Good French Rap Songs

[Pigs on Unicycles]

Could some one recommend some good French rap songs?

Pigs

[mornish]

Could some one recommend some good French rap songs?

Pigs

MC Solaar is a really famous french rapper, he has a lot of good music.

[saskatchewanian]

check out Loco Locass

[ntappin]

Ttc

[UniBrier]

Someone has to say it:

Good Rap is an oxymoron in any language.

[Emile.m]

Someone has to say it:

Good Rap is an oxymoron in any language.

not.

It's not an oxymoron when you talk about Loco Locass or IAM for example.

Sorry for you if you don't have that in your language, but that's not the case for mine.

[Jeremy R]

Someone has to say it:

Good Rap is an oxymoron in any language.
et unus!

[mornish]

Someone has to say it:

Good Rap is an oxymoron in any language.

nonsense!

there is great rap and horrible rap, just as with any other type of music. It all depends on which kind you are listening to, the great kind of the horrible kind.

[Triball]

I heard this song a while back in a unicycling video and took the liberty to find out the artist and title: Tryo - Desolé pour hier soir

[Emile.m]

I heard this song a while back in a unicycling video and took the liberty to find out the artist and title: Tryo - Desolé pour hier soir

That's not really rap, but tryo is really good.

[Triball]

That's not really rap, but tryo is really good.

It was my best guess. :rolleyes:

[Catboy]

Not really rap, but I'm a big fan of Yelle and Camille. The french electronica scene has exploded since 2003 mostly thanks to Daft Punk and Justice, and it just keeps getting better. I could never take french rap seriously because nobody from France can even pretend to be hard or a gangsta(I only listen to thug ass slappz and gangsta rapz), and those frogs are always like "duh dee duh dwah duh" and I'm supoosed to think that's actually saying something.

[pedrotejada]

Butter bullets!

[Emile.m]

Butter bullets!

ahahahha.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Not really rap, but I'm a big fan of Yelle and Camille. The french electronica scene has exploded since 2003 mostly thanks to Daft Punk and Justice, and it just keeps getting better. I could never take french rap seriously because nobody from France can even pretend to be hard or a gangsta(I only listen to thug ass slappz and gangsta rapz), and those frogs are always like "duh dee duh dwah duh" and I'm supoosed to think that's actually saying something.

I disagree! Most gansta rap I hear dosn't say much more than "I'm so cool, blah blah blah" which yes, is SOMETHING but not much.

[ntappin]

Not really rap, but I'm a big fan of Yelle and Camille. The french electronica scene has exploded since 2003 mostly thanks to Daft Punk and Justice, and it just keeps getting better. I could never take french rap seriously because nobody from France can even pretend to be hard or a gangsta(I only listen to thug ass slappz and gangsta rapz), and those frogs are always like "duh dee duh dwah duh" and I'm supoosed to think that's actually saying something.

O man Yelle's a cause des garcon remixed is so awesome. I love the french electro stuff that is coming out these days. Still though Soulwax started it all.

I disagree with your assumption that the French don't know anything about being thugs, the French ghetto's these days look worse than the American ones do now.

[Rezinha]

YouTube - Yelle "ACDG" Remix Electro VaVan Treaxy St4nl3y94.sky

[ntappin]

YouTube - Yelle "ACDG" Remix Electro VaVan Treaxy St4nl3y94.sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYaZYmTwOxA)

That's the one.

[wobbling bear]

I disagree with your assumption that the French don't know anything about being thugs, the French ghetto's these days look worse than the American ones do now.
where from do you get that impression?

not being a fan of rap music I nonetheless recommend MC solaar (but since I consider good rap as poetry you should understand the language to get it)

[GILD]

I'm with Steve.

I expected this to be a MUCH shorter thread.

[ntappin]

where from do you get that impression?

not being a fan of rap music I nonetheless recommend MC solaar (but since I consider good rap as poetry you should understand the language to get it)

What with all the race rioting and the like. I'm not saying that they have similar problems, just that while U.S. ghetto's were getting cleaned up, it seemed like the french ones were getting worse. I don't live there so I don't exactly know, and I could be wrong, but that's been the impression I've been getting from the media coming out of France.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

I find it sad how people are going to make such huge assupumtions and generalizations about a WHOLE GENRE OF MUSIC.

Listen to all of it before saying it's all bad.

[Catboy]

gansta rap I hear dosn't say much more than "I'm so cool, blah blah blah"+
I find it sad how people are going to make such huge assupumtions and generalizations about a WHOLE GENRE OF MUSIC.

You just burned yourself bro. I'm pretty sure that you're the only one in this thread who was making any "huge" assumptions about genres of music(Yes, "Gangsta Rap" is a genre).

O man Yelle's a cause des garcon remixed is so awesome. I love the french electro stuff that is coming out these days. Still though Soulwax started it all.

I disagree with your assumption that the French don't know anything about being thugs, the French ghetto's these days look worse than the American ones do now.

If you look at a time-line of electronic music, it can be divided into two distinct time periods, Pre-DP and Post DP(Daft Punk). The turning point being Daft Punk's exposure to the mainstream. Soulwax is Pre, and Justice, Post.

