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1. Get In Line 2. Shoot Em Up 3. Shine 4. Ruga Rell 5. #1 Movement feat. 40 Cal 6. Young Black & Strapped feat. 40 Cal 7. Damn I'm Cool 8. One Eight Seven 9. Where Ya At? feat. Young Buck 10. I Die 11. Hardest () 12. I'm So Special 13. The Ruga Show 14. D.W.S.

Hell Rell is back and you’ve got a choice, Get In Line or Get Lined Up. Line up and you’ll get a fresh view from the street with brand new cuts from one of ’s hottest talents on the mic. Rell’s tougher than Kevlar word play is found throughout from the title track “Get Lined Up” right through the closing cut “D.W.S”. Rell’s swagger is real, “All of my songs are real, nothing is sugar coated. They are all full of substance.” For this isn’t a game. He’s not fronting. As he puts it, “ just comes naturally to me. I don’t write rhymes down on paper and I don’t practice. It just flows off the top of the dome.” The self professed “hardest out, hungriest out” again lives up to that boastful claim by assembling 15 solid snap shots of the view from the streets. Make your choice, Get In Line or Get Lined Up.

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Format: CD — Cat. No: HKE 7783 — Label: Hellz Kitchin’ Ent. — Available: MAR 10th

39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 845-0088 — Fax: (617) 845-0090 www.trafficent.com DISC ONE 1. Volare (Nel Blue Di Pinto Di Blu) — 2. Al-Di-La — Jerry Vale 3. I Have But One Heart — Al Martino) (The Godfather) 4. That's Amore — Dean Martin 5. Mambo Italiano — Rosemary Clooney) (Married To The Mob) 6. Oh Marie — Louis Prima 7. Lazy Mary — Lou Monte 8. Buona Sera — Louis Prima 9. To Each His Own — Al Martino (The Godfather III) 10. Non Dimenticar — Jerry Vale 11. Godfather Waltz (The Godfather) DISC TWO 1. Angelina/Zooma Zooma — Louis Prima (Casino) 2. Return To Me (Ritorna Me) — Dean Martin (Donnie Brasco) 3. Roman Guitar — Lou Monte (Donnie Brasco) 4. Pretend You Don't See Her (Jerry Vale) (Goodfellas) 5. On An Evening In Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma) — Dean Martin 6. Domani (Tomorrow) — Julius LaRosa 7. Innamorata (Sweetheart) — Dean Martin 8. Love Me The Way I Love You — Jerry Vale (Casino) 9. Eh Cumpari — Julius LaRosa (The Godfather III) 10. Speak Softly Love — Al Martino (The Godfather) 11. My Way (Live) — Paul Anka

What, you think you can lock something like this up for good? Traffic is proud to announce that we’re the new home of the Mob. Mob Hits: Music From & A Tribute To The Great Mob Movies is back in circulation. The RIAA Gold Certified double initially released in 1998 via a direct response TV ad campaign features the music that made the Mob famous.

Since its September, 1998 release as a direct response TV product (and released to retail stores in March 1999), the Mob Hits brand has become a pop culture icon - from Howard Stern’s on-air interview with one of the creators to selection as the #1 Desert Island disc on VH1’s show “The List” to the numerous 4 star album reviews, Mob Hits has sold in excess of 700,000 copies.

Dan Aquilante of the NY Post wrote “If your answer to Who Killed Abraham Lincoln? is I didn’t see nuthin’, I was washin’ my glasses, then Triage Entertainment has an offer you can’t refuse: a double-disc collection of the best-loved themes and songs from the great mob movies”. This is a disc that’ll get your pinkie ring swinging as it features the basics from every jukebox in every Italian restaurant in Bay Ridge. Included are Dean Martin, Al Martino, Jerry Vale, Louis Prima and Julius LaRosa.

Coming Soon: The never before released Mob Hits III...

