Dunc's Donuts

Drew Kid on the Keys

2011-02-11T07:37:00.000-08:00

Drew (aka Drew Kid) has been a good friend of mine for sometime. He's been on the D.C hip-hop scene since he was in high-school. My first encounters with him kind of started in 2007 seeing each other at the same shows. Drew Plays keys on most of the DTMD stuff that i cant actually play and lends some of his classically trained( ha) critique to our projects. Anyways, Drew is a dope keyboard player and is only like 19 or 20 years old. He made playing contributions to DTMD's forth coming album "Makin Dollas", along with Soulful's "Mumbo Sauce and Drumbreaks". Heres a small video I put together of one of those sessions.

Forgive my bad videography.

Enjoy

(photos by Antoine Lyers)

Drew Kid X DTMD from dunc W on Vimeo.

MindsOne - Might Be

2010-12-06T13:14:00.000-08:00

This post is Long over due. The brothers "MindsOne" released a Dope Album named "Self Reliance"
earlier this Fall. Some of the Members are DC natives now living in North Carolina. Although im
yet to meet Them in person, i was really messing with their sound when they hit me up last year for a beat.
I sent them the track and the song came about, they hit up my man Kev Brown and he hopped on the track for a verse
If you get a chance, go on itunes and cop "Self Reliance"
Its a real well put together album
Some of the producers including myself were Kon Sci (mindsONE), J Rawls, Kev Brown and Illmind
Once again, happy i can contribute to an album with that cast of producers .

Stik Figa's From the Top EP

2010-12-02T18:36:00.000-08:00

I've been hearing about Stik Figa since the myspace days through the big bro, Oddisee. Finally Stik made the trip from Topeka to DC and i just so happened to be there. Odd and Stik were working on the EP, and i played Stik some beats and he picked one of my beats that later became, "From the Top" the title track of his EP.

Stik later recorded on the track and after i left, Oddisee added, horns, synths and bass to the beat.

Anyways, Stik Figa is one of my new favorite artists and im just glad i could contribute to the project. Oddisee and Stik made a great EP. Be sure to check out "bucket", my favorite track on the EP.

A loan for the lonely X The Struggle is Real (single)

2010-11-30T07:59:00.000-08:00

DTMD is back again.

We've been hard at work polishing up the "Makin Dollas LP" to release sometime in early 2011. In the meantime, we present to you our new singles off the album.

Included are the acapellas for "The Struggle is Real"(bpm 103) and the instrumental for "A Loan for the Lonely". We hope you and enjoy and this helps you look forward to the full length album. Be sure to check out the Video for A loan for the lonely (below) in my earlier Post.

Be Well

And thankyou for the support

_-Dunc & Toine-_

Mediafire Download

The Leftovers EP

2010-11-02T12:53:00.000-07:00

Whats Going on world?
Im dropping this instrumental EP after a longtime of deliberation.
I was going through some old files and realized nothing became of these beats so i decided to do something about it
They are either DTMD joints that didnt make the album or simply beats i completely forgot about.
So i figured id compile them into one EP to release.
Spread the word.
Thankyou so much for the continued support of DTMD
The album "Makin Dollas" is on its way.
Peace and Respect

The Leftovers

(Graphics by Zack Schamberg)
download
http://www.mediafire.com/?xecycxdzvuz9dkg

Catching up on things

2010-09-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

We've been hard at work since the Basics dropped. We're finishing up the album "Makin' Dollas'".. Just to catch people up on things. here are the music videos we've dropped since

DTMD - You from dunc & toine makin' dollas on Vimeo.

DTMD - A Loan For The Lonely from dunc & toine makin' dollas on Vimeo.

And the documentary Real music productions shot for us:

Go Hard Or Go Home from dunc & toine makin' dollas on Vimeo.

The Album is coming soon hopefully. Got Some songs to record, and mixing...and then talking to record lables (distributors) about how we're releasing it.
Thanks for being patient.