I didn't say that French don't know anything about being thugs(although I can't imagine a frog being able to carry a Mac-10). Instead, I was trying to express that the style of rap that I prefer is not prevalent in the French rap scene, this I am sure of. I don't listen to many rappers that don't come from the Yay area. Unfortunately, you did not understand me.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

I don't think I said I didn't like gansta rap.
I said that most of it dosn't speak to me and tends to sound the same, but I still listen to it a bunch and consider it great art.

By saying that I "disagree", I was merely stating my personal preferences in hip-hop. I wasn't saying that "all rap sucks."

Unfortunately, you did not understand me?

[Catboy]

Unfortunately, you did not understand me?

If only. :rolleyes:

[Jerrick]

I don't think I said I didn't like gansta rap.
I said that most of it dosn't speak to me and tends to sound the same, but I still listen to it a bunch and consider it great art.

By saying that I "disagree", I was merely stating my personal preferences in hip-hop. I wasn't saying that "all rap sucks."

Unfortunately, you did not understand me?

Someone saying its all bad is the same as you saying its all "Im so cool blah blah." One person is talking about the general music, and youre talking about the general lyrics of the music. Both are huge assumptions of the genre.

Make a bit more sense now?

[ntappin]

I thought I was the one who didn't understand him? Although maybe I don't understand any of this?!

O well, we all like music, and it looks like many of us share some uncommon musical bonds.

I agree with you a lot Catboy about Daft Punk, and I think I like what you are getting at about Daft Punk being a big turning point in the genre.

[harper]

Good, French, Rap, Songs. There is SO much that is SO wrong about stringing those words together and using them in the same sentence.

Songs and rap are mutually exclusive.
Rap and good are mutually exclusive.
Good and French are rarely inclusive.
French and songs are questionable at best.

One can make some heinous and deceptive combinations with those pairs of words.

[GILD]

Listen to all of it before saying it's all bad.
No time, no time.
Zeppelin alone put out like 11 albums or something.
I haven't even listened to all of rock yet, and I like it.
I can't imagine investing an oodle of my life into trying to like something I doesn't.
Like spelling.

My prior comments were made mostly in jest, sadly it would seem that some genre'ers have lost a sense of humour along with a sense of melody?

[wobbling bear]

What with all the race rioting and the like. I'm not saying that they have similar problems, just that while U.S. ghetto's were getting cleaned up, it seemed like the french ones were getting worse. I don't live there so I don't exactly know, and I could be wrong, but that's been the impression I've been getting from the media coming out of France.
funnily some american friends had the same impression! I wonder what the media told them !
first rioting is at a scale that does really match warfare. guns are extremely rare. I live in a mixed town that mixes semi-posh upper middle class and supposedly "problem" population: since our mayor is a communist I have no feeling of insecurity :p (and my wife's car is too old to be part of a bonfire!).
though one can pick some places that are really bad the overall impression is that things are getting even. come to France and I'll guide you through these "problem" spots (minus 5% that are real "problem").
conclusion: burn Fox news ! :D

[UniBrier]

My prior comments were made mostly in jest, sadly it would seem that some genre'ers have lost a sense of humour along with a sense of melody?You said it bro, they be takin the rockers' comments too seriously. By the time I got to mornish's response I actual had a lol. Not to mention the most excellent PM I got in defense of rap.

It's not my genre. If you do an Advanced Post Search of my comments (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1129561&highlight=rap#post1129561) regarding "rap", you'll find I've been consistent (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1026116&highlight=rap#post1026116) for almost 4 years (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?p=288723&highlight=rap#post288723).

[ntappin]

funnily some american friends had the same impression! I wonder what the media told them !
first rioting is at a scale that does really match warfare. guns are extremely rare. I live in a mixed town that mixes semi-posh upper middle class and supposedly "problem" population: since our mayor is a communist I have no feeling of insecurity :p (and my wife's car is too old to be part of a bonfire!).
though one can pick some places that are really bad the overall impression is that things are getting even. come to France and I'll guide you through these "problem" spots (minus 5% that are real "problem").
conclusion: burn Fox news ! :D

I'm not saying that all of France is a ghetto, just that in their bad ghettos, I hear worse things coming out of there than I do American ones.

But now that I think about it, for the most part, it's a different kind of bad, and it is certainly publicized in a rather glorified way.

[ninja tom]

havn't had time to read all of the posts on thisso I dont know if anyone has asked this, but does anyone know what song it is to the 'koxx one week in paris' youtube video?

T

[UniBrier]

but does anyone know what song it is to the 'koxx one week in paris' youtube video?Does this thread help? (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1026116)

[UniKid2]

Could some one recommend some good French rap songs?

Pigs

No such thing...

[ninja tom]

no, I was thinking this song
YouTube - koxx one - week in paris

anyone?

T

[UniBrier]

anyone?"Another unintelligible rap indistinguishable from every other rap ever used in a unicycling video"?













Just seein' if the rappers' funny bones have healed yet.

[uninorcal]

Omnikrom

[gangstertaco]

fuck le fuck

[uninorcal]

fuck le fuck

correct!