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01. Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz 02. Nobody Beats The Biz 03. Biz Is Goin’ Off 04. Vapors 05. 06. I Hear Music 07. Spring Again 08. What Comes Around Goes Around 09. Buck Wild 10. I’m The 11. Young Girl Bluez 12. Let Me Turn You On VIDEOS 01. Vapors 02. Biz Is Goin’ Off 03. Just A Friend 04. Spring Again 05. Young Girl Bluez 06. Let Me Turn You On

Although he’s known primarily for the crossover hit “Just a Friend,” to categorize Biz Markie’s career on the basis of that song would be KEY SELLING POINTS: wholly unjust. Ultimate Diabolical sets the record straight. As a member • “Just A Friend” is prominently featured in Heineken’s ‘taxicab’ of the stylistically diverse , the formidable clique that campaign running throughout the summer included , Roxanne Shante and Kool G. Rap, Biz • This is the first Biz Markie overview since 2002’s Greatest Hits Markie’s clown character more than held his own. Biz Markie’s which scanned 19,000 in one year manic energy and unbridled persona paved the way for distinctive MCs • This Hybrid release includes six original full length videos like Ol’ Dirty Bastard and . The Biz’s deft including “Just A Friend” and “Spring Again” skills, humorous storytelling, and freestyle finesse are all clear on undis- • Includes never before seen photos from the archives of official puted classics like “Nobody Beats the Biz”, “Vapors”, and “Make the Cold Chillin’ photographer George Dubose Music with Your Mouth, Biz.” But it doesn’t end there, flip the hybrid • Cast member on the MTV show ’s Wild ‘n Out disc over to watch six full length music videos shot by the expert lens of • Does the beatboxing segment, Biz’s Beat of the Day, on the Nickelodeon show Yo Gabba Gabba! “Uncle” Ralph McDaniels. The package also includes never before seen photography by George Dubose. This fun and funky career retrospec- • Opened for during his recent “No Apologies” tour tive succeeds in giving credit where it is due and truely proves to be the • Nobody Beats The Biz “Ultimate Diabolical”. Don’t sleep, after all, the Biz never does... Includes the enduring classic “Just A Friend”

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Format: CD/DVD Hybrid Cat. No: TEG 77510 Label: Cold Chillin’ Available: JULY 21st

Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372 1. 97 Intro 9. The Chosen

2. Rocket Science 10. Combustion Spontaneous

3. Kryptonite 11. World Premier

4. Couldn’t Find Another 12. Creatively

5. Magnetics 13. Widespread

6. The Funnel 14. Holier than Thou

7. Abosotively Posolutely 15. Rain

8. This Year 16. Counseling

RJD2 • • • JAKKI DA MOTAMOUTH • TAGE In the beginning they were just five guys from Ohio. From an unlikely locale the five became some of the most influential people in underground . The MHz concept started with Copywrite who formed the group with longtime childhood friends Camu Tao and Jakki da Motamouth. The trio then met RJD2, who at the time was just getting in to producing Hip Hop. With RJD2 on board as their DJ, Tage joined the group and the five began recording together. A short time later Copywrite met Fondle ‘Em’s Bobbito Garcia who quickly helped the young rapper put out the single “Hollier than Thou” produced by RJD2. The single led to the meteoric rise of both Copywrite who signed to Eastern Conference Records and RJD2 who signed with . But before any of that, there was Table Scraps. This is not a collection of what hit the floor, but a compilation of 12” singles and other cuts that led to the success of MHz and its members. Never before treated to a proper commercial release the time is right for rediscovery of this essential early material from Copywrite, Camu Tao, Jakki, Tage and RJD2.

