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French Rap Pioneer Mc Solaar Edges on “Le Nouveau Western” Posted by Hichem on May 11, 2011
Come on, wear your chapeau (hat), bring your Smith & Wesson, jump on the selle (saddle) of your cheval (horse), and let’s go for une petite balade (a small ride) with Mc Solaar… We’re off to le Nouveau Western (“The New Western”) * * * MC SOLAAR, “Le Nouveau Western” (“The New Western”) * * * Le vent…
Hedonistic French Rap: “Chui Un Bo Gosse” (I’m a Handsome Kid) Posted by Hichem on Apr 30, 2011
Disiz la Peste dedicates this song to “tous les beaux gosses et les belles gosses” (“all the handsome kids and the beautiful girls”)—No doubt an “inspirational hymn” for the “bogossitude” movement headed by its founder, Mickaël Vendetta * * * If you read the title and haven’t yet come to understand how “Chui un bo gosse”…
The First Hit of French Rap Posted by Hichem on Apr 15, 2011
Ever wondered what the first French Rap song was like? Well, in case you didn’t know it yet, the first super hit of le rap français (French Rap) came out, not from France, but from “le Plat Pays” (“the Flat Country”), designating either a specific region of la Belgique (Belgium), the one to which Jacques Brel…
YELLE (à tue-tête) if you like “le FRI€” the TTC way Posted by Hichem on May 11, 2010
Of course, this is un clin d’œil humouristique (a humorous wink or allusion) to Jennie’s previous post, “Yelle if you love Fridays!” Jennie is right, YELLE‘s songs were all of a sudden heard “all over” in France, and even reaching other European countries and the United-States: “Elle défrayait la chronique”, as the French expression goes. And like Jennie mentioned, she owed her succès…