Tagged: frenchrap

Le Diamentaire is a member of the French Hip Hop collective DansLaCuisine, which, unfortunately is about all I know about him. It's not that he's a mysterious and shadowy figure, more the fact that I can't speak any French. You could argue that this would hinder my enjoyment of 'Fosse Commune', but, whatever they're saying, it sounds splendid. Organ stabs judder and hang, while the bass rolls underneath, lending the track an almost fairground vibe. Best of all, the track is completely free to download! God bless the internet. You can listen and grab it below.

you gotta give it up to this belgian rapper for creating music that breaks all language barriers with his visuals and awesome musicality. check out two of his tracks taken off his upcoming highly anticipated new album! stromae - papaoutai oh my gosh, this song is awesome! stromae - formidable (ceci n'est pas une lecon) a performance art piece? a kick ass song? a work of genius? it's basically all of these things when done by the talented stromae (especially when the cops [...]

Thanks to Don Da None, for reaching out with the above. French rap activist from projects like Connecticut with Fulgeance & Blockbass, or inventive trio called Triton, Don Da None is an Emcee who push up lyrics to a more "poetic" dimension, a real writen-meaning, spelling a rhyme like a movie. Smoking ambiances on "les Démons sont éternels", love mood on "Mélancolie" or seducing-shinny-darkness on "Nébuleuse"...The music around this lyrics (ok, you must learn french now...!) is clear, brilliantly sample-based from soul, classy jazz rarities, like if André Popp would meet Baudelaire for a automnal haschich evening. [...]

dsl - supalove [oh them shoes are magic (and scary at the same time)! frenchie brothers dsl offer up a catchy new track teasing a possible new album in the works. until then, SUPALOVE!] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO Is there something more logical to have as my guest DJ Number Six for this sixth episode of Just One Record ?...nothing This activist DJ from Paris, Zulu Nation member, talk us, for the first time in Just One Record, about a French rap groupe, maybe THE french rap group, NTM... "Just one record" is a new video series by Emmanuel Courtecuisse (Gustav Photography) where he asks some of the [...]

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE COMPILATION Hier C'est Loin Promo VideoCLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO My first exposure to French hip-hop came from my cousin Vince in the form of MC Solaar's 1991 debut album Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo, which means "Who Sows The Wind Reaps The Tempo". This album brought change [...]

Amkoullel, aka "The Little Fulani" takes his name from a well known African novel written by Amadou Hampaté Bâ. The rapper is well known throughout Africa, in France and in his home country Mali. Amkoullel raps in both of his native languages, French and Bambara. He's released two albums that you can find on iTunes, [...]