DTMD-the basics- EP

2010-01-22T07:16:00.001-08:00

Whatup world. Me and Toine are finally dropping the DTMD -The basics EP-. It is just a taste for what is to come. Throw it in your ipod and just let it run. We hope you enjoy it. Peace.
-Dunc/toine/makin/dollas

DOWNLOAD
http://www.mediafire.com/?z5nzyyg2wny

Quick Beat (pause)

2009-12-03T16:50:00.000-08:00

A late night beat. Probably will go on the dtmd joint...check it

Diamond District

2009-11-15T13:31:00.000-08:00

I headed up to Philly with the homie Mahadeo and met up with my friend Mike to go see the Diamond District show. The show was 21 and under but Oddisee somehow got us in. Anyways the show was dope. Even though it was raining, alot of philly cats showed up including Bilal, Baby Blak, Hezekiah and Reef the Lost cause. Check out my footage from the show

Prince George's County

2009-10-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

Part 1 of many installments....
I like where i live for some reasons and theirs a lot of reasons why i want to get out of here..
For one, There is no where good to eat aside from chains that have been strategically placed to exploit our communities( Aside from College park, a virtual "Bio Dome" of PG County). ie. Mcdonalds on every corner, a KFC built into Cheverly Terrace
apartemt complex ( a low income african/ african American apartment complex riddled with crime, there has been 3 murders there in 2 weeks) There is a popeyes/Mcdonalds in Dodge park, right outside of palmer Park and Kentland.
To top that off, right across the street is the "25 hour conveninece store/ liqours " Dubbed by the comminity "2-5" signifying the Landover area.. Really?? a liquor store is representing where your From??? tight!!

If you head south a bit more down 202 you will come across largo town center/ The Boulevard..Guess whats there?? Chick-Fillet, BOJANGLES!, Mcdonalds, taco bell... Any mom and pop Shop?? any local neighborhood deli?? nope. The community wont support it. Why?? Probably because corperate America has trained this area to only be accustomed to these establishments. Is it our fault?? Probably. The only way this area will get it self out of mediocrity and crime is by Demanding and establishing home-grown buisness'es and customers who care for and support them. Bringing in Revenue for its inhabitants and not Mcdonalds and bojangles. Do i think this will happen?? Nope. People that live in PG county seem complacent where they are. It's always dubbed "The Most affluent african-american county on the United states"...So WHat?? what are African-American's abroad (for the most part) doing?? obviously not much if PG is the "Gold Standard".
This is the exact reason it is not acceptable to stay stagnent.
Back to food. The only privately owned buisnesses are chinese carryouts (Gotta love that mambo sauce). I mean we got everything as far as carryouts, Lennys, bennys, Yums, Asian carryout, And "Landover Carryout" (Shown above) All of these have deeply fried chicken and overly sugar'ed sweet tea (further exploting black peoples chronic diseases such as diabetes). On top of that, all the profits are going to non-resisdent asian folk. Where do they live? Probably virginia and MOCO
Alot of the times i feel like im fucking crazy, like HOWCOME NO ONE SEEMS TO ADRESS THESE PROBLEMS???. So for now, ill continue eating out of those styrophone trays, gallon cups of sweet tea (With the mountains on the cup) in the plastic "Thankyou thankyou" bags. I just really hope something good to eat opens soon or atleast i get out of here before it gets too bad...

Playing records

2009-09-24T07:28:00.001-07:00

I Finally got my DJ set-up kragginoff....so i figured id throw some of these random videos of me spinning some records found around the house...IM NO DJ, so please don't think "this guy sucks" lol, im still learning stuff to say the least. Anyways, i thought the play list was pretty tight, take a listen if u git the chance..

Untitled from dunc W on Vimeo.

Seeya Later Summer

2009-09-05T07:50:00.000-07:00

Summer is coming to a close soon which sucks. I've had a fairly decent summer id say, i didn't even end up doing half of what i set out to do but i still managed to have a goodtime anyways. School is back and fall is upon us, which means two things....winter is after fall and football season is back. Im only pumped up about one of those things.....

Heres a video i shot while down on St. Simons Island, everything down there was beautiful (except the overly tan conservative republicans who could smell outsiders from a mile away) i got a chance to hop on a bike and shoot from where we stayed.
If you have even the slightest bit of an attention span maybe you can watch the whole video, its only the length of a song..so yeahhhhh. Enjoy!!

Georgia from dunc W on Vimeo.

Back to school Day 1

2009-08-31T12:05:00.000-07:00

ahhhh, back to school, i got mixed feelings about it but its whatever, ill try to make the best of it..Anyways over the weekend, Oddisee gave me 2 bins of records he was given by sean born when he first started making beats, so i am in the process of picking whats dope and whats not..Kinda feels like the torch has been passed lol (in the form of unsleeved, dirty ass records)....now to make something with it.

