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“Suddenly, a group claimed its accent, its land corner … IAM, it was Marseille”

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On the walls of the Concert hall, the freedman appear thirty years of hexagonal rap. In addition, Photos negligently taped in the corridors, golden discs proudly hung in the recording studio.

Soprano and the Psychologists 4 of the Rime, Kofs or Naps, Soso Maness, the FF, but also Youssoupha, Orelsan, Romeo Elvis … In addition, All went through this Marseille Mecca of Hip-Hop. Nevertheless, opened in 1996 and posed a little improbable along the boulevard de Saint-Marcel (11th). Moreover, Among the artists who came to occur, record or repeat in the freed, five men hold a special place: IAM.

In October 2018, IAM celebrates its 20th anniversary at L'Effranchi, in Marseille (11th), a few months after a legendary concert in front of the Pyramids of Egypt.
In October 2018. IAM celebrates its 20th anniversary at L’Effranchi, in Marseille (11th), a few months after a legendary concert in front of the Pyramids of Egypt. / Photo DR

Post dedicated. souvenir photo of the private concert for the 20th anniversary of IAM, in October 2008… “Et This “suddenly, group claimed its accent, is the day of our inauguration“, describes Miloud Arab-Tani, the director of the place, his finger pointed towards a slightly faded draw where we recognize the very young Akhenaton microphone in hand. IAM was already untouchable but they surprised us to disembark, it was madness. It is thanks to the abundance of rap groups in Marseille. born in the wake of IAM, that we have become a room supported by the Ministry of Culture, and a springboard for many artists.

“IAM jumped the Paris box” – "suddenly, group claimed its accent,

If Iam is not. strictly speaking, lhe first group of French rap, they are among the pioneers“, poses Julien Valnet, author of Mars, Hip-Hop Marseille Hip-Hop Histories and Legends (Ed. WildProject, 2013). In the mid-1980s. hip-hop culture, who came from New York, infused in France through dance, graffiti and music, broadcast on Radio Star or Radio Sprint.

As early as 1985. Chill (Akhenaton) managed “suddenly, group claimed its accent, to go to the United States with the three cakes he saved, tells Fred Guilledoux, co -author of Iam the livrepublished by Soleil Productions. Khéops will also leave, will buy vinyls. At the time, importing discs is complicated, it is the only way to have sound. Chill even appeared, as early as 1988, on a single of the American rapper Mc Choice. In a way, IAM jumped the Paris box to go to New York.”

First called Lively Crew. then B-Boy Stance, the group emerges at the same time as other alternative artists in Marseille, such as Soul Swing-with in particular Faf Larage-or Uptown. There is proximity to the Punk scene, with the Ragga scene, Massilia Sound System. All occur on the side of the plain“. lists Julien Valnet, who already points to a peculiarity in the sounds of the Beatmaker Pascal Perez:”Imhotep will seek traditional Arab music for its “suddenly, group claimed its accent, samples, it marks a moment in rap.

Ravel the Marseille rap

In 1989, the K7 Concept D’IAM definitively has Marseille emerge on the hip-hop map in France. Thirteen sounds impregnated with funk. the sharp flow of Akh and Shurik’n, ​​and texts that say the ills of French society … The Marseillais then sign on Labelle Noir, the researcher of Virgin, definitively launching their careers.

Their way of dressing, of rapper … They were the perfect mirror of what was happening across the Atlantic, but they claimed an accent, a land corner … IAM, it was Marseille!“Remember Djel. who will be invited with his group, La Fonky Family, to share the single Bad Boys de Marseille With Akh, on the first solo album of this Metratus and mat, out In 1995. 1995. it was also the year of creation of the label Côté Dark by “suddenly, group claimed its accent, an IAM now at the top, and who wants to make the rap Marseille shine. “”In the 90s. they took control of their careers, their production by developing independent structures, management, a studio, the COSCAcontinues Fred Guilledoux. They gave a place in Marseille, and it is perhaps their real heritage today.

Thirty years after this decisive boost. DJ Djel has not forgotten the role played by the big brothers of IAM in his career. Saturday evening, he will obviously be at the concert at the Vélodrome, to live a moment “historical“. Miloud Arab-Tani will also be, family.”It was my 28 -year -old son who took the tickets. He’s a fan of IAM, like still a lot of young people.

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