The Diamond Collective Talks Dae One and “Pull Up”

The brain and love child of mega-producer Dae One, The Diamond Collective is an unprecedented and historic celebration of women in hip-hop. What began as just a single song blossomed into an obsessive passion project for the veteran mix master, known for his work with acts such as Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Schoolboy Q, Butch Cassidy, and more. With the birth of his new daughter, Dae One put an extra labor of love into the project, seeking to create positive role models for his little emcee-to-be.

Now boasting more than 80 female artists collaborating across 34 songs, this album is shaping into a generational movement. Serving to empower its talented artists through exposure and networking, the Diamond Collective has matched and melded some of the most powerful female voices in hip-hop. Music listeners may one day look back on this first volume of songs as the one that started a whole new era for women in hip-hop. The Diamond Collective, Volume 1 & Volume 2 were released in May of 2023.

The most recent single off of The Diamond Collective, Volume 1 which was released last Friday November 24 2023, “Pull Up” features some serious flexes from Los Angeles acts Miss Bliss, Kemadonna, & Lightbrown Lyrics. Over the confident, bassy beat by Dae One, the talented trio spits master-crafted verses and hooks telling the story of what happens to a man who cheats. Somewhere between a breakup revenge anthem and a vibey badass soundtrack, “Pull Up” can be spun in almost any situation. That’s what happens when artists match a master of the trade with raw untapped talent.

As the cherry on top, Dae One recruited director Yellow Nguyen to capture and craft a music video for the ages for “Pull Up”. The clip tracks the top-class trio as they “pull up” on one of their cheating partners. With sensuous lighting and tasteful time lapses, the video flaunts the artists’ uncanny ability to show up equal parts sexy and savage.

The Diamond Collective weighed in on a few things including the new visuals!

Could you tell us the origin of The Diamond Collective?

The Diamond Collective Album started from a conversation i was having with The GAME sister B-Fly about females in Hip Hop and we thought the idea of an album like that would be a great idea

Who are some of your biggest music influences?

Some of my influences are Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sade, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, J Dilla, Outkast, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, NAS, Prince, & Quincy Jones

How have your upbringings influenced songwriting?

It plays a very important roll in my music cause i like to speak from first-hand experience and i feel thats when music is its most authentic

Could you take a through some of your creative processes?

My creative process normally starts off with the drums I feel that the drums are very important to the landscape of production so I always love to start with Drums. But creativity comes in many forms so i try not to get over-consumed with an idea of a process I love to just let the ideas flow.

What is the inspiration behind “Pull Up”?

Pull Up is song that is all about the ladies standing up for themselves making sure to tell the men that they wont tolerate anything less then respect

Could you describe what the collaboration between the four of you was like?

It was all good vibes we have worked on music for years indirectly but never all together so once we stared it was just all great vibes

What advice do you give yourselves to help you perform on stage?

Practice makes perfect we strive to deliver a great show for our fans always. We always make sure we address the crowd and give them what they came for and rock out!

What can we look forward to next?

We will be kicking off 2024 with shooting and releasing more music videos getting more eyes on the Diamond Collective album plus a lot of ladies involved on the album have new releases coming out top of the year stay tuned.

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