Name: L"?cole du Micro d'Argent [Edition Collector]
Brand: Parlophone
SKU: 53595437
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L"?cole du Micro d'Argent [Edition Collector]

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Album: L"?cole du Micro d'Argent [Edition Collector]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	L'?cole du micro d'argent
2)	Dangereux
3)	N?s sous la m?me ?toile
4)	La Saga
5)	Petit Fr?re
6)	Elle donne son corps avant son nom
7)	L'Empire du c?t? obscur
8)	Regarde
9)	L'Enfer
10)	Quand tu allais, on revenait
11)	Chez le mac
12)	Un bon son brut pour les truands
13)	Bouger la t?te
14)	Un cri court dans la nuit
15)	Lib?re mon imagination
16)	Demain, c'est loin
1)	Hold-up mental
2)	Donne-moi le micro
3)	Complexe
4)	Il faut taper
5)	Sans issue
6)	Sales Hypocrites
7)	Doin' Our Thang
8)	La R?alit?
9)	C'est clair je suis sombre
10)	La 25?me Image [Remix] - (remix)
1)	L'?cole du micro d'argent [Instrumental]
2)	Dangereux [Instrumental]
3)	N?s sous la m?me ?toile [Instrumental]
4)	La Saga [Instrumental]
5)	Petit Fr?re [Instrumental]
6)	Elle donne son corps avant son nom [Instrumental]
7)	L'Empire du c?t? obscur [Instrumental]
8)	Regarde [Instrumental]
9)	Chez le mac [Instrumental]
10)	Un bon son brut pour les truands [Instrumental]
11)	Bouger la t?te [Instrumental]
12)	Un cri court dans la nuit [Instrumental]
13)	Demain, c'est loin [Instrumental]
14)	Lib?re mon imagination [Instrumental]
15)	Quand tu allais, on revenait [Instrumental]
16)	Independenza [Instrumental]
1)	Independenza
2)	Temp?rament Kunta Kinte
3)	Fait divers
4)	Pourquoi je suis l?
5)	La Saga [Soul Remix] - (remix)
6)	L'Empire du c?t? obscur [Version ?pique]
7)	Des Sous
8)	L'?cole du micro d'argent [Version guerri?re]
9)	C'est donc ?a nos vies
10)	Dangereux [Version originale]
11)	Demain, c'est loin [Version d?mo]
12)	Marseille la nuit
13)	L'?cole du micro d'argent [Version US]
14)	La Saga [Noir Ch?teau remix] - (remix)
15)	Temp?rament Kunta Kinte [Chill Remix] - (remix)
16)	La Saga 2000

Album: L"?cole du Micro d'Argent [Edition Collector]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	L'?cole du micro d'argent
2)	Dangereux
3)	N?s sous la m?me ?toile
4)	La Saga
5)	Petit Fr?re
6)	Elle donne son corps avant son nom
7)	L'Empire du c?t? obscur
8)	Regarde
9)	L'Enfer
10)	Quand tu allais, on revenait
11)	Chez le mac
12)	Un bon son brut pour les truands
13)	Bouger la t?te
14)	Un cri court dans la nuit
15)	Lib?re mon imagination
16)	Demain, c'est loin
1)	Hold-up mental
2)	Donne-moi le micro
3)	Complexe
4)	Il faut taper
5)	Sans issue
6)	Sales Hypocrites
7)	Doin' Our Thang
8)	La R?alit?
9)	C'est clair je suis sombre
10)	La 25?me Image [Remix] - (remix)
1)	L'?cole du micro d'argent [Instrumental]
2)	Dangereux [Instrumental]
3)	N?s sous la m?me ?toile [Instrumental]
4)	La Saga [Instrumental]
5)	Petit Fr?re [Instrumental]
6)	Elle donne son corps avant son nom [Instrumental]
7)	L'Empire du c?t? obscur [Instrumental]
8)	Regarde [Instrumental]
9)	Chez le mac [Instrumental]
10)	Un bon son brut pour les truands [Instrumental]
11)	Bouger la t?te [Instrumental]
12)	Un cri court dans la nuit [Instrumental]
13)	Demain, c'est loin [Instrumental]
14)	Lib?re mon imagination [Instrumental]
15)	Quand tu allais, on revenait [Instrumental]
16)	Independenza [Instrumental]
1)	Independenza
2)	Temp?rament Kunta Kinte
3)	Fait divers
4)	Pourquoi je suis l?
5)	La Saga [Soul Remix] - (remix)
6)	L'Empire du c?t? obscur [Version ?pique]
7)	Des Sous
8)	L'?cole du micro d'argent [Version guerri?re]
9)	C'est donc ?a nos vies
10)	Dangereux [Version originale]
11)	Demain, c'est loin [Version d?mo]
12)	Marseille la nuit
13)	L'?cole du micro d'argent [Version US]
14)	La Saga [Noir Ch?teau remix] - (remix)
15)	Temp?rament Kunta Kinte [Chill Remix] - (remix)
16)	La Saga 2000

Performer Notes

This album is one of the cornerstones of French hip-hop music. Its release was a major act for IAM as they finally found a sound to match the quality of their lyrics, as well as for French hip-hop, confirming the fact that rap has a lot of followers in the Hexagon. Like their peers from the suburbs of Paris, NTM, IAM went to New York to instigate the production of this album, seeking for the essence of the sound one can only find in the Big Apple (their previous album was also cut in N.Y.). They teamed with Prince Charles Alexander, the mixer and engineer who worked a lot for Bad Boy Records. They even got close to the Wu-Tang realm through Sunz of Man members on "La Saga." The sound has definitely changed from the previous albums: at first putting themselves in the Egyptian tradition (look at their names), they now have found the musical depth they deserve as ones of the few best lyricists of France. Definitely influenced by the Wu-Tang soundscapes, the opening track is the story of the battle between their school, from the silver mic, against the wooden mic school, in a Bushido style. Too bad that non-French speaking listeners won't get the lyrics; they cannot appreciate the quintessence of IAM's style. However, most of the album sticks to the traditional approach of storytelling, as it covers the city life in its darkness: little brothers that want to grow too fast and be the new ca?d ("Petit Fr?re"), money hungry women who have sex without giving their names, the difficulties to have a similar chance and destiny than a boy growing up in the well-off (about equality of chances) and much more. Not many subjects of relief here, we only breathe thanks to the banging instrumentals and phrasing of the MCs. IAM takes the time to raise questions we don't want to hear, and stories we don't want to remember. This album is just hip-hop as its best: quality of the production with skilled lyricists in top form. This would just be one of you first "must-have" purchase if you plan to approach French rap music. ~ Vincent Latz