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Rushden & Diamonds (abbreviated R&D) is an electronic alternative hip hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting mainly of the duo Michael Rushden (Michael James Gilbert) and Lord Diamonds (Robert Karl Edward Koch). Frequent collaborators include rapper Kool Keith, hip-hop producer Kutmasta Kurt, vocalist Moka Only, rapper Dylan Ross and most recently Japanese Video Game Music composer Naoto Tanaka. Rushden & Diamonds's first claim to fame was their song "Fast Lane" which was featured in Sega's PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 beat 'em up video game, ''Anarchy Reigns'', and its subsequent soundtrack. Fellow west coast hip-hop group Dilated Peoples also contributed to the game and soundtrack. ==History== Rushden & Diamonds was founded in the mid-2000s by Vancouverites Michael Rushden (Michael James Gilbert), Lord Diamonds (Robert Karl Edward Koch), and Davidson (Ivan Mathew). Michael Rushden & Lord Diamonds had been friends since high school while Davidson first met with Michael while attending Vancouver Film School. During the mid 2000s Michael and Davidson were primarily focused on working in animation while Lord Diamonds began working on an unnamed hip-hop project. Soon after taking interest in Lord Diamonds production, both Michael and Davidson began contributing to the album's writing. Davidson proposed the name of the group to be Rushden & Diamonds in which Michael and the Lord later adapted into their current alias's. In 2007, Lord Diamonds met with American hip-hop producer Kutmasta Kurt outside his concert with Kool Keith in Victoria BC. At that time they exchanged contacts and discussed artwork services from Michael. Later that year Michael created the album artwork for Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt's 2008 release, Dr. Dooom 2 in trade for some additional production to be added to Rushden & Diamonds still unnamed project. While Michael was busy working on artwork, Lord Diamonds started to produce a beat for Memphis based Crunk rappers Lord T & Eloise. The beat that Lord Diamonds created was used for the song Coup d'État which was featured on both Lord T & Eloise's second album, Chairmen Of The Board and Rushden & Diamonds debut album 2010.〔("Artists who make an appearance on 2010" ) ''Diary Of A Hollywood Street King'' August 9th 2010〕 Throughout 2008, Rushden & Diamonds continued collaborating with artists including MC Paul Barman, Moka Only, Baba Brinkman, Jacky Jasper, Elaine Lil'Bit Shepherd and Dylan Ross. The album 2010 was released on August 10, 2010 physically in the United States via Kutmasta Kurt's label Threshold Recordings.〔("THR-2010 2010" ) ''Discogs'' August 2010〕 The album was also physically released in Canada by Lord Diamonds label Volunteer Media with distribution by Fontana North.〔("Fontana North Aug 10th – 17th" ) ''Fontana North'' August 2010〕 Since the release of 2010, Rushden & Diamonds have toured extensively throughout North America and Europe including playing at Lyon France's Nuits Sonores〔 ''Moltisanti'' June 2012〕 alongside Kool Keith. Other hip-hop artists to have toured with Rushden & Diamonds are KRS-ONE, Kutmasta Kurt and most recently the Ultramagnetic MC's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rushden & Diamonds (music group)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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