Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:39:06 -0700
>
>Is this stuff getting released on vinyl as well? I often see compilation
>by French rappers but seldomly on vinyl....anyway this one is on Virgin
>and it's called: Quelques Gouttes Suffisent. worth checking out.
>
>My sentiments exactly... maybe i'm not looking for it in the right
>place. Though the one thing that i recently picked up in vinyl was a
>compilation from a dj called Cut Killer called Operation Freestyle. It's
>got 3 records of originals and 2 more records with all the
>instrumentals. It's got some pretty fat beats and a couple tracks are
>outstanding (i wouldn't say it was outstanding on a whole though) On a
>couple tracks the vocals sound kinda wack even though i can't figure out
>what they're saying. But the tracks that are good, are great in my
>opinion. It's on sony france. Check out the corny graphics, or if you
>can read french go here...
>http://www.sonymusic.fr/cutkiller/
>
>My favorite comp (cd unfortunately) is Jimmy Jay's Les Cool Sessions 2.
>Lady Laistee is the bomb! Any more contributions to the french hip hop
>discussion would be much appreciated.
>
>peace,
>argo
>
You should also have Les Cool Session 1 too. The La Funk Mob cut is the
best. Best is to check out those on the comps. There's a new MC Solaar
out (self titled), a new Menelik came out earlier this summer "Je Me
Souviens"--great album, the title track has Pacbell's Cannon as the break.
Others are, the more native tounge like Les Sage Poêtes De La Rue ('La Rue'
is on Les Cool 1), or SLEO, also Sens Unik who even rap in spanish also.
And to get real go for Suprême NTM, "Authentik" is my favoite being I got
it first, I picked up all I could find when I was in Paris last summer.
"1993...J"Appuie Sur La Gachette" with a gachette (gun) on the cover,
picture by Seb Janik on of the up and coming French photographers (he did
the Naomi Cambell--robot pics). And their latest self titled which I even
found on vinyl.
Other comps, try the "La Haïne" soundtrack has some great stuff, or another
Jimmy Jay comp 'Hip-Hop Non-Stop" there must be two volumes, I've got the
second. I also picked up some vinyl in Paris @ Rough Trade, Asmeuk Saco, a
smooth beats, but, nothing stands out and Solo which I really couldn't get
into, but, seeing that I can't find much here in the States I take what I
can get.
For web sites check out:
http://worldmusic.com if its up you can find some
http://www.cdeurope.com has a lot but some unreal prices, over $50 for NTM
http://www.supreme-ntm.com for NTM
and MC Solaar should be somewhere out there too.
erik g
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