I think you are right, at least as far as French goes.... it may be just my
imagination but the language is full of unvoiced consonants like the 'k','s',
't' and 'p' sounds which, said rapidly, give a nice flow of 'clicking' sounds
which to me sounds almost like a percussion section of sorts....
This is particularly what drove me to listen to French rap in the first place,
since I don't really listen to any american rap other than Digable Planets.
I have heard some japanese rap as someone earlier has mentioned, and it seems
to capture a lot of the same type of rhythms....but I only heard one of the
songs. I have also heard some Russian rap, which just doesn't seem to
work... :>
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