Senegal-born MC Solaar, the million-selling French-language rapper, continues to channel hip-hop through his own vibrant cultural experience with Mach 6. Steeped in silky acoustic jazz textu...
The debut LP from the formidable scratching DJ, Kid Koala fulfils the fevered critical and public response that greeted his "live" sets and remixes/collaborations with Money Mark, ...
Brilliant but flawed. Saian Supa Crew have got to be one of the finest hip hop outfits on the planet. Insane flows, brilliant ragga-fuelled beats and superb, inventive beatboxing all combine...
Lush hip-hop, Gallic style. Probably one of the best hip-hop albums of all time, up there with Step in the Arena as an exponent of funky, lyrical jazz-tinged hip-hop. Jimmy Jay's lush, sun-d...
It seems like such a natural progression for French hip-hop to take off--after all, there's only so many MCs out there with anything original to say or a novel way of saying it, so the flow ...
Cinquieme As is the fifth album by the former footballer turned rapper from Villeneuve St George, MC Solaar. While thanks to Daft Punk, Modjo and Air, French music has finally made it's mark...
Laarso At His Best. I've been a fan of MC Solaar's for quite some time now, and have had this album a good 10 years, but I came back to it recently and felt I had to review it. The skills s...
Solaar comes through again. As with his earlier releases, 'Qui Seme Le Vent Recolte Le Tempo' and 'Prose Combat', and his later self-titled CD, on 'Paradisiaque' MC Solaar combines hip-hop a...
