Re: french rap questions

Michael Schulte (Michael.Schulte@sbg.ac.at)
Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:05:27 +0200

At 09:14 15.09.1995 +0200, you wrote:
>>=20
>> >Glad to see we're getting some discussion on french rap music. I love=
this
>> >stuff.
>>=20
>> Me too! I don't have most of the artists mentioned so far. I do have,=
and
>> like very much, MC Solaar (both on Jazzmatazz I and on his own). What is
>> ironic to me is that I can't understand a word of it (since I don't speak
>> French), but I like it for its rhythm. It seems to me that rapping in
>> another language forces the use of different rhythms, and of course
>> linguistics, in the rap (compared to English). Anyone else agree?
>=20
>I agree fully and totally. Not only is the rhythm of french good, the
>possibilities of fooling around with pronounciation and double meanings
>are vast. Unfortunately I'm not french but from Sweden and our language
>could make the best rapper sound stilted. And finnish seems to me to be
>an even worse language. I've not heard many japanese rappers but I guess
>a sign based language could drive you crazy with all possible meanings
>of each word.=20
>
>-Palle Zetterstrand =20
>=20

HI!

My name is Michael - I=B4m new on this list and I think this is a good time=
to
enter the discussion!
Cause not only French music gives the possibility of adding new variations
in rhythm and pronounciation, but also German enters this category.
You might not know the German rap-group "Die fantastischen Vier" ("The
fantastic four") who=B4s doing some excelent rap-stuff.=20

I think rap gives new possibility of variations in every language - even in
Swedish Palle (also I don=B4t get a word from Swedish I have already heard=
it
several times and so I=B4m sure that there is a rap possibility in Swedish=
too!).

By the way - do you know the Italian rapper "Jovanotti" ? - On his latest
album he has some really great rap combined with elements from jazz and
blues - it is an excellent album - if someone is interested in it I can post
the title some other time - I don=B4t have it in mind at the moment!

That=B4s it for the moment!

Keep on groovin=B4

So long

Michi
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