''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" ), was a French hip hop band formed in 2002, composed of eight Parisian rappers. They are signed to independent record label Wati B, which is under exclusive licen ...

composed of

Maître Gims Gandhi Alimasi Djuna (born 6 May 1986), known professionally as Maître Gims and more recently just Gims (stylized in all caps), is a Congolese people in France, Congolese singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter. He grew up in France and current ...

, Lefa,

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

, Maska, JR O Crom,

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, Doomams, and L.I.O. Petrodollars. This album was released on 5 March 2012, in stores and available for download.

History

In November 2011, an unofficial date for the album's release was announced for 20 February 2012 but on 17 December 2011, the official date was unveiled as 5 March 2012. The first title unveiled by the band is "Mets pas celle là", 11 December 2011 (after the 'Welcome To The Wa' video shot in the album's laboratory, an isolated place in Normandy). The second title unveiled on 30 December, 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 5 January, the third single from the album, " Avant qu'elle parte", 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 An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

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 ...

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

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