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International Artist Feature #4 - Youssoupha - HipHop

International Artist Feature #4 - Youssoupha - HipHop

International Artist Feature #4 - Youssoupha

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:19 AM PDT

The 4th International Artist Feature is provided by u/Ziggyjunior, enjoy!

Youssoupha, also called "Youss", "Prims Parolier", "le Lyriciste Bantou" or "Bakari Potter" is a French rapper born in Kinshasa, Congo in 1979. He's one of French rap's most well-known figures, and he makes music with predominantly conscious lyrics and sample-heavy beats often inspired by African music. He owns his own label, called Bomayé Musik. His lyrics are often political and touch on subjects like his influences from the street, poverty, and his views on the position of the African community in France. He is also a muslim and often references his religion.

Youssoupha spent his youth in some of France's poorest "banlieues" (suburbs). After he started rapping, he went to the USA for a while and, while there, he performed as the opening act for big US rappers such as 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Method Man and Redman. He came back to France to drop his first studio album in 2007, called A Chaque Frère (To Each Brother).

Les Apparences nous mentent (Appearances lie to us) is considered to be his first classic song.

Ma Destinée (My Fate) is about the first time he came to France from Africa and how he started rapping.

He dropped his second album, Sur les Chemins du Retour (On the Road back), in 2009. The album was praised in the rap scene, but Youssoupha became the target of a polemic in mainstream media due to a line in his song A force de le dire.

Eric Zemmour is a very well-known TV personality who was infamous for making borderline racist remarks and claiming rappers are "illiterate". Youssoupha criticized Zemmour for demonizing the suburbs and said the line: "j'mets un billet sur la tête de celui qui fera taire ce con d'Éric Zemmour" ("I'll put a note on the head of anyone who'll make Eric Zemmour shut up"). Zemmour found the line to be a death threat and sued Youssoupha. Right-wing mainstream media took the opportunity to demonize Youssoupha and hip-hop as a whole once again (a recurrent problem in France). Youssoupha actually won the lawsuit later, but the name of Zemmour was censored on the official version of the song.

Another personal favorite of this album is the song L'effet papillon (Butterfly Effect) the beat is incredible and his texts are at his best.

He came back with a mixtape called En Noir et Blanc (In Black and White) in 2011, which was kind of an EP destined to make his fans wait for his next album. It was still full of quality songs. I really like the song Poids Plume especially.

His next album, called Noir D**** (or Noir Désir, a reference to a French rock band which lead to the album title being censored) was announced when Youssoupha dropped the single Menace de Mort (Death Threat), in which he addressed the accusations against him.

Standout songs for me on this album :

Les Disques de mon Père (My Father's records) where Youssoupha samples his father's song, as he is one of the many MANY (reportedly more than 60) children of Congolese singer Tabu Ley Rochereau. He reflects on his relationship with his estranged father as he has become a father himself.

Gestelude part. 1, where Youss kicks it with fellow Bomayé Musik affiliate Sam's

Honestly it's hard to choose songs to highlight from this album as it's my personal favorite and the album that really ignited my love for hip-hop.

In 2014, Youssoupha release an EP called Boma Yé, announcing his next album.

He released his last studio album, called NGRTD (pronounced "négritude") in 2015.

Niquer ma Vie (Fuckin' my Life) finds him reflecting on the road he covered since his youth, his relationship with his brother who is incarcerated, and thanking the people around him.

Love Musik features English-speaking singer Ayo, and she even raps for a verse !

Since then, he has announced that he's taken a step back to manage his label and is in "pre-retirement".

PS : The songs I chose to feature here are a personal choice, and as Youss is a very consistent artist, I can only encourage you to listen to his albums in full, there are very few songs that I'd consider lower quality that the rest. Also, if anyone wants me to help them understand lyrics in English, I'll be a pleasure to help !

