Diz stabbed his boy in the back and that shit don’t sit right with me and the homies one bit.
Holmes is barred. When you steal from your own peoples you become a pariah and thats the end of the story right there. I wish you karma to the extreme.
Nuff said
Nuff chill. Please save your drama for a gossip blog. This is about the music here. Some people pray on other’s downfall….
This shit is about the music. I am not going to speak on the Diz v. Diamond situation except to say that Diz doesn’t need to steal shit from no one. The truth will come out and y’all should wait til then to make an opinion. But, Moonshine and Diz Gibran is like the new Pete Rock & CL Smooth.
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth nah never that homie not on the best day of there life not even close. All good but truth is truth and cats should know he’s a snake and thats a fact. Cat got put one and embraced then returned all the love by stealing and thats some bullshit.
I will say it to his face….. except he wont come near me or the clique and explain himself. Fucked up shit is he doesn’t have to steal but did which says a lot about him as a person. Anyone fucking with him on a business level should know this so they don’t fall victim to his bullshit. Steal once you’ll steal a thousand times….Food for thought.
Karma’s a bitch and he’s gonna have to deal with the fallout of his actions one way or another one day its called universal law.
Diz Gibran is a fake and a punk. Moonshine is much too talented to waste his time on this piece of shit . Diz is a terrible person and he stole large amounts of cash from his friends at Diamond Supply and gets no respect in the streets. Everyone hates this douchbag and he has zero credibility.
The truth has been told.
damn thats sad to you faggot ass bitches hating on the man. I know for a fact Nuff Said nor 86 have nothing to do with Diamond or the situation. The mans music is undeniable and there is no place for that bullshit here because if you knew anything shit has been cleared up and settled… Legally. So you fucking ignorant wanna be streetwear haters should keep dick riding Diamond and keep bumping that Diz Gibran “Truly Yours” on the low so your fake ass homie doesn’t find out… See you on Fairfax and Rosewood bitches… Ill be walking right next to Diz…hahahahahahaha
its funny mf’s hating on the homie like diamond is gangsta or sumthin lol… skateboarders are the new thugs i swear…
keep that shit on fairfax…
same cats hating are the same off brands too scared to go south of pico lol, yet they’re on a site flapping they gums…smh…whether its true or not, say that shit to the mans face, not on a site hiding behind a username…lol…
thats what happens when someone gets some shine. These internet thugs come out talking shit.
Diz and Moonshine make some classic ass music period.
And i believe it goes “If you ain’t being hated on, then you ain’t doing shit”… Right?
With the kind of talent that is coming out of LA right now you would think there would be more support than these bitches hating on the man over some pesonal shit that ain’t got shit to do with them.
Oh well big up to El Prez for saying some real shit.
Yea keep walking next to that fake dude Diz.
We all know dude comes from a very wealthy family and always
had a silver spoon in his mouth which is a blessing but
for someone to say he dont need to steal dough from his friends
is clueless. Just cause his family is rich dont mean they wants to
keep supporting a 30 something year old shady rapper who is too lazy to do shit for himself. The douchbag has been rapping forever and still hasn’t done shit and most likely never will.
LA has some hot talent but nothing good will ever happen for Diz Gibran. The dude has terrible energy.
LMFAO to El Prez. Do you really think anyone would be scared to say
something to Diz face when he’s 4′11 and 98 lbs? Dude is not only smaller than an oriental woman but softer than a roasted marshmellow.
Diz is a borderline midget beating dude up is like beating up a JHS student. I hope your walking down Fairfax with Diz one day Ill be the dude putting a size 11 up your ass after holmes gets choked out for stuttering when I ask for an explanation from him.
Karma’s a bitch real talk and I could really put dude on blast like really mega blast for some other foul shit he did but I’m cool on that……..Suffice to say he’s snake on many levels….
Dizzy!!!! This shit is dope. This post is about his music. Can we please let the extra shit get worked out by those parties involved. As someone who as done business with Diz;I can say he’s stand up dude.
The music is dope. They got a great sound together. Its unfortunate there is always gonna be some kind of hate when someone is doing well.
I look forward to watching Diz and Moonshine blow up. Im sure they will continue to cook up some more dope shit for everyone to hate on even more.
Peace
yo prez. bc is in the building… we got you… we got diz… crooks… and all parties involved. broccoli city stand up.
the guru
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^^^uknowhatitis mayne…
…and to the L7’s posting in these comments, like I said before, tuff talk on the cpu is NOT gangsta… nobody believes you, you need more people lol…
…and like you said, ‘walking down fairfax’…lmao…give it up and stay on the other side of pico…
U needs to chump…..
Fuck Diz.