Fade circa 1994 : Dring "hey I can't find your address on the map, could you give me directions?
respondent: "Quoi ? moi parle pas Anglais, maudit anglais, me no speak English "
mainstream French Hip Hop is wack wack wack....just like the American mainstream if not worse. All lot of stuff you see posted on Youtube is from the 90's or underground (most French kids age 13-18 don't know about 20syl-Hocus Pocus and the likes).
Guru acknowledged he was an alcoholic for many years and him & Preemo had many physical fights .During the last years of the group, Preemo was literally rhyming as much as Guru on tour , because Guru was so drunk he got offbeat all the time.
Even Solar acknowledges the drinking problem, and...
RIP Guru ! Since I'm a huge Gangstarr fan, I feel very saddened.
His partner Solar released a letter from him allegedly written just before he died (and it's really messed up, there's no other words for it). I truly think Solar wrote this, and I suggest you boycott any new 7grand, Jazzmattaz...
Ah man I have to disagree, some French emcees are HARD, check the vids below.
but I hear you on the language thing , when you hear somebody rapping in a language/accent you're not familiar with, it can be a big turn off.