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FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACKS School Me! – the first release on the newly formed Stage Band Research label – compiles the best funk, jazz, pyschedelia (and a healthy combination of the three!) that America’s high school stage band and university lab bands and jazz ensembles have to offer. This is not an easy task – for every one hundred stage or lab band records you find (when you’re lucky to find them, as they were micro-pressed and never properly distributed outside of the region where the school in question sat), perhaps you’ll find five interesting ones. Out of every hundred interesting tracks you hear, maybe five will contain a little magic. Out of every hundred magical tracks, maybe twenty deserve reissue.

You can tell we’ve been working on this compilation for years, right?

We follow in the footsteps of Cali-Tex’s School House Funk volumes and Now-Again Records proper exhumation of the legendary Houston, Texas-based Kashmere Stage Band’s nigh-perfect repertoire. We’ve assembled a compilation that we feel gives a great cross section of the stage band and jazz ensemble movement in America. A movement meant to educate children and hone their musical talents. A movement that, sadly, has all but disappeared.

We present you with white bands, black bands, mixed bands... bands from well endowed universities and those from impoverished, overlooked high schools... bands from the sticks and those from the bricks... Bands who obviously worshipped James Brown and those who inspired by Cream.

We’ve focused on the era between 1968 and 1975 for this compilation. But this is only the beginning. Let’s hope it doesn’t take us a decade to find enough to make it to volume two.

1. Intro/Let The Sunshine In RESOLICITATION SACRAMENTO SENIOR HIGH Format: CD / Cat. No: STA 001 2. Fat Mama Label: Stage Band Research SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL STAGE BAND Available: March 10th 2009 3. Hummin' MOREHOUSE COLLEGE JAZZ LABORATORY BAND

4. Funky Soup SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL STAGE BAND

5. The Bucket AMBASSADOR COLLEGE BAND

6. Come Together CERRITOS JAZZ-ROCK ENSEMBLE

7. Us CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

8. Frankenstein S.M DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ WORKSHOP

9. Compared To What TSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE

10. The Family of Man COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS STAGE BAND 1975

11. Rock Bass Fishin’ THE ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND

12. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In/Outro SACRAMENTO SENIOR HIGH School Me! – the first release on the newly formed Stage Band Research label – compiles the best funk, jazz, pyschedelia (and a healthy combination of the three!) that America’s high school stage band and university lab bands and jazz ensembles have to offer. This is not an easy task – for every one hundred stage or lab band records you find (when you’re lucky to find them, as they were micro-pressed and never properly distributed outside of the region where the school in question sat), perhaps you’ll find five interesting ones. Out of every hundred interesting tracks you hear, maybe five will contain a little magic. Out of every hundred magical tracks, maybe twenty deserve reissue.

You can tell we’ve been working on this compilation for years, right?

We follow in the footsteps of Cali-Tex’s School House Funk volumes and Now-Again Records proper exhumation of the legendary Houston, Texas-based Kashmere Stage Band’s nigh-perfect repertoire. We’ve assembled a compilation that we feel gives a great cross section of the stage band and jazz ensemble movement in America. A movement meant to educate children and hone their musical talents. A movement that, sadly, has all but disappeared.

We present you with white bands, black bands, mixed bands... bands from well endowed universities and those from impoverished, overlooked high schools... bands from the sticks and those from the bricks... Bands who obviously worshipped James Brown and those who inspired by Cream.

We’ve focused on the era between 1968 and 1975 for this compilation. But this is only the beginning. Let’s hope it doesn’t take us a decade to find enough to make it to volume two.

