Admittedly, I'm not so up to date on the french rap scene. I'm more familiar with whoever was hot at the turn of the century than the new players you have today. Ol' Kainry is actually an old player by today's standard. This, Les chemins de la dignité, is his second album that came out four years ago. (His latest album, Demolition Man, came out last year.)
As far as I'm concerned, Ol' Kainry is now four for four: discounting Demolition Man, which I've yet to listen to, he's dropped solid end-to-end projects so far. Check En attendant... (1999), Ol' Kainry et Dany Dan (2005), and Au delà des apparences (2001). It's tasteful street music and no one does it better!
The "Intro" raises expectations for this album and Ol' Kainry meets them with style: there's a smashing back-and-forth with Raekwon, Soprano (from Psy4 De La Rime) makes a strong cameo and Kainry's old group (Agression Verbale) is reunited and it feels like they've been there all along.
But the king of the punchline doesn't really need all that. With an engaging real life story to draw from, he concocts joints with large appeal. Les hommes se cachent pour pleurer, S'il était né, Entends mes regrets, the first hidden track (!), and the title track are just a few apropos examples...
I'm a big fan!!!!!!
Here are a couple vids of songs from the album:
2 comments:
on dirait le petit frere de 50 cent...le gars est barraque...faut pas le vexer deh!
moi meme je suis pas du tout update sur le rap francais....
je vais chercher ses clips sur youtube..
Here's a few
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3A6TtbdX00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8olU9Crknw
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