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The digital release will be February 2, 2024. so the MP3 download QR code provided with the vinyl will only be activated on this date.

Finally an all official reissue of THE french rap classic by almighty IAM sees the light of day. Essential pick!

This 20th Anniversary 3LP release features instrumentals and never before heard rarities, pressed on White, Yellow and Black vinyl in a wide spine sleeve

Sir James and King Johnny are the leading figures of the mysterious crew: L'Entourloop. These elders, fed on the sound of sound systems, vinyl culture and lulled by the epic dialogues of the cinema of yesteryear, concoct a fine fusion of Reggae and Hip Hop. These beatmakers like to use scratches and samples, all blended with a vintage french touch that makes us travel from France to Kingston, London and New York! The two unstoppable seniors come back this fall to hit ever stronger with a new EP called "Golden Nuggets" in collaboration with the Jamaican Skarra Mucci aka the "Dancehall President". "Golden Nuggets" is a 6-piece-EP in which we find all the ingredients that make the magic of the sound of Entourloop and Skarra Mucci.

"Tale of frustration": The story of a character who confuses his need for recognition with his passion, which will lead him to blame his "pseudo failure" on the people around him... This tale tells how his frustration leads him to his descent into hell.

I wrote this album in 2005 in the same period as "Soldats de Fortune".

"Story telling" is a genre that I really like in rap and I wanted to write a series of titles where we would find the same characters at the heart of a story with the ambition of shooting a film based on this album.

The opposite of a "film soundtrack", we will say that it is the "original film of the album" that I co-directed with my friend Didier D.Daarwin.

Each performer on the album is interpreted by an actress or actor: Amel Bent/Leila Bekti; Faf Larage/Roschdy Zem; Veust/Omar Sy; Sako/Fred Testot; and myself by Nicolas Cazalé.

I would like to thank all these artists again for their participation in this project and for their trust. Thanks also to Marie Guillard, Rivka, Oxmo Puccino, Soprano and all the participants of this film, including Yves Bigot who signed the project at France Télévisions and who was thanked before the broadcast.

Thanks to France Télévisions for having believed in this project by broadcasting it on 08/08/2010 at 10:45 p.m., which forced us to release the album on 07/26/2010 and to the CSA (now ARCOM) for to have classified the film, prohibiting it to those under 16.

But despite everything, beyond their "contempt"; this project remains a magnificent human and professional experience. I put one of my big dreams in a big box...

Today, a few years later and with hindsight, I am very proud to include this project in the celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop culture. "Conte de la frustration" will be available on vinyl on May 11 and in preview on May 1.

Peace...
Akhenaton “

”Nocturnal is Misha's debut album. The eight song LP features numerous collaborators, including instrumentalists and vocalists like Oddisee, Ayelle, and Katori Walker. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Misha (and released by NY indie label Sundae Sauuce), this is a producer project blending alternative R&B, hip-hop, vapor soul, disco, dance, and bedroom pop. A melting pot of jams. Moonlit grooves, energized moves.”

This album is a return to the collaborations of Moar with unreleased versions on vinyl and also rare tracks. You will find the boom bap flavor that he likes so much in his hip-hop productions and also some names familiar to the label Trad Vibe! 10 tracks with delicious flavors that will make you travel in time all produced by Moar and his faithful MPC & Sp1200

NF is the stage name of rapper and composer Nate Feuerstein, whose raw emotions and honest lyrics launched him into the upper reaches of the charts with his 2017 album Perception. Initially emerging in 2010, NF gained wider attention after his 2015 album, Mansion, and 2016 follow-up, Therapy Session, both reached number one on the Christian charts. That success set the stage for his 2017 breakthrough. Buoyed by the Top 20 hit "Let You Down," Perception hit number one on the Billboard 200. NF's second Billboard 200 chart-topper, The Search, arrived in 2019 and was followed in 2021 by the mixtape Clouds.