SIDE A Format: 2xLP 1. Intro/Let The Sunshine In Cat. No: STA 001 SACRAMENTO SENIOR HIGH 2. Fat Mama Label: Stage Band Research SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL STAGE BAND Available: March 10th 2009 3. Hummin' MOREHOUSE COLLEGE JAZZ LABORATORY BAND SIDE B 4. Funky Soup SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL STAGE BAND 5. The Bucket AMBASSADOR COLLEGE BAND SIDE C 6. Come Together CERRITOS JAZZ-ROCK ENSEMBLE 7. Us CORONA DEL MAR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE 8. Frankenstein S.M DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ WORKSHOP SIDE D 9. Compared To What TSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE 10. The Family of Man COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS STAGE BAND 1975 11. Rock Bass Fishin’ THE ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND 12. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In/Outro SACRAMENTO SENIOR HIGH THE SPIDERS “I Didn’t Want To Do It: The Best of The Spiders”

01. I Didn’t Want to Do It 17. I Am The One 02. You’re the One 18. (True) You Don’t Love Me 03. For a Thrill 19. Witchcraft 04. Mellow Mama 20. You Played the Part 05. Lost and Bewildered 21. Is It True 06. Tears Begin to Flow 22. How I Feel 07. I’ll Stop Crying 23. That’s The Way to Win My Heart 08. Mmm Mmm Baby 24. Goodbye 09. I’m Slippin’ In 25. Don’t Pity me 10. I’m Searchin’ 26. Dear Mary 11. The Real Thing 27. A-1 in My Heart 12. She Keeps Me Wondering 28. That’s My Desire 13. “21” 29. Honey Bee 14. That’s Enough 30. Love’s All I’m Puttin’ Down 15. Sukey, Sukey, Sukey 31. Don’t Knock 16. Bells in My Heart 32. Bye and Bye

The Spiders were one of New Orleans’ biggest vocal groups of the 1950’s with brothers “Chuck” and “Chick” Carbo splitting the vocal duties and scoring a #3 R&B hit with “I Didn’t Want to Do It” in 1954. They followed that up with a string of top tens in “You’re the One,” “Tears Begin to Flow,” “21,” and “Witchcraft,” which was later covered by Elvis Presley.

These 32 tracks are the complete works recorded at J&M Studios and COSIMO Studios, New Orleans, 1953-1956

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: CD —— CATALOG NUMBER: GD 973 —— EAN: 8 14983 3009973 LABEL: Gold Dust Records —— AVAILABLE: March 10th VICKI ANDERSON/ LYN COLLINS “Message From a Soul Sister / Female Preacher”

01. The Message From the Soul Sisters 02. I’ll Work it out 03. Sound Funky 04. In the Land of Milk and Honey 05. Don’t Throw Your Love in the Garbage Can 06. Super Good 07. Answer to Mother Popcorn 08. I’m Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants) 09. Once You Get Started 10. You’re Welcome, Stop on by 11. We Want To Party, Party, Party 12. Mama Feelgood 13. Take Me Just As I Am 14. Mr. Big Stuff 15. Think (About it) 16. Me and My Baby Got a Good Thing Going 17. Things Got to Get Better 18. You Can’t Love Me If You Don’t Respect Me 19. Give it Up or Turn It Loose 20. Rock Me Again & Again & Again

Vicki Anderson and Lyn Collins, two of the funkiest female vocalists from James Brown’s revue or from anywhere for that matter, are paired on one compact disc. Previously available as hard-to-find import LPs in the 1990’s when the Godfather of funk was being resurrected by a new breed of DJ, finally available on digital technology.

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: CD —— CATALOG NUMBER: FLAME 5000 —— EAN: 3 98702 305000 LABEL: Famous Flame Records —— AVAILABLE: March 10th VARIOUS ARTISTS “Rare Hillbilly Treasures from the 1950’s”

