Back in October of 2013, Diplo stepped up for a special Reddit AMA, which we learned a LOT from. To hype up the release of his new compilation Random White Dude Be Everywhere, the Mad Decent head got back into the hot seat to be asked anything. For this edition, he talked about what's going on with Jack U, dropped hints on what you can expect from Mad Decent, and even gave his thoughts on what Switch brought to Major Lazer years ago. Plus we get to find out how many dubs he's really sitting on. Here are 10 more things we learned about Diplo.
Switch works with female vocals "like a renaissance painter"
His son has four songs on his iPad
They include Usher's "Good Kisser" and Tegan and Sara's "Everything Is AWESOME!!!"
Jack U is putting out a mixtape
When the question about an album from his Jack U project with Skrillex came up, Diplo said that not only are they working on a mixtape, but that he wants to get the first song up (the Kiesza-featured "Take You There") up sometime this week. Further into the AMA, Diplo details how he first met Skrillex:
"ive been working with sonny for about 5 years.. he was one of the first producres i met when i moved to LA.. and we jsut always been really close musically with our ideas. we made a song for his EP around bangarang that we never finished called amplifier that was remade atually and was pretty cool.. he even sang and played guitar on a few major lazer demos for me.. i have about 45 songs in the pool for the new record so im not sure whats gonna make it.. but jack u we just make the songs really randomly in DTLA or random places in hotel rooms very quickly"
There are Diplo-produced Kanye West tracks out there
K-pop is coming to Mad Decent
Diplo and GTA have a tune that might be on Usher's next album
The spirit of electronic music might be a ghost
Miami, Paris, and New Orleans apparently have the best twerkers
Expect to see some Siberian twerkers in the video for his Alvaro collaboration "6th Gear."
He has a decent batch of dubplates
Last week, people went mad when footage of Diplo playing a special dub of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" came out (for those who don't know, it's been said that Diplo is working with Madonna on new material). This is really nothing new, especially in dub/dancehall culture, and while Diplo has "over 100" dubplates ("a few pop dubplates that no one has"), guys like Rodigan and Wyclef might murder him if it was soundclash time.
Diplo's biggest culture shock? Actually having fans in Jamaica