After the hot first single with Sadat X (Brand Nubian) & El Da Sensei (Artifacts), Moar present the full LP Boom Bap Mentality featuring the legendary Dumi Right (Zimbabwe Legit), the underground Finsta (Finsta Bundy), the explosive duet Dirt Platoon, le real Mc Napoleon da Legend, Rita J from Chicago, LS Brigandes from NYC & the newbie & homie Miss Kraze from Nantes (France).
All beats produced by Moar on the MPC’s & SP1200 with many taste of Jazz, Soul & Sera Groove vinyl samples ! Cuts by Moar himself & Dj Impact (Switzerland).

Well here is it... Finally after 20 years Kwote and Grim Reaperz presents to you "Mindz Of Musik". Kwote met Crown (of Grim Reaperz) in the late years of Napster (2001). Working together on a lot of music but never a full projects. These songs are from anywhere from 2004 to 2020, 16 years of music combined to give you everything you are about to hear. Including features from MC Juice, Kool Sphere (Verbal Threat) , Reef The Lost Cauze (aotp), Ang13, Halfabrick, GQ Nothin Pretty and Noah (Tunnel Movement). Just a big list of people that make really amazing music coming together with Kwote to help him to create his first solo vinyl record.. There ins't really one direction, it's all over the place with a method to its madness it takes you on ride, from battle songs to uplifted bars. It represents him and his mind of music, enjoy !

-Limited to 300 copies
-180g Vinyl
-Printed inner Sleeve with lyrics translated in English and German
-Inside-Out Cover print
-Handdrawn Cover Art by Hakim Norbert

Limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.

This previously unreleased French Rap album was produced by Don Philippe and DJ Friction for Philippe's project "No Sé" before they started working on the first Freundeskreis album. No Sé had a big summer hit in France in 1995 with the release of the single "Quelle Aventure" featuring Menelik. The pre-productions began in 1995 and the vocals were recorded in Paris in early 1996. Due to complications with the french label it was never released.

Classic 1995-1996 Hip Hop production flavours combined with great french rap lyrics from dope underground MCs but also french hip hop legends such as Menelik, Dee Nasty and Sidney.

It has been one year since Rocé started offering us a new single series where each song was released spontaneously on digital platforms. On June, 25th he eventually unveils his 6-track EP Poings serrés, with a vinyl edition available on limited edition.

Dumi Right and the late Cadence of Raw Produce were frequent collaborators who connected after becoming label mates on the fledgling Domination Records. This led to a number of incredible creative works including a project called Alternate Reality. While much of their work has since seen the light of day, this song remained, unheard and locked in the vault until now. Produced by Cadence, “Opposite Day” features each MC hilariously playing the role of a rapper rhyming about things totally contrary to what they would do in reality. The song highlights all too common contradictions inherent in much of the commercial rap that is popular today.
The “Nightfall” is another dope track by Dumi Right that features Mr. Lif in a cautionary tale about working to not get caught up in negative cycles. Nightfall serves as a metaphor for falling victim to the darkness and self destructive activities that would lead one down a dead end path.

New LP from the famous french beatmaker, available on black vinyl and a limited green vinyl edition 2LP. With Soul Food II, Kognitif remains consistent with his previous release, and delivers once again, a high-powered Soul-Electro album. The colorful, dancing universe of this beat-maker is filled with Hip-Hop, World Music and Jazz, mingled with Funky Trip-Hop beats. This is food for the soul. Kognitif is a self-taught musician and a Trip-Hop/Abstract Hip-hop producer.His music incorporates various influences and offers a plentiful Soul Groovy Funky Beats buffet. After Soul Food , his successful 3rd album, Soul Food II comes as the second volume of a great collection with the same ingredients, but a different recipee. Kognitif is now a major figure in the "à la française" Tip-Hop, in France and abroad.