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Format: CD Cat. No: MBD 025 Label: Man Bites Dog Records Available: JULY 21st

Traffic Ent. GroupDistributed 39 Broad in the Street, USA by Suite The 4, Orchard Quincy, ,MA 23 E. 02169 4th St, NY,• tel: NY 617-845-008810003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: •617-845-0090 fax: 212-979-7372 01. Better Late Than Never 02. Wanna Be A Rapper 03. We Get It In 04. Heads Or Tails 05. Prey Vs. Predator Feat. Kryme Life & Tommy Whispers 06. Project Leaders Feat. Freeway & 07. Respectfully Feat. Ghostface 08. Listen Carefully Feat. Tommy Whispers & Kryme Life 09. Blind Man 10. Live N**ga Night Out Feat. Ghostface & Wigs 11. Stronger Man Feat. Kryme Life 12. Powerful Minds Feat. Royce Da 5'9 13. World Today 14. Direct From The Ghetto Feat. Tommy Whispers 15. What Did I Do Wrong Feat. Slash 16. Mother Like You Feat. Mike Payne

Inspired by and growing up around the most influentital Hip Hop groups release is properly titled Better Late Than Never. The music on of all time, Wu-Tang Clan, Trife caught a glimpse early on of how to this project is exactly what people have been waiting to hear master the craft and become a standout MC. It was only a matter of time from a qualified and gifted artist such as Trife. Fans that have before legendary took him under his wing, and began been waiting for this since 2000 will not be let down. Trife featuring him on . Since then Trife has had the opportunity to be has crafted a classic album both for old and new fans of Hip Hop. heard on all 5 Ghostface albums since , in addition to putting out an album with Ghostface titled Put It On The Line as well as the posse driven 718 by Theodore Unit (Ghostface, , Trife, KEY SELLING POINTS: Wiggs and Solomon Childs). Since his introduction to the die-hard Wu • Trife Diesel also known as Trife Da God fans around the world, Trife has been considered one of the most lyrical, flow-driven MCs to ever come out of the camp. He has traveled the • Trife has appeared on every Ghostface Killah record released in this decade world numerous times on tour with legends such as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Ghostface, , , and countless more. All the • Trife's previous release with Ghostface (Put It On The Line) has scanned over 15,000 units to date while recording and dropping countless mixtapes with J-Love and • As a member of Theodore Unit along side Ghostface and others. His most recent effort goes above and beyond anything from the Cappadonna, the album 718 sold over 24,000 copies past with production from Mental Instruments and more. • Features on Better Late Than Never include Freeway, Trife’s lyrics and sound capture the energy of songs from Biggie and Termanology, Wigs (from Theodore Unit), Royce Da 5'9" and of course Ghostface Killah Tupac’s era; filled with stories and descriptions rarely articulated as well in today’s . He’s been working so hard for so long, his

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Format: CD Cat. No: TDL 781 Label: TDL Available: JULY 21st

Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372 01. We Get Ill 02. Do It, Do It 03. Dedication To All B-Boys 04. Get N’ Paid 05. B-Boy Rhyme And Riddle 06. Saturday Night 07. It’s Crack 08. Housing The Joint 09. Parkside 5-2 (Extended) 10. Dis Groove Is Bad BONUS TRACKS 11. Saturday Night (Instrumental) 12. Housin The Joint (Instrumental) 13. Parkside 5-2 (Instrumental) 14. Dedication To All B-Boys (Scratch Apella) 15. Get N’ Paid (A Capella) 16. B-Boy Rhyme And Riddle (A Capella) 17. Parkside 5-2 (A Capella)

Schoolly D’s sophomore opus is an album based on Originally released on Schoolly’s own label and distrib- high production values, biting, honest lyricism and pure uted by hand (and heavily bootlegged), the tracks from originality. Unlike his first self titled EP that included the Saturday Night! The Album received wider exposure classics “Gucci Time” and “P.S.K. What Does It Mean?,” when it was re-released on LP format via in Saturday Night! The Album’s song lengths are generally 1987. The album was everything Schoolly D was all shorter, making for a harder hitting full-length with about: , loose rhymes and attitude. The only problem, greater impact beginning to end. Schoolly School and it was never given a proper release on compact disc. DJ Code Money came equipped with bigger, better That is until now. Traffic Ent. in partnership with Sony drum machines, rapid fire scratching and discovered the Music is proud to announce the re-release of Schoolly joy of dropping quirky cartoon sound bites atop their D’s debut full length Saturday Night! The Album, remas- patended dusted funk samples. “We Get Ill” and tered, extended and on CD format for the first time ever.

