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DJ Babu

Real Name:
Chris Oroc
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Born September 17, 1974 in Washington, D.C. as Chris Oroc, DJ 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. He lived in Oxnard, California for 1 year, and later moved to the neighboring 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. Under the name "The Turntablist", and 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 as well.

He is also the one responsible for Coining the phrase "TURNTABLIST".
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Aliases:
Chris Oroc, Turntablist, The
Variations:
All | Babu | Babu - The Dilated Junkie | Babu The Dilated Junkie | Deejay Babu | DJ Babu | DJ Babu Of The World Famous Beat Junkies
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Releases:
Wild Stylus (2xLP)   Heratik Productions 1997
Comprehension (Cass)   Fat Beats 1999
Fan Mail / Truth Be Told (12")   Nature Sounds 2007
The Beat Tape, Vol. 1 ◄ (2 versions)   Nature Sounds 2007
L.A. Deck (12")   Manhattan Recordings 2008
Remixes:
Always Bigger And Better Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Triple Optics (Funky P... ABB 2000
LMNO (12", Promo) LMNO (Remix), LMNO (Re... Up Above Records 2004
Scratches:
After The Heat (12") Reservation For One, T... ABB 1998
Filthy / Spectacular / Illuminant Chants (12", Single) Filthy (Dirty), Filthy... Certified Records 1998
Focused Daily (2xLP) These Dreams Tommy Boy Music 1998
Styles, Crews, Flows, Beats (Single) ◄ (2 versions) Casio Stones Throw Records ... 1998
Take It Back Home / Major League ◄ (2 versions)   Pockets Linted Entertainment ... 1998
Time Waits For No Man (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Major League Stones Throw Records ... 1998
My Vinyl Weighs A Ton (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Casio Copasetik Recordings ... 1999
O.L.C. (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Rah Rah, Basics Rah Rah Entertainment ... 1999
Place Of Birth / The Professional ◄ (2 versions) Place Of Birth (Street... ABB 1999
The Funky Precedent ◄ (2 versions) Triple Optics (Live Fu... Loosegroove Records 1999
Always Bigger And Better Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Reservation For One, P... ABB 2000
Copenhagen (Claimin' Respect) ◄ (2 versions)   Boulevard Connection Records 2000
Definition Of Ill (3xLP, Comp) Major League Copasetik Recordings 2000
Filthy (Remix) / Ice Age (Remix) (12") Filthy (Remix Clean), ... Certified Records 2000
Imagine Me (12") This That, This That (... Battle Axe Records 2000
In 12s We Trust (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Copycat Killers Ground Control Records 2000
Kut Masta Kurt Presents Masters Of Illusion (Album) ◄ (6 versions) Urban Legends Threshold Recordings ... 2000
Lady Venom (12")   Battle Axe Records 2000
No Retreat ◄ (2 versions) No Retreat (Kutmasta K... ABB 2000
Self Preservation (2xCD, Album) Filthy 75 Ark 2000
The Platform (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Capitol Records ... 2000
The Unbound Project Volume 1 (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Caution Ground Control Records 2000
The Unbound Project, Vol. 1 (12") Caution (LP Version), ... Ground Control Records 2000
Ascension (Album) ◄ (2 versions) The Fight Club Hiero Imperium 2001
Bad Dreams (Album) ◄ (4 versions) RPM, Ventilate Battle Axe Records ... 2001
Bionic 2 / Behold My Life (12")   ABB 2001
LA City / Motivation (12") La City (Radio), LA Ci... ABB 2001
Let Me Talk To You / Urban Legends (Single, Maxi) ◄ (4 versions) Urban Legends (Album V... Rapster Records ... 2001
Live On Stage / Clockwork (12") Clockwork ABB 2001
Lyrics Of Fury (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) New Details Underworld Inc. 2001
Paragraph President / Passion (12")   MCA Records 2001
Passion (12", Promo)   MCA Records 2001
Searching 4 Bobby Fisher (12")   Payback Records (2) 2001
Slow Burnin / Cannibals ◄ (2 versions) Slow Burnin (Radio), S... ABB 2001
Back Up (12")   Fat Lace Music 2002
Blazing Arrow (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Passion MCA Records 2002
Break It Down (12", S/Sided, Promo) Break It Down (Vocal) Not On Label 2002
Fat Beats Compilation Volume Two (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Filthy Fat Beats 2002
Felonious Funk (12") Felonious Funk Audio Research Records 2002
H! Vltg3 (Single) ◄ (3 versions) H! Vltg3 (Album Vocal)... Warner Bros. Records 2002
Monsters In The Closet (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Northern Lights, New D... Battle Axe Records 2002
My Peoples / Break It Down (12") Break It Down (Album V... Rapster Records 2002
Phantazmagorea ◄ (2 versions) Felonius Funk Beat Junkie Sound 2002
Pole Position (Cass, Mixed) Passion Masters On Broadway 2002
Reanimation (Album) ◄ (7 versions) H! Vltg3 Warner Bros. Records 2002
