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IAM - French Rap
For those who don't know about IAM, here are few infos
So in 97 they release their most successful album "L'école du micro d'argent" which is a classic album here (Vinyl release cost so much now 200 - 300€). Why is it a huge success? Beats made by Dj Kheops are really dope, lyrics are great too, IAM don't praise violence, they mostly talk about how hard it is to live in poor neighborhoods, they don't praise drugs and show off like others do, they also talk about politics and religion, that's what we call "rap conscient" in France. I think everybody here got at least 1 copy of this album.
Got few guest on it, Rahzel and Sunz Of Man (Wu Tang affiliated)
They released 4-5 videos for this album
U can tell by their vids or beats how much they're influenced by Africa, Ancient Egypt, Asia (i guess that's why they worked with Wu affiliated rappers).
In 98 another french rap group called NTM released an untitled album, these 2 were the most influent albums.
IAM is about to release their 7th album, honestly even tho their lyrics are still relevant today, they're kinda outdated, just because only younger rappers with fake lyrics rule now. Each IAM memeber dropped solo album and mixtapes, i'll take some pics later. Anyway, i'll still buy their albums.
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IAM is a French hip hop band from Marseille, created in 1989, and composed of Akhenaton (Philippe Fragione), Shurik'n (Geoffroy Mussard), Khéops (Eric Mazel), Imhotep_(hip_hop) (Pascal Perez), and Kephren (François Mendy). 'IAM' has several meanings, including 'Invasion Arrivée de Mars' ('Invasion from Mars'). 'Mars' is frequently used as a metaphor for Marseille in IAM's songs, another meaning is : Imperial Asiatic Man ( AKH often refers to : ( L'homme Impérial Asiatique ) ).
History
The band was formed in late 1985 by Akhenaton and Khéops, under the name Lively Crew. Lively Crew became B.Boys Stance in the summer of 1987, after which it was joined by Shurik'n, Freeman and Imhotep. In 1989 the group was renamed IAM, and they produced their first album, IAM Concept which was released the following year. They signed a contract with Virgin Records, and went on to publish the album ...de la planète Mars (1991), which became a major hit in France. In 1993 they released another album titled "Ombre est lumière" that helped the band to grow in popularity. However, IAM's big break did not come until their 1997 album L'école du micro d'argent, which took only two days to become a gold album in France and eventually sold over a million copies, becoming a diamond album. L'école du micro d'argent also brought the group some international fame. They also performed at the Reading Festival in England which increased not only their own popularity but that of French Hip Hop in England.
After the massively successful 1997 album, members of the group began to pursue solo careers. Akhenaton had already produced his first solo album, Métèque et mat, in 1995, and he was followed by Shurik'n and Freeman with albums in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Most members of the band now started to work on other projects of their own as well, such as Akhenaton's 2000 film Comme un aimant and three solo albums Sol Invictus (2001), Black album (2002) and Soldat de fortune (2006). However, the group remained intact, writing tracks for their album Revoir un printemps, completed in 2003. The group released its most recent album Saison 5, in April 2007.
History
The band was formed in late 1985 by Akhenaton and Khéops, under the name Lively Crew. Lively Crew became B.Boys Stance in the summer of 1987, after which it was joined by Shurik'n, Freeman and Imhotep. In 1989 the group was renamed IAM, and they produced their first album, IAM Concept which was released the following year. They signed a contract with Virgin Records, and went on to publish the album ...de la planète Mars (1991), which became a major hit in France. In 1993 they released another album titled "Ombre est lumière" that helped the band to grow in popularity. However, IAM's big break did not come until their 1997 album L'école du micro d'argent, which took only two days to become a gold album in France and eventually sold over a million copies, becoming a diamond album. L'école du micro d'argent also brought the group some international fame. They also performed at the Reading Festival in England which increased not only their own popularity but that of French Hip Hop in England.
After the massively successful 1997 album, members of the group began to pursue solo careers. Akhenaton had already produced his first solo album, Métèque et mat, in 1995, and he was followed by Shurik'n and Freeman with albums in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Most members of the band now started to work on other projects of their own as well, such as Akhenaton's 2000 film Comme un aimant and three solo albums Sol Invictus (2001), Black album (2002) and Soldat de fortune (2006). However, the group remained intact, writing tracks for their album Revoir un printemps, completed in 2003. The group released its most recent album Saison 5, in April 2007.
So in 97 they release their most successful album "L'école du micro d'argent" which is a classic album here (Vinyl release cost so much now 200 - 300€). Why is it a huge success? Beats made by Dj Kheops are really dope, lyrics are great too, IAM don't praise violence, they mostly talk about how hard it is to live in poor neighborhoods, they don't praise drugs and show off like others do, they also talk about politics and religion, that's what we call "rap conscient" in France. I think everybody here got at least 1 copy of this album.
Got few guest on it, Rahzel and Sunz Of Man (Wu Tang affiliated)
They released 4-5 videos for this album
U can tell by their vids or beats how much they're influenced by Africa, Ancient Egypt, Asia (i guess that's why they worked with Wu affiliated rappers).
In 98 another french rap group called NTM released an untitled album, these 2 were the most influent albums.
IAM is about to release their 7th album, honestly even tho their lyrics are still relevant today, they're kinda outdated, just because only younger rappers with fake lyrics rule now. Each IAM memeber dropped solo album and mixtapes, i'll take some pics later. Anyway, i'll still buy their albums.
[MENTION=2963]Krow [MENTION=327]HazeSilver [MENTION=429]429
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