“Dedication to All B-Boys” are hard anthem highlights, This expanded reissue features seven previously while “Parkside 5-2” continue’s “P.S.K’s” ode to his unreleased instrumentals and a capellas and is compli- philly neighborhood, and the title track “Saturday Night” mented perfectly with a 16 page booklet featuring is the kind of sleazy tale of misogyny that put Schoolly extensive liner notes written by Schoolly D himself and (along with acts like NWA and 2 Live Crew) in hot water Brian Colemen (author of Rakim Told Me and Check with many parents, critics and community leaders. The Technique) plus extended images and artwork.

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Format: CD Cat. No: TEG 78502 Label: Traffic Ent. Group Available: JULY 21st

Traffic Ent. Group 39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 • tel: 617-845-0088 • fax: 617-845-0090 01. Spellbound 02. Rockin’ For My Hometown 03. Everybody Knows Me 04. Speed Blocks 05. Fugitive 06. Tales From The Crack Side 07. Your Mom’s In My Business 08. Real Solo Please Stand Up 09. Renee – Renee 10. Solo Rocks The House 11. The Messenger 12. Drums Of Death BONUS TRACKS 13. Fugitive (Super Extended Remix)* 14. Fugitive (A Capella)** 15. Your Mom’s In My Business (Remix 1)* 16. Your Mom’s In My Business (Remix 1 Instrumental)* 17. Your Mom’s In My Business (Remix 2)*

*First time on CD / **Previously Unavailable

“When I was younger I was in a group with Parrish (of EPMD). He thing totally different. I knew that the kids needed something to pick was the DJ in the group and I was the emcee. He grew up and came up on too, and I figured why not let them pick up on something that into his own recording deal. He always remembered that I was good, they can probably read, and at least try and stress that they should and then he heard me one day during the time after I got released. learn how to read in a rap record, and do it in a funky way, and I was He heard some lyrics and before you know it we were in the studio. successful in doing it.” We cut the whole thing for the summer in 1990.” Considered severely underappreciated by many a Hip Hop Available for the first time since it’s initial release is K-Solo’s certified aficionado, Tell the World My Name was a perfect marriage of Hip Hop classic, Tell the World My Name. The man who was signature EPMD production paired with exceptional writing from introduced to the world on EPMD’s masterful second album, K-Solo. A well-rounded emcee, Solo didn’t just make a Unfinished Business, is deservingly given deluxe reissue treatment, 12-track-deep braggadocio LP, but instead also introduced packed with bonus liner notes, audio and artwork. listeners to his gifted story telling abilities. On “Tales From The Crack Side” Solo plays the role of a crack head who’s mind is Upon receiving critical acclaim for his guest appearance on EPMD’s playing tricks on him as his life goes down the drain, while “Knick Knack Patty Wack” in 1989, K-Solo returned in 1990 with the “Renee-Renee” is a message to a particular lady who’s growing up full length record. Receiving a great push from the group that put disrespecting her body. him on, the bulk of the album’s production was handled by Parish Two of the most popular cuts on the album, which also happened to “PMD” Smith, with the successful lead single, “Spellbound”, being be concept tracks, were released as singles, “Fugitive” and “Your produced by Eric Sermon, making Tell the World My Name in fact Mom’s In My Business” (as a promo single). The previously the first “” group project. unreleased “Fugitive” (A Capella), as well as two very rare remix [With ‘Spellbound’], I wanted to come out in the industry with some- versions of “Your Mom’s”, have been included.