The Difference Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) Certified Official Official Jointz Recordings 2002
The Magnificent (2xLP) Break It Down Rapster Records 2002
Music Makes Your Summer (CD, Promo) Duck Season Universal Music (Germany) 2003
Rugged Radio Saturday (CD) Felonious Funk Audio Research Records 2003
Scratchology (2xLP) Dilated Junkies, Felon... Sequence Records 2003
Scratchology ◄ (2 versions) Felonious Funk Sequence Records 2003
Virtuosity ◄ (2 versions) As Live As It Gets Vocab Records ... 2003
LMNO (12")   Up Above Records 2004
Off Top / S.P.I.T. (12")   ABB 2004
Okayplayer - True Notes Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Okay Rapster Records ... 2004
Next Stop (CD, Album) Thanking You On Our Own Music 2005
Over The Counter Culture (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Over The Counter Culture Up Above Records 2005
Black Magic (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Too Hot Battle Axe Records ... 2006
Street Music (CD, Album) Clowns ABB 2006
The Medicine (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ABB 2006
Too Hot / Weight (12") Too Hot (Clean Version... Battle Axe Records 2006
The Weatherman LP (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ABB 2007
Ode To The Ghetto (CD, Album)   Stones Throw Records 2008
Soundtracks 1.5 (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) L.A. Deck Eternal Beatz Productions 2008
New Money: Price I've Paid Remixes (File, MP3, Dig) Hard Work (Oddisee Remix) Mello Music Group 2009
The Project Kid (CD, Album) Intro Dirt Class Records 2009
Wake Up Show Unreleased Project (2xLP, Promo)   Wake Up Show  
Production:
Sophomore Jinx (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Making Things Right (L... Up Above Records 1999
Strength Magazine Presents Subtext (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) You Ain't Fresh Full Frequency 1999
The Platform (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Service Capitol Records ... 2000
Bionic 2 / Behold My Life (12") Behold My Life (Radio)... ABB 2001
Expansion Team ◄ (2 versions) Phil Da Agony Interlud... Capitol Records ... 2001
Fat Beats Compilation Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Fat Beats Koch Records ... 2001
Juice CD Volume 23 (CD, Comp) The Man/The Icon Juice Magazin 2002
Judgement Day (CD, Album) Clickclick (Booyaka), ... Bolo Entertainment 2003
National Vinyl Association Sampler: Straight From The Crates Vol 1 (12", Smplr)   Avatar 2003
National Vinyl Association: Straight From The Crates (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Speakin' The Truth Avatar 2003
Odds & Evens (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Behold My Life (Remix) High Times ... 2003
Pangaea / Strike (12")   Up Above Records 2003
Scratchology (2xLP) Dilated Junkies Sequence Records 2003
Scratchology (CD, Mixed) Dilated Junkies Sequence Records 2003
The Alchemist Presents Heavy Surveillance (CD, Promo, Mixed)   ALC Music Recorded Library 2003
Honolulu (12")   Up Above Records 2004
Keepintime 12" Series: No. 1 of 3 (12")   Up Above Records 2004
LMNO (12")   Up Above Records 2004
Neighborhood Watch (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Big Business, Closed S... Capitol Records 2004
Off Top / S.P.I.T. (12")   ABB 2004
Pangaea (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Strike Up Above Records 2004
Throwbacks (CDr, Comp) Gold Chain Music Gold Chain Music 2004
Michrophone Love (12")   Up Above Records 2005
Next Stop (CD, Album) Thanking You On Our Own Music 2005
Over The Counter Culture (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Over The Counter Culture Up Above Records 2005
Price I've Paid (CD, Album) Hard Work, Maintain Ex... Timeless Music 2005
20/20 (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Alarm Clock Music, The... Capitol Records ... 2006
Back Again (12") Alarm Clock Music (Remix) Capitol Records 2006
Street Music (CD, Album) Burn Big, Vultures ABB 2006
Strong Arm Radio: Klack Music (Blacksmith Edition) (CDr, Mixed, Promo) Co-Operation Blacksmith Music 2006
Deep Hearted (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Co-Operation Nature Sounds 2007
Established 1995 (CD, Ltd) Thanking You Up Above Records 2007
I Love My DJ's (CD, Album) Keep Grinding Artisians Music 2007
Moonshine (CD, Album) This Music Gravel Records 2007
The Release Party (DVD + CD) The Release Party, Exp... Decon 2007
The Weatherman LP (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ABB 2007
Up Above Records Presents "Carving A New Standard" Volume 1 (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) International Up Above Records 2007
...And Justus For All (CD, Album) Fan Mail Hall Of Justus 2008
Ode To The Ghetto (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Kill 'Em Stones Throw Records 2008
Fish Outta Water (CD, Album) International Decon 2009
Stray Bullets (CD)   Rebel Music Group 2009
The Ovun.com And HedAk Clothing Present: The Holidaze (27xFile, MP3)   The Ovun.com, HedAk Clothing 2009
