Archive for the 'hip hop' Category

Fonky Family – Art De Rue

Monday, December 8th, 2008

La Fonky Family (often shortened to La Fonky, or La FF) are a French hip hop group from Marseille. They are composed of four rappers, Le Rat Luciano, Menzo, Don Choa and Sat, the producer Pone, DJ Djel, the dancer Blaze, the singer Karima, Flex (fetus) Nandell, and manager Fafa.

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Alliance Ethnik – Simple & Funky

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Alliance Ethnik was a 1990s French hip hop group composed of five members from Algeria, Congo, Italy, and France. The group began recording in 1994, and their first album entitled Simple & Funky in 1995, which included singles Simple & Funky, Respect, and Honesty & Jalousie.

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113 – Tonton du Bled

Monday, May 19th, 2008

113 is a French hip hop group with African and Caribbean roots. 113 was formed in the Parisian suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine, with Tonton du Bled as their most famous song.  113’s name comes from the name of the building in a housing estate where the members spent much of their youth.

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Wax Tailor – Our Dance

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Wax Tailor is the alias of French trip hop/ hip hop producer DJ Jean-Christophe Le Saoût. Wax Tailor’s music has been labeled as a “cinematic hip-hop experience,” due to the fact that his music is often infused with film dialogue from earlier generations.

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