quoted 1 line The only French rap that matters, as every student who has ever taken>> > The only French rap that matters, as every student who has ever taken
French
> in high school and gotten those shitty thin magazines about French culture,
> is the only and only MC Solaar.
but he sucks shit, unfortunately.<<
Care to qualify that one?
I believe that Solaar has one of the smoothest and most rhythmically facile
flows in hip-hop, and I mean all hip hop, in any language. Granted, the
backing tracks are at times a bit heavy on the fromage (kinda fuzaky cheezy),
but you can't question the man's dextrous flow.
Admittedly, I don't quite know what the lyrics are about, but it's a fun game
attempting to translate. Plus, I like the sound of the French language, so
maybe that makes it appealing to me.
I've heard that there is an emergent Japanese hip-hop scene - can anyone
suggest something good in this category? De La Soul's "Long Island Wildin"
has some crazy-wack Japanese guest rapping that is fun, but would certainly
wear thin after more than two minutes.
- Fred Church
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