01. Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz 02. Nobody Beats The Biz 03. Biz Is Goin’ Off 04. Vapors 05. Just A Friend 06. I Hear Music 07. Spring Again 08. What Comes Around Goes Around 09. Buck Wild 10. I’m The Biz Markie 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 Juice Crew, the formidable clique that campaign running throughout the summer included Big Daddy Kane, Roxanne Shante and Kool G. Rap, Biz • This is the first Biz Markie overview since 2002’s Greatest Hits Markie’s clown prince 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 Busta Rhymes. The Biz’s deft beatboxing 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 Nick Cannon’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 Chris Rock 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” ORDER CUT OFF DATE FOR THIS ITEM: JUNE 30th 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 Wise 5. Magnetics 13. Widespread 6. The Funnel 14. Holier than Thou 7. Abosotively Posolutely 15. Rain 8. This Year 16. Counseling RJD2 • COPYWRITE • CAMU TAO • 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 Hip Hop. 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 Definitive Jux. 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. ORDER CUT OFF DATE FOR THIS ITEM: JUNE 30th 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 & Termanology 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 Ghostface Killah took him under his wing, and began been waiting for this album since 2000 will not be let down. Trife featuring him on albums. 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 Supreme Clientele, 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, Cappadonna, 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, Raekwon, Method Man, 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 Hip Hop music. He’s been working so hard for so long, his ORDER CUT OFF DATE FOR THIS ITEM: JUNE 30th 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 Jive Records 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: funk, 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.