01. Chisholm Brothers – Pan American 02. Chisholm Brothers – Blue Side of My Heart 03. Kenny Roberts – Hillbilly Fever 04. Teenie Chenault & Country Rockers – You’re No Inspiration 05. Doug LaValley – Two Years for Non-Support 06. Clyde & Willie Mae Joy – Kiss Me Clyde 07. Bella Lee – Red Wagon 08. Johnny White – Folsom Prison Blues 09. Chisholm Brothers – Cattle Call 10. Chisholm Brothers – I’ll Pretend 11. Kenny Roberts – Cry Baby Blues 12. Teenie Chenault & Country Rockers – Make Me Laugh 13. Doug LaValley – 190 More Days 14. Clyde Joy – True Blue Bill 15. Johnny White – Louisiana Gal 16. Chisholm Brothers – Good Time Love 17. Chisholm Brothers – Second Place Heart 18. Kenny Roberts – Slide Them Jugs Down the Mountain 19. Teenie Chenault & Country Rockers – Sideny hall 20. Earl White – Saw Mill 21. Lynn Holloway – Oh Lonesome Me 22. Johnny White – Cannonball Yodel 23. Rainbow Valley Boys – Coal Loadin’ Johnny 24. Doug Terry – Blackberry Boogie 25. Jerry Devine – Movin’ On

The city of Boston, Massachusetts and vicinity was fertile ground for Country & Western artists in the 1950’s and early 1960’s, the best of which are spotlighted here. WHIL-FM was the home of “The Boston Jamboree,” one of the biggest Country & Western ventures on radio, hosted by Johnnie Jones from noon to midnight daily. Twenty five tracks of rare and downright soulful country gems.

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: CD —— CATALOG NUMBER: POINT 5001 —— EAN: 0 38223 0950010 LABEL: Point Records —— AVAILABLE: March 10th VARIOUS ARTISTS “The Best of Anna Records Volume 1”

01. The Voice Masters – Hope and Pray 02. The Voice Masters – Oops I’m Sorry 03. The Voice Masters – Needed (For Lovers Only) 04. The Voice Masters – Needed 05. Johnny and Jackie – Lonely and Blue 06. Johnny and Jackie – Let’s Go to a Movie Baby 07. Johnny and Jackie – Hoy Hoy 08. Johnny and Jackie – No One Else But You 09. Cap-Tans – I’m Afraid 10. Cap-Tans – Crazy Sweater 11. Ruben Fort – I Feel It 12. Ruben Fort – So Good 13. Larry Darnell – I’ll Get Along Somehow 14. Larry Darnell – With Tears in My Eyes 15. – Money (That’s What I Want) 16. Barrett Strong – Oh! I Apologize 17. Barrett Strong – Yes, No, Maybe So 18. Barrett Strong – You Know What to Do 19. Ty hunter & The Voice Masters – Everything About You 20. Lamont Anthony & The Voice Masters – I Didn’t Know 21. Herman Griffin & The Mello-Dees – Do You Want to See My Baby 22. Falcons – Just For Your Love

Anna Records was owned by and Gwen Gordy, who was Berry and Anna Gordy’s sister. From 1959-1961 the label was distributed by Chess Records and Gone Records, and was the home to the original version of the hit “Money (That’s What I Want),” which was later one of the first for the Tamla & labels, and helped push them to national prominence. Part one of a two-part series of the best of Anna Records.

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01. Falcons – This Heart of Mine 02. Paul Gayten – Beatnik Beat 03. Paul Gayten – Scratch Back 04. Ty Hunter & The Voice Masters – Orphan Boy 05. Allen “Bo” Story – Blue Moon 06. Allen “Bo” Story – Don’t 07. Bill Murray & George Copeland – Big Time Spender Pt. 2 08. Ty Hunter & The Voice Masters – Free 09. Ty Hunter & The Voice Masters – Every time 10. – I’m In Love 11. David Ruffin – One of These Days 12. Paul Gayten – The Hunch 13. Paul Gayten – Hot Cross Buns 14. Joe Tex - Pt. 1 15. Joe Tex – All I Could Do Was Cry Pt. 2 16. Joe Tex – I’ll Never Break Your Heart Pts. 1 & 2 17. Joe Tex – Ain’t It a mess 18. Joe Tex – Baby You’re Right 19. Letha Jones & The Rivals – I Need You 20. Herman Griffin & The Mello-Dees – Hurry Up and Marry me 21. Bill Murray & George Copeland – Big Time Spender Pt. 1

Anna Records was owned by Billy Davis and Gwen Gordy, who was Berry andAnna Gordy’s sister. From 1959-1961 the label was distributed by Chess Records and Gone Records, and was the home to the original version of the monster hit “Money (That’s What I Want),” which was later one of the first for the Tamla & Motown labels, and helped push them to national prominence. Part two of a two-part series of the best of Anna Records.

