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A little off topic but funny enough to mention. Here in France, Skyblog.com is closing its doors in the next days. It was a blog platform ran by the #1 hiphop r
by 10729287 3y ago
A little off topic but funny enough to mention. Here in France, Skyblog.com is closing its doors in the next days. It was a blog platform ran by the #1 hiphop radio. It's not related to hip hop at all, even the radio only play crappy mainstream rap since 30 years ago, but back in the days, it was an easy way for a lot of teens to have a voice on the Internet. It wasn't deep at all, often really dumb, and it was mocked even in 2000, but 20 years after remains the symbol of an era and there's still some nice joys that came out of it. It was worth archiving for all those reasons and we are glad INA (National Audiovisual Institute) saved all the content.
- cookie_monsta 3y agoFor the record (ha!), French hip hop is my favourite of all the "international" flavours. Some excellent DJs and producers and there's something about the smoothness of the accent that coincides very well with my tastes. Not understanding French and so not having to worry about problematic lyrics may add to the appeal;)
- zhengyi13 3y agoFor anyone following along at home, MC Solaar might be a really good entry point into French Hiphop. Give La concubine de l'hémoglobine a try - talk about smooth.
- cookie_monsta 3y agoSolaar is super smooth. If you're looking for a little edge I'd recommend Les Sages Poètes de la rue. Gènèral P is on high rotation at my place
- vitalurk 3y agoIAM, NTM, Passi, Doc Gyneco
- Hanschri 3y agoArchiveTeam is also currently archiving Skyblog! https://tracker.archiveteam.org/skyblog/ https://tracker.archiveteam.org/skyblog/
- aatd86 3y agoJust a nuance: the true number one hiphop radio was always génération 88.2 :-P SkyRock even has rock in its name. Just being playful :o)
- 10729287 3y agoYou are right, but most famouses are not always the best unfortunately. Cheers !
- aatd86 3y agoOh no you're the one that was right, I was just being tongue-in-cheek. Skyrock is the better known platform. Mostly broadcasting top40 and music deemed commercial. That's why when rap started being more popular, they switched to this genre from rock (hence the name). Generation is the more niche station. :o)