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Format: CD Cat. No: TEG 75509 Label: Traffic Ent. Group Available: JULY 21st

Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372 1. Intro feat. Joc Max 2. Elemental feat. Sputnik Brown 3. Lyrics Is Back feat. 4. Lights Out! feat. John Robinson 5. feat. Jigmastas 6. Call Me Señor feat. Señor Kaos 7. Get On Down feat. Fresh Daily, P.CASSO and 8. Making Your Way In The World feat. Breeze Brewin’ and J-Treds 9. Guaranteed feat. (of ) and Yazarah 10. More feat. Dynas 11. More Colors feat. (of ) 12. Melody feat. and Erik Rico 13. Still Golden feat. Tiye Phoenix 14. Outro

Founded by radio personality Sucio Smash (who took over the slot of the legendary Stretch & Bobbito show on 89.9 FM NYC), High Water Music is set to be a major player in the indie Hip Hop scene in 2009. On the heels of their KEY SELLING POINTS: critically acclaimed John Robinson and MF Doom’s “Who Is This Man?” • Behind the scenes videos being release to the blogs: release, they are now ready to release DJ Spinna’s new album Sonic Smash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=609e1GC-hjA

DJ Spinna, born Vincent Williams, has “remained strictly an underground artist • Videos have been shot for the songs “Guaranteed”, despite his astonishing talent”. He began experimenting with turntables at age “Get On Down”, “Elemental” and “New York” 11 and is known for combining dance music with Hip Hop, Funk, and Soul. • XXL magazine feature written by Chairman Mao in the Over the years he has worked with many heavyweights such as , August issue, hitting stores early June Mary J. Blige, and . He also collaborated with on the songs “Three Six Five”, “Watch Deez” and “5 Star Generals”, well before the • Hip Hop Connection, Crate Kings and various other latter went on to super stardom. After releasing some projects with Rawkus, websites running full feature articles he was part of Jigmastas with the MC Kriminul, and then became a member • Myspace.com album premier and front page of Polyrhythm Addicts, an supergroup, consisting of Myspace.com full album stream from June 27th-29th himself, , Mr. Complex, and Shabaam Sahdeeq. More recently Spinna has also worked with New York based live band Tortured Soul. • Summer “Sonic Smash” US and Europe tour

• Collabo T-Shirt with Circus (Thus creating This release marks DJ Spinna’s first Hip Hop album in 10 years and features awareness on sites like Hypebeast.com and such) appearances by John Robinson, Elzhi (Slum Village), Phonte (Little Brother) and Breeze Brewin (Juggaknots) to name a few.

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Format: CD Cat. No: HWM 008 Label: High Water Music Available: JULY 21st

Traffic Ent. GroupDistributed 39 Broad in the Street, USA by Suite The 4, Orchard Quincy, ,MA 23 E. 02169 4th St, NY,• tel: NY 617-845-008810003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: •617-845-0090 fax: 212-979-7372 1. Papa Was Too 2. Give It Up Turn It Loose 3. Let A Woman Be A Woman 4. Sport 5. I‘m Gonna Get You 6. Break Interlude 7. Diff Strokes 8. Hand Clapping Song 9. It’s My Thing 10. Break Interlude 11. T Plays It Cool 12. You Got What I Need 13. Rock Creek Park 14. Break Outro

The Ultimate Breaks & Beats series is a 25-volume collection of songs that serve as the back bone to the world of sampled music. Consisting of music released during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, this series has been done and redone; released and re-released. Available in 7” format, 12” EP, CD, and even mp3, the UBB series has also served as the muse for compilations that followed including the Strictly Breaks series. Those most notorious for sampling these originals include a who’s who of Rap’s best such as DJ Premier, Large Professor, The Bomb Squad, , Dr. Dre, and . Up until now, these songs were never available as instrumental- only and producers have been forced to work around the grunts, screams, and crooning of these classics to isolate that perfect drum beat, breakdown, or sample. Until now. We are proud to present to you the Mr. Chop produced Ultimate Breaks & Beats Instrumentals Volume 2. That’s right, after the success of Volume One we are back with another amazing collection of instru- mentals. As an added bonus, three UBB influenced break interludes are included. It’s a new day for fans of the break beat, and what a better day it is. Producers, start your MPC’s as we give to you Instrumentals - the breaks, the whole breaks, and nothing but the breaks.

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Format: CD Cat. No: TEG 3320 Label: Traffic Ent. Group Available: JULY 21st

Traffic Ent. GroupDistributed 39 Broad in the Street, USA by Suite The 4, Orchard Quincy, ,MA 23 E. 02169 4th St, NY,• tel: NY 617-845-008810003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: •617-845-0090 fax: 212-979-7372