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: CD —— CATALOG NUMBER: ANNA 1101 —— EAN: 0 19372 2261101 LABEL: Anna Records —— AVAILABLE: March 10th SIDE A 1. Intro feat. DJ Junkaz Lou 2 Supa Supreme 3. Above Sea Level 4. Flow Smooth 5. Glamour Life SIDE B 6. La Chacha 7. Magnetic Junkadelic feat. Ced Gee & D.Eazy 8. The Real Beginer 9. Tashan... 10. Booty Clap SIDE C 11. We Turn (skit) 12. Black Lagoon 13. New Shhhiiit feat. Champ 14. Indian 15. Track Runner feat. Marc Live & DGIZ 16. Industry SIDE D 17. Zapp 18. Magnetic Junkadelic feat. Ced Gee & D.Eazy (Junkadelic Rmx) 19. Supa Supa Supreme (Larry Hutch Rmx) 20. Booty Clap feat. Big Sche Eastwood (Rmx) 21. Glamour Life feat. Motion Man & Lyrical C (Rmx) 22. Flow Smooth (Kutmasta Kurt Rmx)

Kool Keith is a legend, his distinctive flow first heard on the classic late 1980’s Ultramagnetic MC’s tracks, and since then on record as Dr. Octagon, Rhythm X, Black Elvis, Dr. Dooom, Big Willie Smith, Sinister 6000, and in the groups Cenobites, , Diesel Truckers, and more. Tashan Dorrsett is his newest (and freshest) alias in a long list of pseudonyms.

The album (a true ‘album’ - not a collection of tracks cobbled together by someone outside Keith’s circle) is a departure from his more science fiction/fantasy-oriented characters (Dr. Octagon & Dr. Dooom), he instead offers up a gritty Bronx reality show, starring Tashan as the antihero – the concept described by Keith in his own words:

“Tashan Dorrsett is the reality person from with an image of being real and regular, dealing with daily life situations. The essence of urban living to its all time fullest, block after block, the brick buildings, the hot sun... Areas and struggles of the ghetto I myself walked and experienced. You can't live it through television, you have to walk out and touch it like I've done for years. To all the areas that many people will not visit, I will constantly.”

The album is entirely produced by DJ Junkaz Lou, who has worked closely with Keith in the past (The Collabs Tape, Official Space Tape), as well as with Kutmasta Kurt, Marc Live, Mr. Sche & Tim Dog. His production style augments Keith’s lyric well, a sinister edge complementing the day to day events relayed by Tashan Dorrsett.

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Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372 SIDE A 1. Frequencey Modulation 2. Population Control 3. Were All In Power 4. Watch Out! False Prophet 5. The Machine SIDE B 6. It's Coming Down 7. So We Can Move 8. The Sound Is God 9. Your Summer Song SIDE C 10. Mega Mix 11. In Tune Static 12. San Pedro Cactus SIDE D 13. Love Line 14. Stay Tuned (here) 15. In Love

