| Latino Velvet Project | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Latino Velvet |
| Cover: | Latino Velvet Project.jpg |
| Released: | September 16, 1997 April 14, 1998 (re-release) |
| Genre: | West Coast hip hop Gangsta rap Hip hop Chicano rap |
| Length: | 70:46 (re-release) |
| Label: | Swerve Records Lightyear Ent. (re-release) |
| Producer: | Johnny Z Jay Tee Baby Beesh K-Lou Ken Franklin Funk Daddy Greg G. Keith Martin Jeeve Levitti |
| Next Title: | Velvet City |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
Latino Velvet Project is the debut album of West Coast supergroup Latino Velvet. The group is composed of Jay Tee & Baby Beesh. Frost and Don Cisco both make multiple guest appearances on the album, as well as several other West Coast heavy-weights. The original version of the album was released on Swerve Records on September 16, 1997, and was quickly out-of-print and is now considered rare.[1]
On April 14, 1998 Latino Velvet Project was reissued on Lightyear Entertainment and the cover photo altered and title changed to Latino Velvet Clique.
Original 1997 release on Swerve Records.
1998 re-release on Lightyear Entertainment.
On April 14, 1998 Latino Velvet Project was reissued on Lightyear Entertainment and the cover photo altered and title changed to Latino Velvet Clique. This version includes two new remixes of the song "Raza Park", featuring Frost, Roger Troutman and Don Cisco. The original version of "Raza Park" featuring Don Cisco isn't included here, however it does appear on the 2004 mixtape, Menudo Mix. Other than two other tracks being omitted, "Whuzz' Up Homeboy" and "It Goes Down", the rest of the original 1997 release is available here on Clique.