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Babygrande Records and Bon Vie Entertainment are proud to announce the release of Paris to Purple City on November 8, 2005.

Every once in a while we have the opportunity to work on an album where the art and the actual experience of making the album completely eclipse commercial intentions. For Babygrande and Bon Vie Entertainment and all of the artists involved, Paris to Purple City is one of those albums.

An unprecedented international collaboration album, Paris to Purple City features Dipset-affiliated Purple City mainstays Shiest Bub The Emperor, Un Kasa and Agallah The Don Bishop paired with eight of the hottest up and coming emcees from France (a/k/a the Baryo Gang), and includes special appearances from rising Dipset superstar Jim Jones and Hell Rell.

While most would assume that tracks, verses and hooks were emailed across the Atlantic to complete this album, on the contrary, it was a truly collaborative affair from inception through execution.

Eight French MC's traveled to New York for three weeks to engage creatively with Dipset affiliates Purple City and Diplomats Jim Jones and Hell Rell. With Purple Citys renowned Agallah, The Don Bishop supplying production for the entire album (previous production work includes Busta Rhymes, Sean Price and more), the resulting album is novel and stylistically fresh, featuring alternating verses in both English and French.

French hip-hop is second only to American hip-hop in worldwide popularity. With artists such as MC Solar, Les Nubians, Sian Supa Crew and more recently Booba experiencing notable success in the US, it was only a matter of time before a truly collaborative album would emerge.

Paris to Purple City is a true testament to the extensive and globally penetrating influence of hip-hop music and culture and will be appreciated by listeners around the world.

schon so gut wie gekauft, klingt nach nem "spannendem" projekt, aber hab ich das falsch verstanden oder sind die features mit Sean P zB gecancelt worden ?

aber dipset superstar jim jones ? jim jones is der grösste spast in der crew mit dieser jha jha whore

der zwerg macht sich immer grösser als er is und macht immer welle,ausserdem kann er nich rappen, hört sich immer wie son besoffener penner an und fängt schon an wie p.diddy seine rhymes zu kommentieren im track (capo-nigga,thats right, i see ya.....)

zumal er es nich verdient hat, vor juelz sein 2. album rauszubringen

woah, scheiss aktion, alles wegen nem auto, die scheinen echt gut nen schaden da drüben zu haben

am anfang dachte ich schon der wäre lebensgefährlich verletzt.aber gut dass es nicht so gekommen is