{"id":1076,"date":"2017-02-06T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2017-02-06T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:52:22","slug":"da-great-deity-dah-releases-the-soundtrack-to-the-resistance-declaration-of-war-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"Da Great Deity Dah Releases \u201cThe Soundtrack to the Resistance\u201d Declaration of War Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Da Great Deity Dah\u00a0Releases\u00a0\u201cThe Soundtrack to the Resistance\u201d\u00a0Declaration of War Revisited<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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90s MC and DC\u2019s finest\u00a0releases\u00a0new double album and takes steps to address issues in the community<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington, DC, USA- (February 3, 2017) Da Great Deity Dah\u00a0releases\u00a0his long-awaited album,\u00a0Declaration of War Revisited<\/em>\u00a0amid unrest at the beginning of the presidential term of President Trump.\u00a0 In 1998, Da Great Deity Dah\u00a0released\u00a0his 4th<\/sup>\u00a0Studio project,\u00a0Declaration of War,<\/em>\u00a0met with incredible reception worldwide with fans across the globe buying the classic album on vinyl and for the first time, at that point, a music project on CD.\u00a0 Focusing on topics of criminal justice, spirituality, civil rights, and his personal journey in life as a young black male in America,\u00a0Declaration of War<\/em>, resonated with the masses worldwide who sought food for the mind, and appreciated the finest in lyrical dexterity and quality\u00a0prose. \u00a0Declaration of War Revisited<\/em>\u00a0is just that, a double CD featuring the original album with additional tracks, plus an entire album of remixes of each track and additional unreleased tracks from the 90s.\u00a0 The remixing of the album was unlike any done before, as Deity Dah partnered with his son, Wole Idowu, who he raised in DC and who graduated high school at 15 to study electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.\u00a0 Wole has a student organization, Toyz Nation Gaming League (TNGL), on campus that is focused on diversity in technology and creative industries. They have organized\u00a0multi-discipline hackathons with a diverse group of students across lines of race, sexuality, gender, religion, majors, and universities.\u00a0 Quincy “Big Heff” Taylor, a marketing representative from Def\u00a0Jam, who said of the project \u201cThe creative process of this project from Deity Dah fits so much \u00a0from classic hip hop with substance, animation with a comic book , technology with Toyz Watch , vintage vinyl , and action figures it’s the rebirth of a timeless project”<\/em> spoke to the students about career opportunities in the\u00a0music industry; Google had an engineer advise students on development of applications using sensors and data gathering with wearables; Oculus partnered and students developed VR games using systems built by Da Great Deity Dah; and\u00a0producers from the original project: Mood and Vibrations and Slimcat78, taught students how to produce music, some of which was used to contribute remixes to this project. Students were also able to develop applications for an Android smartwatch, the Toyz Watch, which Wole is developing on campus for his startup, Toyz Electronics. The Toyz Watch is also the centerpiece of a nationwide community outreach initiative with Quincy Taylor called Toyz in Da Hood.\u00a0 Da Great Deity Dah is also working with local students from Washington,\u00a0DC and P.G. County, Maryland on robotics and presented them to the greater scientific community, policy makers, and auto manufacturers, at the most recent Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C., this past January.\u00a0 The entire initiative is comprehensive and focuses on career development in multiple fields to prepare underserved communities with the skill and industry relationships to succeed in the workforce.\u00a0 The\u00a0release\u00a0of this album also ties in with a Toyz Nation Developers Conference at Carnegie Mellon University with Wole\u2019s student organization, TNGL, which will feature a recording session with live musicians at Carnegie Mellon Studios, a wearable tech hackathon, VR hackathon, software development using Autodesk, guest speakers including Quincy Taylor, John Dzurik, an innovation expert at the Cleveland Clinic, Gierad Laput from the Future Interfaces Group, Roy Harvey, General Manager of Madden, EA Sports studios Tiburon, Brian Ekins, Principal Developer consultant with Auto Desk, and Tom Corbett, special faculty, Carnegie Mellon\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center. This album is at the intersectionality of creativity, science, medicine, technology, entrepreneurship, and social justice. The first single from the album is\u00a0Rapmatics<\/em>, which was produced at the last hackathon by Moods and Vibrations and Da Great Deity Dah.\u00a0 For more information about the album and the Toyz Nation Developers Conference, visit\u00a0www.lifeordeath20th.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0www.toyznation.com<\/a>. Da Great Deity Dah music can be found on all major digital music platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube. Vinyl, CDs, and other merchandise can be ordered here http:\/\/www.lifeordeath20th.com<\/a> Follow Da Great Deity Dah @DaGreatDeityDah on twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Soundcloud.<\/p>\n

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About\u00a0<\/a>Da Great Deity Dah\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

21 Years ago, Da Great Deity Dah released the Life or Death EP. 3 other Projects followed including the Declaration of War CD & Vinyl release in 1998. He founded his own recording label Royal Alchemist Productions, LLC which will go on to sign recording artists; 5 Bros MCs, Ibn Nur Quiet Storm 720, The Owners, The Romantic Warrior, among others, and also expand into a multi-media company and publish several magazines including; Owners Illustrated, Hustlenomics, Toyz Nation, Toyz Makers, among others. A comic book, Da Great Deity Dah is also published.\u00a0 Hustlenomics DVD\u2019s have also been published and a tech startup has been founded on Carnegie Mellon Campus where Hackathon\/ Developer Conferences have taken place fostering innovation thru a diverse and inclusive, interscholastic, interdisciplinary approach.<\/p>\n

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