The Assault Sexions are discreet like Hobbits by announcing Return of the Kings for 2022

Ten years later, the Sexion d'Assaut is back with a new album and a marketing bet.

The group led by Gims and Black M will publish

in the spring.

but without a national release date, since the group has chosen to focus only on physical and small-scale sales

The seven rappers from the Paris region will only distribute their album on CD and vinyl, skipping streaming, at least initially.

Better, it will only be available at the time of the concerts they will give in the spring.

Sexion d'Assaut begins its tour on March 25 in Épernay, in the Paris region, but the disc will not be on sale until May 14 and the first of two dates scheduled at the Paris La Défense Arena.

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Pre-order vouchers will however be available from their first date of March 25.

Gims, Lefa, Maska, Black M, Doomams, JR O Crom and Barack Adama are embarking on a marathon tour of around forty dates spread over the whole of 2022, which will end on December 18 at the Zénith d'Amiens.

Gims promised in September a single

, in order to

, but no extract has yet arrived.

A bold choice

In the age of streaming, playlists and album releases with great fanfare, this marketing decision is a gamble.

Will they manage to awaken a purring market like Orelsan?

The Norman has paid for a cheap advertising campaign by getting a gold record even before the release of his album

thanks to sales of fifteen limited editions available only for pre-order.

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Formed in 2002, the group enjoyed resounding success in 2010 with the album

, carried by the hits

and

.

A success confirmed two years later with the release of the album

.

Since then, the members have experienced varying fortunes.

Gims and Black M have become tube machines, while others, like Lefa or Maska, have had more confidential careers.