Lyrical Assault is a Canadian hip hop group, formed in 2002 in
Montreal
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, Quebec.
Biography
Since 2002, the circle of friends (COF) meets in the basement of Tolerance Zer0 (Nicholas Legault) in
Vaudreuil-Dorion
Vaudreuil-Dorion () is a suburb of Greater Montreal, in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, it is located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality.
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for
freestyling
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and produces their own songs. The group became experimental in a new form of music called "Sproat Hop" and made its first performance in front of a live audience at the Sproat Hip Hop show in June 2002. They quickly made their place on the Sproat rap scene in
Montreal
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and performed in local venues coveted by emerging groups such a Bourbon Street West Manchester bar,
Les Foufounes Électriques
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Muzion
Muzion were a Canadian rap group formed in 1996. The group is made up of rap artists of Haitian origin who lived in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal, including Dramatik, Imposs (real name Stanley Rimsky Salgado) and his si ...
) Saints ShowbarClub Soda
Meanwhile, members of the group also perform as a duo or solo, in competitions where they were finalists in all of the following contests: Urban Synergy 2005, Hip-hop 4Ever 2005, La Boom 2007.
Contest
In November 2007, Lyrical Assault participates at the national final of the
Global Battle of the Bands
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(GBOB) presented to the "''Foufounes électriques''", bringing eighteen bands from
Quebec
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and
Ontario
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. The Montreal formation won the first place, followed by the grand final of the international ''Global Battle of the Bands'' in
London
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, where they represent
Canada
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.
During the performance, eleven musicians on stage: Pierre-Luc Fortin (DJ Passan) DJ, Nicholas Legault (Zer0 Tolerance aka Nick Lucas) English MC, Denis Langlois (R-Tikk) French MC, Jean-Sebastien Baciu (J-Fresh)
bass guitar
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, Alexis Arbour
guitar
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, Alisa Charles
vocals
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, Arisa Safu
saxophone
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and
guitar
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saxophone
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and
western concert flute
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, Marc-André Decelles (MADD)
drum
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s.
Discography
* 2007 : Funk for your trunk (DJ Passan et Zer0 Tolerance)
* 2006 : Make the speakers bleed (Tolerance et Charley Brown)
* 2006 : L'usine des rêves (R-Tikk with participation of DJ Passan)
* 2005 : Let it be known (Zer0 Tolerance)
* 2005 : Apex Mundi - Nouvelle génération
* 2004 : La Cave Vol.2 (compilation)
* 2004 : While you waiting LP
* 2004 : Let it be known EP (Zer0 Tolerance)
* 2003 : Apex Mundi - Nouvelle génération
* 2003 : Stricly Hip hop
* 2003 : The Zer0 Tolerance EP