Last week, i headed oveer to the Kev Brown "Random Joints" release party, the turn out wasnt as good as expected (ie dc hiphop in general) but it was all family up there, saw the likes of Nick the wonda, Oddisee (fresh bac from London), Slim kat 78, Jlaine, Kev , Kaimbr, Quartermain, Zack, Toine, MC, Drew KID, BMP Brothers, Charlie Ross, XO and a handful of other people i probably forgot, anyways, heres my footage of the event..

Kev Brown Release party from dunc W on Vimeo.

Slow Week

2009-08-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

Man.....
I love Knowledge, but boy do i hate school. I finally picked a major and im headed back to PGCC (womp WOMP) after a semester off hiatus. I Want to make beats all the time, but i undertand that education is pretty important too, so im going to once again try my hand at doing both at the same time. Dont get me wrong, music is all i want to do and the only thing i really get excited about, but it can't hurt to have a degree too. Anyways, all week ive been back and fourth between UMD and PGCC to git my transcripts right and blahdshfjdk.dnjk.gds...wuteve.I didnt make any beats this week which is wack.
Sooo, thought id share one of my favorite producers with the world. Some of you may know him from the "heralds of change" (Mike Slott and Hudson Mohawke) Others may know of him from his solo work as well.
Anyways, got the oppurtunity to link up with Mike Slott last summer (now a resident of NYC) with Oddisee and Abdullah. I think we spent like a week up there at his hosue which was dope...
Turns out he's a real good dude. Definitely one of the nicest ppl ive met perioid..

Check out this instrumental "Soul Investigators" Sum dude Lunice is dancing to the video..

DTMD Session One

2009-08-15T07:50:00.000-07:00

WhatsUp world>??
thought today would be the perfect day to post this being that it's my man Toine's birthday. The young man is no longer a teenager and has stepped into the realm of "20". Anyways, besides me making beats for random artists in the area, i actually have a group I've been working with since 7th grade. Me and toine have been writing rhymes/making beats since "02 and we havnt looked back. We've had many group names, "2 face mafia"(Gaaad, lol) when we just wrote rhymes in middle school and then "The mercenaries" when we were in highschool making beats.

I kept making beats and stopped writing rhymes whereas toine stopped making beats and picked the notepad back up. Since then We've linked up with "Emcee", one of toines friends from highschool to form "Mirror Image". Because we all went to different schools in college, it was kind of hard for us all to link up so Mirror Image kind of went on the back burner and me and Toine Formed the group DTMD (Dunc n Toine making dollars). Anyways, this record is going to Feature verses from Oddisee and other members of lowbudget, and cats we just know in the DMV....Anwyays Toine came over for a session and laid down a verse for the project, check it out

Untitled from dunc W on Vimeo.

Back in the Lab.

2009-08-12T07:31:00.000-07:00

I just got back from georgia, i hadnt been able to make music the whole time which was pretty annoying, anyways, the first day back i sat down and banged out a couple joints, this one was my favorite by far...Thanks to my man 'Toine for the sample...as always..
SOrry my video isnt all COOL, with an MPC for me to tap on, i do everything in the computer now..

Dunc's Beat of the Day 8-11-09 from dunc W on Vimeo.

The Wackness

2009-08-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

The past two days were supposed to be pretty eventful. I was supposed to go to my friends house and buy his entire record collection (huge collection) but i guess he was busy and what not. THEN my man Dj Juslissen selecta was supposed to drop off his extra DJ mixer so i can start my DJ'ing career LOL...(i gotta be able to tour somehow, promoters wont pay for producers to travel without a stage talent, and im not rappING! yet) but yea juslissen has been super busy so i guess that didnt work out tho the night is not gone. Im not complaining becuase hes doing ME a favor so it whatever. Anyways, i spent the whole day chopping breaks and trying to imitate late 70's-80's disco for the new Critically Acclaimed album. Im pretty hyped to even have the oppurtunity to work with those cats, ive been a fan since i was in highschool..anyways, back to the beats.

I'm off to Georgia tommarow, more pictures to come...

Mixerless turntables!...please come thru Jusslissen.
im an impatient bastard..

Football, my other Love.

2009-08-03T18:49:00.000-07:00

This blogspot is pretty much going to be random and not exclusively for music, just thoughts, and things i do. I dont make beats ALL THE TIME, though it takes up most of my free time. ANYWAYS, i headed over to redskins park with my friends to check out the 09' redskins, things looked great, Jason Campbell looked sharp as well as colt brennan. The defense was kind of not letting the offense score which i dont know how to feel that..good or bad...anyways, I cant wait for football season, It gives me something to look forward to during the year.

A few pictures
New Music/ Interviews/ stupid stuff i do to come...
stay tuned.