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1 & Comprehension (2xCD, RE)   Beat Junkie Sound  
Mix:
Off Top / S.P.I.T. (12")   ABB 2004
Deep Hearted (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Co-Operation, Streetli... Nature Sounds 2007
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1 & Comprehension (2xCD, RE)   Beat Junkie Sound  
DJ Mixes:
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1 (CD)   PR Records (3) 1997
Soundbombing II (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Rawkus ... 1999
Soundbombing II Snippet Tape (Cass, Mixed)   Rawkus 1999
World On Wheels Vol. 2 (CD, Mixed)   Not On Label 2006
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1 & Comprehension (2xCD, RE)   Beat Junkie Sound  
Appears On:
Deep Concentration (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) They Don't Fall Down OM Records ... 1997
My Vinyl Weighs A Ton (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Casio Stones Throw Records ... 1998
The Weight (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Heart Pound Virgin France S.A. ... 2000
AnotherLateNight (CD, Comp, Mixed) Copenhagen Claimin' Re... Kinetic Records 2001
Paragraph President (12") Passion (Dirty), Passi... Fat Beats 2001
Reanimation (CD, Album, Enh, Dig) H! Vltg3, H! Vltg3 Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records 2002
U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (CD, Album, Promo) It's On Ninja Tune 2002
Off Top / S.P.I.T. (12")   ABB 2004
Deep Hearted (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Co-Operation, Streetli... Nature Sounds 2007
Moonshine (CD, Album) This Music Gravel Records 2007
The Release Party (DVD + CD)   Decon 2007
The Weatherman LP (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   ABB 2007
Ode To The Ghetto (2xLP, Album)   Stones Throw Records 2008
Stray Bullets (CD) Black & Brown Army Rebel Music Group 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Return Of The DJ (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Suckas (Sucka DJ Dis) Bomb Hip-Hop Records 1995
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1 (CD) Intro, Scratch Break, ... PR Records (3) 1997
Coffee Syrup (Cass, Mixed) Scratch Session Fat Beats 1998
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 2 ◄ (2 versions) The 97 ITF Team World ... Blackberry Records 1998
Laid In Full (CD, Mixed) On Deadly Ground, I've... Blackberry Records 1999
Scratch Cyborgz From Outerspace (Cass, P/Mixed, Comp) Suckas (Sucka DJ Dis) Not On Label 1999
Strength Magazine Presents Subtext (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) You Ain't Fresh Full Frequency 1999
Always Bigger And Better EP (Vinyl, EP, Promo) Triple Optics (Funky P... ABB 2000
Masters Of The 1 & 2 (CD) On Deadly Ground Virgin Music (Canada) 2000
Fat Beats Compilation Vol. 1 (Comp, Album) ◄ (4 versions) Fat Beats Koch Records ... 2001
URB - Future:Music:Culture: Subscriber Premium V.17 (CD, Smplr, Promo) Passion (Radio Edit) URB Magazine 2001
Juice CD Volume 23 (CD, Comp) The Man/The Icon Juice Magazin 2002
National Vinyl Association Sampler: Straight From The Crates Vol 1 (12", Smplr) Speakin' The Truth (... Avatar 2003
National Vinyl Association: Straight From The Crates (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Speakin' The Truth Avatar 2003
The Best Of Return Of The DJ (CD) Suckas (Sucka DJ Dis) Bomb Hip-Hop Records 2003
The Draft Mixtape (CD) The Big Duckhunt Kriminal Beats 2004
Strong Arm Radio: Klack Music (Blacksmith Edition) (CDr, Mixed, Promo) Co-Operation Blacksmith Music 2006
In The Mix: The Zombie Playoffs (CD, Mixed) Now You Know Stones Throw Records 2007
Music Licensing Sampler Fall 2007 (2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) The Release Party Decon 2007
Presents 2K8 B-Ball Zombie War (2xVinyl, Comp) Now You Know Stones Throw Records 2007
The Release Party (DVD + CD) Expansion Team Soundsy... Decon 2007
Soundtracks 1.5 (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) L.A. Deck Eternal Beatz Productions 2008
Rock The Bells: Six Years Of Live Hip-Hop (16xFile, MP3) Dearly Departed Selector Series 2009
Bomb Anniversary Collection: 1991-2001 (4xCD) Suckas (Suck DJ Dis) Bomb Hip-Hop Records  
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 1 & Comprehension (2xCD, RE) Intro, Scratch Break, ... Beat Junkie Sound  
Wake Up Show Freestyles Vol. 3 ◄ (2 versions) Freestyle On The Decks... Not On Label  
Unofficial Releases:
Orgasmic Le Toxicologue Est Secrètement Amoureux De Vous (CD, Mixed) Felonius Funk Not On Label (Orgasmic Self-released) 2002
Three The Hard Way: 3rd Anniversary Sounds (CD, Mixed) Pay Attention Jointz Magazine 2004
Choice Cuts (CD, Promo, P/Unofficial) Definition Of Nice Not On Label 2005
Classic / Fan Mail / Go / Lost One Freestyle (12", Unofficial) Fan Mail (Dirty), Fan ... Word Of Mouth (2) 2007
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