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BROCKHAMPTON announce new project "PUPPY", releasing summer 2018

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In light of the recent announcement of their new label with Atlantic, it’s worth nothing that Adam22 of No Jumper has an extensive history of violence, racism, and sexual abuse

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:44 AM PDT

Here are some twitter threads where Adam22's actions have been documented (in many cases via his own blog posts)

https://twitter.com/conortripler/status/970107832732336129

https://twitter.com/cockspit/status/892976084567941120

https://twitter.com/conortripler/status/958390143638892545

This dude is scum and it's shocking this isn't more talked about.

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Billboard Hot 100 Discussion - March 9-15 2018

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 01:34 PM PDT

From the Billboard Hot 100

Songs marked with 'P' are top 5, non hip-hop songs that would not normally be discussed in this sub. Songs marked with '/' are songs by pop artists with a hip-hop feature.

Position Title Artist Last Week Weeks Charting Peak
1 (8x) God's Plan Drake - 1 8 1
2 P Perfect Ed Sheeran - 2 29 1
3 / Finesse Bruno Mars & Cardi B - 3 11 3
4 P Meant To Be Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line ▲+1 5 21 4
5 Psycho Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign ▼-1 4 3 2
7 / Havana Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug ▼-1 6 31 1
8 Pray For Me The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar ▲+1 9 6 7
9 Look Alive BlocBoy JB ft. Drake ▼-2 7 5 5
10 All The Stars Kendrick Lamar & SZA ▲+1 11 10 7
11 Stir Fry Migos ▼-1 10 12 8
12 Rockstar Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - 12 26 1
13 Let You Down NF - 13 22 12
15 Ric Flair Drip Offset & Metro Boomin ▲+1 16 20 15
18 Him & I G-Eazy & Halsey ▼-3 15 15 14
19 Sad! XXXTentacion ▼-2 17 2 17
21 King's Dead Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake ▲+2 23 9 21
22 I Fall Apart Post Malone ▼-1 21 25 16
25 Plug Walk Rich The Kid ▲+23 48 5 25
29 Everyday Logic & Marshmello ▲+14 43 2 29
31 Bartier Cardi Cardi B ft. 21 Savage ▼-2 29 12 14
35 Outside Today YoungBoy Never Broke Again ▼-4 31 9 31
37 Love. Kendrick Lamar ft. Zacari ▼-11 26 38* 11
39 No Limit G-Eazy ft. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B ▼-3 36 27* 4
40 MotorSport Migos, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B ▼-5 35 20* 6
42 Young Dumb & Broke Khalid ▼-2 40 35* 18
43 New Freezer Rich The Kid ft. Kendrick Lamar ▲+1 44 7 42
44 Sky Walker Miguel ft. Travis Scott ▼-3 41 25* 29
46 44 More Logic ▲+19 65 3 22
47 Plain Jane A$AP Ferg ft. Nicki Minaj ▼-2 45 25* 26
49 Top Off DJ Khaled ft. JAY Z, Future & Beyonce ▼-27 22 2 22
50 Billy 6ix9ine ▲+3 53 3 50
52 Gummo 6ix9ine ▼-24 28 18 12
56 Indica Badu Logic ft. Wiz Khalifa ▲+45 DEBUT 1 56
58 / Love Lies Khalid & Normani ▲+8 66 4 43
59 Changes XXXTentacion ▼-12 47 2 47
60 Contra Logic ▲+41 DEBUT 1 60
61 Lemon NER*D & Rihanna ▼-5 56 19 40
62 Nowadays Lil Skies ft. Landon Cube ▼-4 58 10 55
63 NBAYoungboat Lil Yachty ft. NBA YoungBoy ▲+38 DEBUT 1 63
68 Overnight Logic ▲+33 DEBUT 1 68
69 Walk It Talk It Migos ft. Drake ▼-10 59 7 18
70 Pick It Up Famous Dex ft. A$AP Rocky ▼-7 63 18 54
72 Hardaway Derez De'Shon ▼-3 69 6 67
73 66 Lil Yachty ft. Trippie Redd ▲+28 DEBUT 1 73
74 Midnight Logic ▲+27 DEBUT 1 74
76 Powerglide Rae Sremmurd & Juicy J - 76 2 76
78 Red Roses Lil Skies ft. Landon Cube - 78 10 69
79 Betrayed Lil Xan ▼-7 72 18 64
80 No Smoke YoungBoy Never Broke Again ▼-5 75 15 61
83 Wassup Logic ft. Big Sean ▲+18 DEBUT 1 83
85 River Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran ▼-24 61 13 11
87 Yuck Logic ▲+14 DEBUT 1 87
88 BOOM! Lil Yachty ft. Ugly God ▲+13 DEBUT 1 88
89 Booty Blac Youngsta ▼-16 73 3 73
92 Narcos Migos ▼-18 74 7 36
93 X ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi ▼-4 89 5 49
94 At The Club Jacquees X Dej Loaf ▼-8 86 6 86
97 BoomTrap Protocol Logic ▲+4 DEBUT 1 97
98 Warm It Up Logic ft. Young Sinatra ▲+3 DEBUT 1 98
100 Dark Knight Dummo Trippie Redd ft. Travis Scott ▼-15 85 5 72

