Career
Dallas' first solo offering, "Something Now", was released on 8 December 2008, through Dirty Records.
His debut solo album, Something Awesome, was released on 31 August 2009. It debuted at #22 on the RIANZ chart and reached #1 on New Zealand's iTunes chart. Something Awesome was awarded Best Urban/Hip Hop album at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards on 7 October 2010 and was shortlisted for the inaugural Taite Music Prize in 2010. Dallas's second album The Rose Tint was also shortlisted for the Taite in 2012.
After his video Big Time was featured on Kanye West's blog in 2010, as well as other US-based media drawing attention to his music, Dallas signed with Duck Down Records and has been spending time in New York City, collaborating with such artists as Freddie Gibbs, Buckshot, Kid Daytona and Tayyib Ali.
Dallas released his second album The Rose Tint through his website on 11 May 2011 as a free, digital-only release in a joint venture between Dirty Records, Dawn Raid Entertainment and Duck Down Records.
Dallas then performed the entrance theme The Usos "So Close Now", which was released on iTunes by 31 October 2011 (Halloween) as part of the WWE Music Group.
In September 2012, David released the "Buffalo Man" EP as a free download, with all songs inspired by, sampled or interpolated from Jamiroquai.
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