Now let me take a trip down memory lane. Who here knows about Obscure Disorder? Before Kanye, before Kid Sister, even before the Allies, my first affiliation was with this Montreal rap group. Obscure Disorder was produced mostly by my brother Dave 1 (sometimes by me), and the 3 MC’s were Dave’s high school friends: Troy Dunnit, Eclipse and Logic. Between 1997 and 2002 we released 5 singles on Audio Research, the defunct indie hip hop label that Dave and I ran together. The highlight was a collaboration with Non Phixion called “2004″.

Troy was the de facto frontman of the group, the only member to release a solo single on Audio Research while the group was still active. OD never really broke up, everyone just grew up and moved on to different projects. We had an album about 75% done but never finished it… Maybe we’ll dust it off the shelves one day and let you hear it.

In the meantime, check out Troy Dunnit’s latest offering, a collaboration with fellow Montrealer Lotus entitled “New Flava” (produced by Lotus).

As posted on the fab Fader blog.

There ain’t much around-the-world-ness going on for me right now, folks. Now that I’m back from Paris I’m doing about 1 gig per week and for the most part staying home and recording. After Christmas I’ll be going to Australia and New Zealand but for now I’m rather sedentary. Last Thursday I did a gig in London…. Ontario! It’s a city about an hour away from Toronto. I think the last time I played there was in 1998, possibly with Obscure Disorder, the rap group from Montreal that I used to DJ for. 

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Found this while scouring Youtube last night… So ill. “Big L Rest in peace!”

Shout out to anyone who has the Troy Dunnit single on my old label Audio Research. If you remember my scratches you’ll know what I’m talking about.