Radio is not your average instrumental album. Exile did not want to just was experimenting with drugs at the time and was not around much. put beats on a record. He wanted everything to be unique and different, Exile moved with his mother and sister to a two bedroom, Section 8 from the starting concept to the final message of Radio. Sampling apartment. With no money or car and barely enough food… paid for vocals off the radio, Exile overcame the challenge and succeeded in with welfare checks and food stamps, he sought refuge in music. creating a positive message on an instrumental album. As Exile says, Exile’s early exposure to Hip Hop grew into the desire to create the “Good and evil are present on the radio. With this record I express love music he loved himself. At the age of 18, Exile met up with rapper, Aloe in contrast to evil. I did not want to put an album out showing only my Blacc, 16 years old at the time. With a one-button sampler and a four talent… I needed to share with the listener what I have learned from my track they formed Emanon and started making their own albums. Exile, life. In this case, the radio.” then met 19 year old rapper Blu and together started work on his solo Los Angeles based artist Aleksander “Exile” Manfredi is not the first in effort Dirty Science, featuring Slum Village, MED and Ghostface Killah. his family to create music. His father, Albert Trent Manfredi (R.I.P.) and Together they also made the critically acclaimed classic, Blu and Exile’s grandfather Alberico Manfredii were both musicians. His father released Below The Heavens. some 45’s in the 1960’s that are now highly sought after. His grandfather After producing tracks for artists such as Mobb Deep, , not only taught music but also played in a diverse mix of bands ranging and Snoop Dog; he continues to excel in the art of creating music with from Mariachi to traditional Italian music. his first instrumental album entitled Radio. This is an album you can At an early age Exile was exposed to a wide variety of music. Living in listen to from start to finish and expect to be taken on a ride each time. his grandfather’s garage, he learned to play the accordion. His father Let us spread the awareness, understanding and appreciation of Radio.

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Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372 CARLOS NINO & MIGUEL ATWOOD- FERGUSON “Suite For Ma Dukes”

Side A A1. Find A Way A2. Antiquity

Side B B1. Fall In Love B2. Nag Champa

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson have been working together on a wide variety of projects for several years now. They produced albums for Build An Ark (Kindred Spirits,) Mia Doi Todd (City Zen,) Grace Woodroofe, Ariana Delawari (alongside David Lynch,) as well as a duet album entitled Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Fill the Heart Shaped Cup (Alpha Pup). They have been a virtual production powerhouse. The colloboration started when Niño hired Atwood-Ferguson’s string quartet, Supernova, to perform on Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio’s “Love is the Answer” (Ninja Tune) in 2004. On that same Dwight Tribble album project, Niño met and then licensed a track from one of his heroes, James “Jay Dee/J Dilla” Yancey. After his Dilla’s untimely death only two years later from Lupus related complications, Niño and Atwood-Ferguson chose to pay tribute to Dilla by continuing the musical conversation that he had started, but in the contemporary chamber music style that Atwood-Ferguson had been developing. On what would have been Dilla’s 33rd birthday, Niño & Atwood-Ferguson sent their strings, brass and reeds-only version of Common’s “Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World)” to DJs, producers and fans via the internet and it caused a big stir among fans and first time listeners alike. Hip Hop had never been given the Chamber music treatment before and never in such a reverential and rhythmic way. Suite for Ma Dukes is the first official release of this music and is Hip Hop as you have never heard. All four tracks cover Dilla’s magic, giving treatment to Jay Dee classics from Common, A Tribe Called Quest, and Slum Village. In each, the harmonic and melodic beauty of Dilla’s music is liberated. Earlier this year, the project received the official blessing from Ma Dukes herself and part of the proceeds from the record will go to Dilla’s heirs.

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: LP —— CATALOG NUMBER: MOCH 006 —— BARCODE: 6 12651 60021 0 LABEL: Mochilla —— AVAILABLE: NOW!!! THE COOL KIDS 88 b/w I Rock

SIDE A 1. 88 2. 88 (Instrumental) 3. Gold and a Pager

SIDE B 1. I Rock 2. I Rock (Instrumental() 3. What It Iz

How does repetition become invention? Because for all of their old-school tropes (EPMD-style photos; Eric B.-style gold ropes; big, goofy sneakers), the Cool Kids somehow avoid sounding old. The Chicago duo's beats are simple and their flows are slow, methodical, and clearly enunciated. But their simplicity is exciting because of its nuance.

For instance, "'88” consists mostly of big, echoey drums and occasional guitar stabs, but it repeatedly threatens to become a different song with brief tweaks of the backing track. The same goes for "I Rock"- formerly known as "Mikey Rocks"- which features plenty of panning and electro sounds in the spaces between its spare, trunk-rattling beat.

