Showcase SHOWCASE: July 6-13, 2025

[DJ Excellence]

Dope drums and bassline. Did you compose this one?

 

[DJ Excellence]

Take a listen

Rugged but smooth at the same time. Reminds me of vintage Erick Sermon.

 

[BiggChev]

@DJ Excellence

Love that you're bring that Francophone rap to us! Do you remember 'French Kiss' way back in the day on Much Music/Musique Plus? Give me 4 more of these 12 minute Franco mixes and I have the ultimate gym playlist! It's weird, but the abrupt changes flow really well. I think it's because you did a great job of matching the beat/change-up perfectly with each rapper. Toi, to est fou pour ca!

 

[BiggChev]

@Memento Beats mentioned last week that I don't regularly post in the Showcase. So...I figured I'd embarass myself a little bit. I made this a couple years ago when I was exploring the world of house/nu-disco. The funny part is, I wasn't drinking at the time but still made the weirdest music in my catalog. Either way, hope someone gets a good laugh out of it. Apologies in advance for the mix...I was maybe a bit too experimental back then lol.

BiggChev - "Atomic - Feb 2023"

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[DJ Excellence]

@DJ Excellence

Love that you're bring that Francophone rap to us! Do you remember 'French Kiss' way back in the day on Much Music/Musique Plus? Give me 4 more of these 12 minute Franco mixes and I have the ultimate gym playlist! It's weird, but the abrupt changes flow really well. I think it's because you did a great job of matching the beat/change-up perfectly with each rapper. Toi, to est fou pour ca!

Thank you! I didn’t get to experience French Kiss, as I wasn’t living in Canada when it aired—except for a brief time in the 2000s.

 

[BiggChev]

Where were you at? I like hearing about people’s journeys and how folks from all over come to hip-hop.

 

[DJ Excellence]

Where were you at? I like hearing about people’s journeys and how folks from all over come to hip-hop.

Stockholm, Paris and Lyon (France), Hampton Roads area in Virginia, NYC, Boston.

 

[BiggChev]

Stockholm, Paris and Lyon (France), Hampton Roads area in Virginia, NYC, Boston.

Damn you moved around a lot. Are you naturally a francophone? Or did you pick it up between Lyon and MTL?

 

[DJ Excellence]

Damn you moved around a lot. Are you naturally a francophone? Or did you pick it up between Lyon and MTL?

Yes, I was born in Scandinavia, but my dad is from Marseille. I grew up speaking French, Swedish, and English.

 

[BiggChev]

Oh shit! We got a multi-linguisticalist on our hands lol.

 

[DJ Excellence]

Oh shit! We got a multi-linguisticalist on our hands lol.

Haha, well, it took me about 7–8 years to fully understand what French Quebecers are saying. Their dialects can be pretty wild at times.

 

[BiggChev]

You mean you didn’t understand Joual?!

Osti colis tabernak!

 

[DJ Excellence]

You mean you didn’t understand Joual?!

Osti colis tabernak!

Exactly, lol. Joual grammar is not my thing.

 

[BiggChev]

@DJ Excellence