Le grand retour de Jazzy Bazz, membre éminent des collectifs L'Entourage et Grande Ville
En 2016, Jazzy Bazz sortait « P-Town », un premier album auto-produit adoubé par la critique, vendu à 15.000
exemplaires et porté par une tournée de plus de 40 dates à travers la France. Jazzy Bazz aime travailler en
famille. Il fait appel aux musiciens qui l’accompagnent sur scène (3.14 Band) pour travailler ensemble sur son
second album « Nuit », sur lequel il dénude le côté sombre de la vie, privilégie le fond autant que la forme, choisit
soigneusement ses thèmes et cisèle chaque rime avec exigence. Pour rendre la nuit plus folle, Jazzy Bazz invite
des guests de prestige Nekfeu, Alpha Wann & Esso, Bonnie Banane ou encore Sabrina Bellaouel.
A la fois, exigeant, poétique, mélodique et puissant, « Nuit » s’impose comme un album majeur de cette rentrée
2018.

Limited vinyl edition!
Bastard Prod releases his long-awaited debut album “100 Comme Un Chien”.
Originally from Toulouse, the collective consiting of Furax Barbarossa, Toxine, 10vers, Abrazif and Sendo has built a solid reputation on the road by igniting one by one the halls of France.
The spirit of the pack is so intense, that one can easily consider them as the worthy French representatives of Vinnie Paz, Jedi Mind Tricks or La Coka Nostra.

Supreme NTM's final studio album from 1998 finally made available again for all vinyl diggers!

NF is the stage name of rapper and composer Nate Feuerstein, whose raw emotions and honest lyrics launched him into the upper reaches of the charts with his 2017 album Perception. Initially emerging in 2010, NF gained wider attention after his 2015 album, Mansion, and 2016 follow-up, Therapy Session, both reached number one on the Christian charts. That success set the stage for his 2017 breakthrough. Buoyed by the Top 20 hit "Let You Down," Perception hit number one on the Billboard 200. NF's second Billboard 200 chart-topper, The Search, arrived in 2019 and was followed in 2021 by the mixtape Clouds.

Da Best Riddim Eternal Action Krew ! Here is the mission that DA BREAK has given itself for this 3rd album : To drop a new
opus of great quality, which will remain eternally engraved in the memories of Soul Music... BOOM! As simple as that! ;)
Jennifer "Hawa" Zonou & Rémy Kaprielan, founding members of the group, have decided to tighten the ranks and clarify
the content of their music: an aesthetic still anchored in their dear 90's Soul Hip Hop culture, but also with a sharpened ear,
attentive to today's world and sounds, always searching for federating grooves and warm vibes.
DA BREAK has entrusted the production of the LP to Pierre Vadon (also the band's Live keyboard player) who has already
proved the quality of his compositions and arrangements on the second album LET IT SHINE. The mission remains
unchanged: to gather, in the line of the social values defended in the 90s urban music, crib of their inspiration. Grounded,
conscious, questioning, celebrating, comforting, staying open to the world and to each other. Each song is a painting, a
story, a reflection...
Composed during an intense period on the emotional level, this album is a subtile mixture of musical influences: from the
most old school Hip Hop beat to the most contemporary flow, going from West Coast vibes to Caribbean colors. DA BREAK
IS BACK and its key word remains the same: GROOVE.

‘90s French rap on CD

4th album for Dizzylez, the European Slam-Poetry Champion. Check out his dope flow and dig his ability to be tricky, punchy, right and precise.For his first LP ever, Diz has worked again with jazz cats : it sometimes sounds like this is all but improv', sometimes you can definetely shout : "oh, what a tight production !".This spoken-word jewel is a "300 copies edition" and comes with a phat booklet of 16 exclusive short stories.