The Cool Kids rap with the same nuanced simplicity. Clever punch lines reveal themselves as palindromes of vowel sounds- 19-year-old MC Mikey says "The side of my dome is a zone you could never find" in "I Rock"- and a declaration like "The concept of rocking shows is so old" is as thought-provoking as it is irreverent. But nuance can be imperceptible without something more immediate accompanying it, and sometimes the Cool Kids just want to "kick it like kickstands." That kind of goofiness is another thing that sets them apart from the rest of the current rap pack, indie or mainstream. With their head-nod-inspiring boom-bap beats and clever lyrics in common language, maybe they're just "bringing '88 back." But something about it feels like the . — Courtesy of Dave Maher and pitchforkmedia.com

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: 12” —— CATALOG NUMBER: FGR 003 —— BARCODE: No Barcode LABEL: Fool’s Gold Records —— AVAILABLE: NOW!!! A1. Original A2. Clean A3. Instrumental “Ode to Relationships” B1. Original B2. Clean B3. Instrumental

Nigel “Hollywood” Holt is a part of new breed of Hip Hop. When Frank Zappa asked, “What ever happened to in the world?” on 1976’s Sheik Yerbouti, he didn’t have 80s baby Holt in mind, but the 25-year-old south suburban Chicagoian is doing everything he can to bring that fun back to the Rap game.

The lead single entitled “Hollywood” is produced by cousin Million $ Mano with scratches from DJ Rude 1. It’s the perfect introduction to Holt’s many loves – among them, women, wine and mopeds – as the young MC tells tales of traveling the world, rocking crowds, and spreading his swagger with an energy that few possess. The B-side, “Ode to Relationships” is an everyman story of love on the rocks that showcases Holt’s storytelling ability and what happens when a live-in romance reaches its breaking point. “I’m a true rapper and I rap about whatever I feel like,” he explains. “If I get a new hat, I might write a song about my hat.”

And a lot of people wear hats, which makes Hollywood Holt something of a people’s champion. His humor and vibrant personality shine throughout everything he does, and these, his debut singles, are no exception. With a conversational style we can all relate to, both songs are an invitation to live the bright lights and big city lifestyle vicariously through the man known as “Hollywood.”

Format: 12” — Cat. No: CHLT 064 — Label: Chocolate Ind. — Available: NOW!!!

39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 845-0088 — Fax: (617) 845-0090 www.trafficent.com In 2003, Diverse released his solo debut, One A.M., to critical acclaim. In the years that followed, many wondered what happened to the lyrically rich MC who emerged from the “City of Broad Shoulders” as one of the more gifted artists independent Hip Hop had to offer. Well, wonder no more, for Diverse has triumphantly returned with tales of interstellar exploits on “Escape Earth.”

Expertly produced by Lupe Fiasco collaborator, Derrick “Drop” Braxton, “Escape Earth” paints a picture of an intergalactic traveler who has literally “been around the world,” as R&B songstress Lisa Stansfield once proclaimed. Our astronaut has ventured into the great beyond and seen a once-innocent planet Earth from his humbling vantage point among the stars. “So broad, I stand here in awe, like I been thinking small when reasoning is so far away,” Diverse raps of his travels and the ultimate realization that, “It’s so vast, most of it unchartered, we’re just a small part of something that’s much larger.”

“I’ve been blessed to have done a fair amount of travel in my day,” Diverse told Anthem magazine of Los Angeles back in 2003. “And through that travel, I’ve been able to see other places and see how the experience of residing in other places can help cultivate and mature your perspective.” Such understanding and the life encompassing it has come to fruition in “Escape Earth.” The space way voyager is home.

Format: 7” — Cat. No: CHLT 066 — Label: Chocolate Ind. — Available: NOW!!!

