High Rolla Films presents Club Music Is The Future DVD and Bonus Club Mix CD (High Rolla Records)

When I spoke to Diamond K for my Club Beat column earlier this year, he said he was working on a documentary about Baltimore club music, and a few weeks ago he sent me the DVD, and City Paper music editor Michael Byrne wrote a feature on the movie recently. It's a pretty low budget film and only really touches the tip of the iceberg as far as the whole story of club music, but Diamond K said he's working on future volumes that will hopefully go deeper. But this one has some pretty great interviews with folks like DJ Equalizer, Reggie Reg, Big Ria (the "Hey U Knucklheads" girl), Dukey Man, and others. You can order the DVD from Diamond K's site, and it comes with a bonus club mix CD featuring songs from Rod Lee, Jimmy Jones & Booman, and Miss Tony, among others, and Diamond K also dropped a High Rolla Records compilation earlier this year.

Rod Lee - "Get Ready" (mp3)
The club mix is a pretty great semi-old school mix with a lot of 5 or 10-year-old tracks on it. One of the funniest things about it, though, is that there are three tracks on the disc that sample Mystikal's "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)": this one, "Bonus," and "Mystikal Shit." I love that Mystikal song and all these tracks, though, especially this one, which also appeared on Rod Lee's Operation: Not Done Yet album. It's kind of appropriate, too, since Mystikal is probably the 3rd most sampled hip hop artist in Baltimore club, after DMX and Lil Jon, Bmore producers just love putting amped up, shouting voices like theirs over club tracks.

Labels: Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore club, DJ Booman, mixtape/album review, mp3, Rod Lee