Trad Vibe records is happy and proud to present you this project as well execptional as unpublished! We are in 1994, DJ Clyde left the group Assassin and launched the 1st French Mixtapes but he sees even further and launches into the production for the 1st time since he became a hip-hop activist. His set up seems very simple but unusual and innovative for the time especially in France with a Sp1200 and two S950 and a maximum of Soul, Funk, Jazz vinyls that he digs with his crew Hypnotyc Djs (Dj Clyde, Dj Max, Dj Asko). The project is also exceptional because it comes from a cassette archived by Clyde of beats sent for the album Paris Sous Les Bombes of the famous group Suprême NTM (3rd album of the group). Of course you will not find the beats released with his last but all the unselected gems that reveals the talent and the advance that Dj Clyde had taken in the production at that time! More than an instrumental album or beat tape, this project is a testimony of the history of Hip-Hop and moreover of Beatmaking in France in the 90s which was not supposed to see the day. The cover is made by the talented grafiti artist Cyril "Kongo" of the famous and historical crew of graffiti artists MAC (founded in 1986 in Montreuil).

Zürich MC Zaïd works with Devaloop, Mr. Käfer & DJ Sight on this 6 Track EP, comes with all Instrumentals on the B-Side and Acapella of Workflow. Dope Pixel-Art Cover, Black Vinyl and handnumbered 150 Copies worldwide only. Will never get repressed. Don´t sleep!

The last and long-awaited third instalment of the trilogy "For The Luv Of It" is finally out, exclusively on vinyl. After Volume 3 and Volume 2, both critically acclaimed and supported by a worldwide audience, E.Blaze just released Volume One, with an emphasis on instrumental versions of some of his classic productions such as "Capital Q" by Infamous Mobb, "Contagious" by D.i.T.C's O.C. and AG from their oasis album, and with a mix of updated bangers from the past alongside some new productions. The musical cocktail of beats is a feast for the ears, and a truly rare piece of hip hop mastery with a beautiful artwork cover to go with it. The instrumental record For The Luv Of It - Volume One Reloaded - Part One is a real treasure to be added to any serious vinyl collection of the genre. Eric Blaze (E. Blaze) is a Paris record shop owner, a worldwide music producer and a label manager at The Group NYC. Before embarking on his New York journey, he co-founded the legendary Hip Hop French group Tout Simplement Noir in 1989 and eventually decided to move to the Mecca of Hip Hop where he has worked for two decades as a vinyl specialist at world-famous A1 and Academy records, and as a music producer, crafting numerous tracks for Hip Hop finest MCs such as Krs one, D.I.T.C., Milano Constantine, OC and AG, Blaq Poet, Infamous Mobb, etc. Over the years, to highlight his skills and efforts, and most importantly recognized and encouraged by his peers. Co-signed by the best original beatmakers in the world, Lord Finesse, DJ Premier, and Large Professor, Eric released on his own New York based company four instrumental records: For the Luv of it Volume Three and Volume Two, Bandwidth and Flip Side.

Bold is the new collaboration between High Ku (Chinese Man) and Supa-Jay (Scratch Bandits Crew). Born in 2021 in the Chinese Man Records labs, this new project synthesizes the passion for the forgotten samples of one and the melodic and compositional talents of the other. Their eponymous debut album, scheduled for January 2022, develops a universe where old school Hip Hop and Trip Hop collide, subtly sprinkled with more modern rhythms borrowing from Trap and Electro.

Loxley, Swing et Primero sont de retour ! Trois ans après "sapiens", salué par la critique et adulé par les fans, L'Or Du Commun dévoile "Avant la nuit". Si la plupart des textes a été écrite avant le confinement, cet album s'inscrit aussi bien dans son époque que dans l'ADN du groupe, en définissant précisément la rupture entre deux périodes, le jour et la nuit, l’avant et l’après. Découvrez 14 nouveaux titres, parmi lesquels « Négatif », « Sable » et « Ciel rouge », et avec des invités (Lous & The Yakuza, Caballero, Romeo Elvis, Zwangere Guy) aussi prestigieux que proches du trio bruxellois.