39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 845-0088 — Fax: (617) 845-0090 www.trafficent.com LAFAYETTE AFRO ROCK BAND EM 4791 45 RPM Side A: Hihache Pt. 1 Side B: Hihache Pt. 2

LES BAXTER SW 9159 45 RPM Side A: Hogin’ Machine Side B: Hot Wind VARIOUS ARTISTS “Frekuensia Kolombiana” (Columbian Hip Hop Movement)

This is the first audiovisual package to come out internationally about Colombian Hip Hop, a cultural expression adopted and adapted by the Colombian youth since the early 90's that has flourished in all of Colombia's principal cities. The DVD includes the feature length documentary Frekuensia Kolombiana as well as the first documentary about Colombian Hip Hop, Testimonios Hip Hop Colombiano. Also included are nine video clips by different Colombian Hip Hop artists. The included CD is also the first compilation of Colombian Hip Hop and includes 18 tracks from Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, and Barranquilla. A 36-page booklet is also included with lyrics translated into English and a variety of information about the groups featured and their cultural and social background. All of the artwork was done by Bogotá's freshest stencil crew Excusado Print System. This is an independent project made possible by Intermundos, a grassroots non-profit based in Colombia.

Directed by Vanessa Gocksch and produced by Vanessa Gocksch and Walter Hernandez, Frekuensia Kolombiana explores the traditional forms of Colombian music and its relation to Hip Hop. By way of interviews, events, situations and landscapes, the documentary uncovers a youth that constructs from exclusion a movement of hope and truth. As we witness their efforts to self-produce, organize and multiply knowledge, we realize their necessity to perpetuate, communicate, give and exist. Through the lyrics of Tribu Omerta , Por Razones de Estado, Zona Marginal, and others, we discover the lucid consciousness of a youth that through art, seeks to awaken and renew its society. Frekuensia Kolombiana has been officially selected to participate in over 20 film festivals worldwide including the 24th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival 2008; 2008 Jacksonville Film Festival; The 11th Annual International Latino Film Festival, San Francisco, 2007; Documenta Madrid, Madrid, España, 2007; DOCSDF, Mexico City, Mexico 2007.

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: DVD —— CATALOG NUMBER: INT 9001 —— EAN: 9 78958 9858004 LABEL: Intermundos —— AVAILABLE: NOW!!! LUCKY DUBE “Best of African Reggae Live!” DVD

01. Intro 02. Sister Phumi – When We Are in Tears 03. O’Yaba – Tomorrow Nation 04. O’Yaba – Hallelujah 05. Harley & The Rasta Family – Punish All Killers 06. Harley & The Rasta Family – Lion in the Sheepskin 07. Zasha – I’ll Be There For You 08. System Enemy – Back In My Arms 09. Slave – Judgement Day 10. Slave – Show Your Love 11. Lucky Dube – Slave 12. Lucky Dube – Together As One 13. Lucky Dube – Dracula 14. Lucky Dube – Truth In The World 15. R.S.F.P. Band – Reggae Strong For Peace feat. Lucky Dube & Siluma

Lucky Dube has been hailed as “the shining star of African Reggae” and “South Africa's biggest selling contemporary artist.” He's a modern day hero with a message that has touched millions of people's hearts around the world. With an incredible discography spanning 21 albums, he has proved himself one of not only South Africa's, but also the worlds, greatest Reggae superstars. A musical genius and an artist with a message, Dube released his first Reggae album in 1984 and while his life and his career were cut short by gun violence in 2007, he always maintained a humble nature that brought him closer to the people that so inspired his music. During his more than 20-year career, he toured the world several times over and shared stages with Maxi Priest, Sinead O-Connor, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Seal, Ziggy Marley, Celine Dion, Sting and many others. With such massive hits as Taxman, Prisoner, The Way It Is, Victims, Trinity and many others, he captured the essence of his African heritage in every breath. This is his politically-charged live performance from his 1991 concert in Amsterdam, Holland.

***A TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVE*** FORMAT: DVD —— CATALOG NUMBER: DK 66907 —— EAN: 3 30751 6690762 LABEL: Melodie —— AVAILABLE: March 10th