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oronto rapper and Northstarr label head D.O. (short for 'Defy the Odds') presents "Still In It", his new single from Down Home,
D.O.'s new album produced entirely by JUNO award-winning producer
Classified and also featuring Joell Ortiz, Saukrates, Chad Hatcher,
Maestro Fresh Wes, Mic Boyd, Spesh K, J-Bru and Jake Boyd. D.O. is the
2003 Guinness World Record holder for longest freestyle rap (video), a regular public speaker with his own school tour program Stay Driven, a Toronto Independent Music Award nominee (for his 2007 album Northstarr),
a #1 CMJ artist and regularly performs internationally, most recently
performing as one half of the duo Art Of Fresh alongside Snoop Dogg and
ASAP Rocky at Croatia's Fresh Island Fest, Europe's biggest beach
festival. "Still In It is the first track on the album, but it's the
last song that Classified and I worked on for the project," says D.O.
"We were trying to think of the best way to start it off. Class was
playing me about fifty beats. Nothing was clicking. Then he pulled up a
rough loop, but only played it for a few seconds before moving on.
Instantly I was like "Yo what was that!" It was really rough so he made
the beat on the spot. While he was working on the beat, I was thinking
of the lyrics and flow. Since it's the intro on the album, I wasn't
concerned with a hook. I just wanted to go in." Down Home is out now on iTunes. See below for D.O.'s upcoming tour dates.
May 05, 2014** St. Teresa - Kitchener, ON
May 08, 2014** Lambton Park - Toronto, ON
May 17th** Brick Yard , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
May 18th** Happy Panda, Kenting, Taiwan
May 17th** Brick Yard , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
May 18th** Happy Panda, Kenting, Taiwan
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