''L’Apogée'' is the third official album by French rap group

Sexion d'Assaut Sexion d'Assaut (), formerly known as 3ème Prototype (for "Troisième Prototype" ; en, "3rd Prototype"), is a French hip hop band formed in 2002, composed of eight Parisian rappers. They are signed to independent record label Wati B, which i ...

composed of

Maître Gims Gandhi Bilel Djuna (; born 6 May 1986), better known by his stage name Maître Gims () and more recently just Gims (, ; sometimes stylized as GIMS), is a Congolese-French rapper, singer and songwriter. He grew up in France and currently lives i ...

, Lefa,

Barack Adama Sexion d'Assaut (), formerly known as 3ème Prototype (for "Troisième Prototype" ; en, "3rd Prototype"), is a French hip hop band formed in 2002, composed of eight Parisian rappers. They are signed to independent record label Wati B, which i ...

, Maska, JR O Crom,

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, Doomams, and L.I.O. Petrodollars. This album was released on March 5, 2012 in stores and available for download. In November 2011, an unofficial date for the album's release was announced for February 20, 2012 but on December 17, 2011, the official date was unveiled as March 5, 2012. The first title unveiled by the band is "Mets pas celle là", December 11, 2011 (after the 'Welcome To The Wa' video shot in the album's laboratory, an isolated place in Normandy). The second title unveiled on December 30, 2011 (after the Welcome To The Wa II video) is Gold Disc. The third single from ''L'Apogée'' is announced by Lefa during the

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special 22 May in Bercy for Thursday 5 January 2012. It does not however give the name, Maska simply specifying that this song will be "sentimentally strong". On January 5, the third single from the album, "Before she leaves", was released. The Apogée is a diamond disc with more than 500,000 copies sold. The album has since sold more than 700,000 copies. L'Apogée is their last appearance on the album released with French rappers Maître Gims, L.I.O. Pétrodollars and Barack Adama, after the departure of the

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Track list: L'Apogée à Bercy

''L'Apogée à Bercy'' (English: L'Apogée in Bercy) is the only live album by French rap group

recorded on 19 November 2012 at the

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, France. on the Wati B and Jive Records labels. The group performed songs from their album ''L'Apogée'' And songs from the first album ''

L'École des points vitaux ''L'École des points vitaux'' (The school of vital points) is the second official album by French rap group Sexion d'Assaut composed of Maître Gims, Lefa, Barack Adama, Maska, JR O Crom, Black M Alpha Diallo (born 27 December 1984), better k ...

'' And songs from the compilation album '' En attendant L'Apogée: les Chroniques du 75''.

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