*Note: if a song has been charting for more than 20 weeks and is below #50, it gets dropped off prematurely.

Notable:

  • God's Plan spends its 8th week at #1

  • Logic's Bobby Tarantino II lands 10 tracks on the chart

    • #29 Everyday ft. Marshmello (▲+14)
    • #46 44 More (▲+19)
    • #56 Indica Badu ft. Wiz Khalifa
    • #60 Contra
    • #68 Overnight
    • #74 Midnight
    • #83 Wassup ft. Big Sean
    • #87 Yuck
    • #97 BoomTrap Protocol
    • #98 Warm It Up ft. Young Sinatra

  • Lil Yachty's Lil Boat 2 lands 3 tracks on the chart

    • #63 NBAYoungboat ft. NBA YoungBoy
    • #73 66 ft. Trippie Redd
    • #88 BOOM! ft. Ugly God

  • Rich The Kid's Plug Walk sees a large rise to 25 (▲+23)

  • DJ Khaled's Top Off sees a large drop to #49 (▼-27)

  • Post Malone's Candy Paint drops off after 19 weeks, peaking at #58 and spending its last week at #82. It has been 11 months since its release however.

Billboard 200 (Albums):

Position Title Artist Sales Last Week Weeks Charting
1 (NEW) Bobby Tarantino II Logic 119K (32K pure) DEBUT 1
2 (NEW) Lil Boat 2 Lil Yachty 64K (7K pure) DEBUT 1
4 Black Panther: The Album Soundtrack 63K, down 18% 1 5
7 Culture II Migos 45K, down 13% 4 7
10 Stoney Post Malone 32K, down 8% 6 66
14 (NEW) Ray Ray From Summerhill YFN Lucci - DEBUT 1
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Tee Grizzley releasing an album on May 11th

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Nardwuar vs. Smokepurpp

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Ugly God going on tour with Yung Gravy

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Daily Discussion Thread 03/20/2018

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 10:25 AM PDT

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/r/HipHopHeads Twitter Follow Back Thread Vol. 29: PRhyme 2 out now Edition

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Back at it like a bad habit. We're here again with the 29th bimonthly followchain thread. Put your Twitters, Instagrams, Snapchats, LastFMs, whatever you want, down in the thread. Tweet #HHHFollowChain and join our community! We discuss Music, sports, fashion, and much more. Come join the family. I have made a lot of great friends from this thread and hopefully you will too.

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[FRESH VIDEO] Jhene Aiko feat. Kurupt - Never Call Me (Slauson Hills edition)

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 05:07 PM PDT
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