Whatup whatup, i return to you after a couple days of rest and recovery from the dreaded (and most celebrated) St. Patrick's day outing. As promised, i wanna hook you guys up with the music of on the DOPEST (tied for first in my books with the legendary IAM) French hip-hop groups of all time, Supreme NTM. Think of them as the French version of Public Enemy politically, with their anti law enforcement lyrics, and of course their name itself, as "NTM" is the acronym for "Nique Ta Mere" (literally meaning "Fuck your mother"), a popular vulgar expression in street slang (basically the equivalent of "motherfucker", a term no stranger to U.S. hip-hop). They consist of two emcees, Joey Starr and Kool Shen, both hailing from the suburbs of Paris (specifically Seine-St.Denis), started rapping in the mid 80's and had a successful (and legally tumultuous, especially in the case of Joey...) career until they split up in 2000. Both emcees have deeply contrasting flows, Kool Shen having a funky, melodic one and Joey an energetic, deep and raucous flow. They were the first to truly have a transcontinental collaboration with an American artist, it resulting in the phenomenal "Affirmative Action Remix" with Nas, AZ and Foxy Brown. Both have pursued solo careers since then, i personally prefer Joey's (even though he is the "watered down" version of what he used to be) but they have both done quite alright for themselves. In October of 2008, NTM reunited for a series of 3 concerts in Paris, their first performance in 9 years. Shit sold out in 30 MINUTES. Damn i wish i hadn't moved, haha... Anyways, here are my favorite of their tracks, and one solo Joey Starr cut that i think is vicious. "Seine St. Denis! Seine St. Denis! Funky Funky Fresh!"
La Fievre
Le Monde de Demain
That's my People
Pose Ton Gun
Seine St. Denis Style Live
Laisse Pas Trainer Ton Fils
The Firm & NTM - Affirmative Action Remix
Joey Star - Meteque
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