Re: french rap
Atli Thorbjornsson (atlit@rhi.hi.is)
Fri, 15 Sep 1995 09:46:17 +0000 (GMT)
Much thanks to John McNutt, I could have sworn that Soon e was on there
somewhere. I just remembered the name of his album- Point de Vue. I dunno
maybe it's weak to some but it swang to me. But that's maybe not much to
go on since I also like some decidedly "weaker" music, r&b and west-coast
hip-hop.
On another french note, listening to Jazzmatazz Vol 2. The french
rapper who comes in at the end of "Lifesaver" and then fades out. I don't
see him accredited anywhere for his contribution. Sounds a lot like someone
I heard on Alliance Ethnik "Simple & funky", anyone have any input on that?
Some thoughts on why french rap music is so cool- What makes a rapper
sound good to me is his flow. Understanding is an added bonus (that is when
there is something there worth understandig, not often the case in too much
rap music) Most west coast rappers ...theynohaddaflo. Snoop, Dre and so on.
To me the french language itself is a very smooth language, there aren't a
lot of hard sounds or pauses in speech(like german or my native tongue) This
makes for a good language to rap in. I think Italian would work similarily.
Now getting back to the french rappers I am impressed with most of them for
printing their lyric sheets, Solaar, Soon-e, Menelik. It gives a dork in
french like me a slim chance of understanding a little bit. My girlfriend
however speaks french and has enlightened me on the depth of some of these
lyrics as in the afore mentioned on this list "l'as du trefle qui pique ton
couer, Caro-line. and many more. Pretty cool.
Anyway better stop now since long letters get boring.Excusez-moi
Aaaight,
Atli T.