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Expression Over Reaction: Vince & The Valholla Empire and Miami-Based Rapper Stide Prince Share a New Collaboration

There is a particular kind of strength that doesn’t announce itself. It lives in the pause before the response, in the breath taken instead of the word hurled. Temperature, the new single from rotating collective Vince & The Valholla Empire featuring Haitian-American rapper Stide Prince, is a study in exactly that kind of strength. It is dark, deliberate, and quietly devastating: a piece of music that sounds less like a statement and more like a reckoning.

The track arrives courtesy of Valholla Records, the Miami-founded independent label and creative force that has been operating on its own terms since 2005. This latest release is the product of a deliberate intention from label chairman and lead producer Vince Valholla, who has made South Florida collaboration a guiding principle of his work this year. Stide Prince, a Miami rapper shaped by the city’s raw underbelly and its relentless creative energy, was a natural choice: an artist who built his name through battle circuits and street performances before sharing stages with Pusha T, Nas, Fabolous, and The Diplomats.

“I wanted to make sure I made it a point to collaborate with as many artists from South Florida as possible this year. I’ve always wanted to work with Stide Prince... He delivered something perfect for the mood of it.” -Vince Valholla, Chairman & CEO, Valholla Worldwide

The production, co-crafted by Vince and frequent collaborator Chris Angel, does the rare thing that great dark hip-hop instrumentation can: it creates a space where confession feels inevitable. The beat doesn’t push. It holds. It is the kind of sonic environment that rewards a certain kind of lyricist, someone who understands that restraint, deployed correctly, hits harder than fury.

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“Around 2 years ago, our label shifted focus to our ‘label is the artist’ business model. With this model we focus on releases from collectives and in the last 28 days our collectives had the highest number of unique listeners across all platforms since the shift (close to 20K).” - Vince Valholla

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Now Playing FOREVER (Jordy Sam ‘93 Remix)

The name of the remix is connected to the musical style. This remix appears on FOREVER - The Remixes, Volume 2.

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Kirby Maurier’s “Da Lick,” featuring J Nics, was a standout track on her debut EP, Class of ‘96, released on February 14, 2012. The accompanying music video follows Kirby as she plans a high-stakes heist.

The video was shot and co-directed by Vince Valholla, who has lensed many music videos throughout his career, often uncredited.

Class of ‘96 features creative flips of rap songs originally released in 1996. The project was loved by listeners all over the world, boasting over 250,000 downloads in its first week.

Some songs ask for another chance. “Luh” doesn’t. Las Vegas-born singer-songwriter Natalie Kalei arrives on her latest release not with a plea, but with a declaration. One born from the wreckage of toxic cycles and the hard-earned clarity that comes after.

Produced by frequent collaborators The Track Burnaz, “Luh” also reunites Natalie with Vince & The Valholla Empire for their second collaboration together. Produced by frequent collaborators The Track Burnaz, “Luh” also reunites Natalie with Vince & The Valholla Empire for their second collaboration together. Ash Graysun and Amari Eman also provide production on the Pop/Dance single.

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Artists have more leverage today than at any other time in history. Our company saw this coming in 2015 when we shifted to offering distribution and label services.

Today, all three major labels offer these same services through companies they’ve acquired, giving artists more choices than ever to get their music onto global platforms.

We anticipated this trend as well. In 2023, we evolved our business model to what we call “Label is the Artist.” The philosophy behind this change is simple: it allows us to collaborate with a wide range of talent on singles, projects, or full-length albums without strings attached.

Expect to see new collaborations throughout the year as we expand this vision for the future of Valholla.

The recent release ‘Good Bunny’ from rotating collective, Vince & The Valholla Empire has surpassed 30K streams.

A release years in the making. Thanks for listening.

Good Bunny

A new instrumental track from Vince & The Valholla Empire

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In 2011 Floyd Mayweather was set to fight Victor Ortiz. HBO’s Boxing Series, 24/7 Mayweather vs. Ortiz aired leading up to the fight.

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The song is from former Valholla Recording artist Ramzez, titled “Lyrical Exercise.” The freestyle was never commercially released and this montage of the show was edited by Vince Valholla.

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