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- Black_Diamond_Band abstract "Black Diamond: also known (as \"The Mateen’s Band\", and the \"West Afro East Band\" ), is a group of American musicians from Bakersfield, California that formed in the late-1970s. The band is primarily known for their addiction to gigs, and is recognized for the funk, soul, hip hop, and reggae music they composed. The band is also remembered for the remixes they did of popular top 40 songs which mainly consist of funk, and dub, hits they performed (as a cover band), before they began composing, producing, recording, and performing their own original material at music venues, such as Universities, pubs, club (organization's), night clubs, hotel partys, and parks, during the late 1970s, the 1980s, and 1990s. The picture to the computer left in figure 1.1, dates back to the same time period (as The Sugarhill Gang), and around the time King Tim & The Fatback Band released (\"Personality Jockey\"). Which is often considered to be the first recorded rap, and the first commercial released rap single that marked the beginning of the rap industry. Before Dr Dre's group the World Class Wreckin' Cru, Electro funk, and Electro-hop existed. The band, is also credited for the performance they did at CSUB \"California State University of Bakersfield,\" called \"Hey Deejay..Were You Playin With Em,\" and for the \"Jamaican tour\" they did in Montego Bay as members of the \"Jamaicans Musicians Union,\" with international Jamaican, Rocksteady, and ska stars such as Freddie McGregor, and Judy Mowatt in the late 1970s.The band is also credited, and famous for the early rap music they did on the west coast with the first west coast rap group based in Los Angeles, California called \"Dark Star,\" formerly known (as \"The Rappers Rapp Group\"), during the 1980s. The Black Diamond members is also known for their on stage contributions as a band and their solo contributions to the early productions of southern hip hop mostly either on stage, or behind the scene (as Studio musicians), through independent hip hop production labels, mostly through a label called -\"Organized Noize\". The band is also known for the stage performance they did with the Goodie Mob for the groups \"Still Standing\" album release party event, during the late 1990s. the band also did the theme music for the \"King George- the King Who Ran for President\" soundtrack back in the early 2000s. The Black Diamond Band, is documented among the first bands in central California from Bakersfield to make hip hop, jazz, soul, dub, and funk music along with other local bands and musicians from Bakersfield such as \"Sweet Smoke\", \" \"The Uncle Famous band,\" Sherley Anne Williams, \"The Perri Sister,\" \"The Reach Band\" and classic Doowop vocal groups from Bakersfield back in the early-to-mid 1950s and 1960s such as \"The Colts,\" and \"The Paradons\" which both formed during the same time period as the Bakersfield Sound. The \"Black Diamonds,\" \"Uncle Famous,\" \"Reach,\" and \"Sweet Smoke,\" are often compared to each other and credited by locals in the community for being \"active musicians\" or \"active bands\" that played a major role in Bakersfield, and Kern County's African American music history.".
- Black_Diamond_Band activeYearsEndYear "2015".
- Black_Diamond_Band activeYearsStartYear "1978".
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