DJ Assault
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Craig De Sean Adams better known by his stage name DJ Assault is a hip hop musician from Detroit
, Michigan
. Collecting 12" and 45's since age 7, he would go on to be one of the most recognized DJs and producers of Detroit Dance music.
tracks, such as his popular song "Ass 'N' Titties". "DJ Assault" is described as a fantasy character by the musician.
Craig De Sean Adams was born in Detroit on October 19, 1977 to Theodore and Jeanette Adams. He grew up discovering House and Techno music in the mid 1980s. He soon released Straight Up Detroit Shit, Vol. 1 in 1996. Assault has recently started his own label, Jefferson Ave. LLC, and released another series of 12" records with a mix of classic songs and a collection of new tracks. On November 15, 2008, Assault officially declared to Detroit at a event that he does not represent Ghetto Tech and never did. He describes his sound as Booty Bass
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Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
, Michigan
Michigan
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. Collecting 12" and 45's since age 7, he would go on to be one of the most recognized DJs and producers of Detroit Dance music.
Biography
Together with producer Mr. De' he started Electrofunk Records and Assault Rifle Records and put out a series of 12" singles and mix CDs from 1996 through 1999. The duo then parted ways and Assault would go on to set up his own label Jefferson Ave. LLC. He is best known for his sex rapDirty rap and Pornocore
Dirty rap, porno rap or porn rap, is a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sexually suggestive subjects. The lyrics are overtly explicit and graphic, often to the point of either cartoonishness or extreme offensiveness...
tracks, such as his popular song "Ass 'N' Titties". "DJ Assault" is described as a fantasy character by the musician.
Craig De Sean Adams was born in Detroit on October 19, 1977 to Theodore and Jeanette Adams. He grew up discovering House and Techno music in the mid 1980s. He soon released Straight Up Detroit Shit, Vol. 1 in 1996. Assault has recently started his own label, Jefferson Ave. LLC, and released another series of 12" records with a mix of classic songs and a collection of new tracks. On November 15, 2008, Assault officially declared to Detroit at a event that he does not represent Ghetto Tech and never did. He describes his sound as Booty Bass
Booty bass
The term booty bass can refer to several different, loosely related genres of music.*Miami bass – largely based in Miami throughout Florida and elsewhere in the south...
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Albums
- Straight Up Detroit Shit, Vols. 1-5 (1996)
- Belle Isle Tech (Mo' WaxMo' WaxMo' Wax was a UK-based record label owned by James Lavelle, who founded it in the early 1990s with Tim Goldsworthy. Steve Finan became co-owner shortly after. The label came to recognition for being at the forefront of trip hop, turntablism and alternative rap during the mid-90s...
, 1997) - Assault Rifle Records Mixpilation (1999)
- Assaultland (1999)
- Off the Chain for the Y2K (2000)
- Jefferson Ave. (2001)
- Sumthin' 2 Shake Yo' Azz 2 (2002)
- Belle Isle Tech 2 (2005)
- "Traxx 2 Make Ur Panties Wet" (2007)
- "Passport Player" (2009)
- "Fast & Nasty Vol. 1&2" (2010)
External links
- DJ Assault official site
- Discography at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...