Baltimore Club Goes Platinum

Baltimore Club producers Aaron LaCrate and Debonair Samir have been awarded platinum records by the British Phonographic Industry for their contribution to Dizzee Rascal's hit UK CD, Tongue n' Cheek. The disc hit #5 on the pop chart, topped the R&B chart, and turned out to be Rascal's best-selling effort to date. LaCrate and Samir produced "Road Rage," a track The Times of London called "sublime" and the BBC likened to "a British urban thriller." "It's the first ever platinum plaque for Baltimore Club music," says LaCrate, "and it's even more exciting that we have taken the genre international." Samir is currently working on a disc of his own, Samir's Revenge, and LaCrate is prepping Highlandtown: Ignorant Art for release on his Milkcrate label. [photo: Aaron LaCrate]