The Cliqua " Designed To Last " (1995)"In Live from the fork, touch my emblem and I mount you! "- Rocca, the group piece" The Underground S 'Expresses Chap.1 "instigated by Assassin.
Arsenal / Night & Day
1. Intro (Jelahee / Chemist)
2. The Cliqua - Killed In The Street (Rocca Egosyst Daddy Lord C, Doc Odnhok / Chemist)
3. Rocca - As a blowpipe (Rocca / Chemist)
4. Coup D'Etat Phonik - In My Head (Doc Odnhok, Egosyst / Lumumba)
5. The Cliqua - Freestyle (Rocca Egosyst Daddy Lord C, Doc Odnhok / Lumumba)
6. Daddy Lord C - Always Higher (Daddy Lord C / Chemist)
7. The Cliqua - Designed To Last ( feat. Lyon S) (Doc Odnhok, Rocca, Daddy Lord C., Raphael, Egosyst, Lion S / Lumuba)
Yeah ok, it does not mean much, we do not know what its emblem but least we know he is from the 18th. It's kind of a scam also because other than the Azzurri (Rocca and Daddy Lord C), they all came from Boulogne Pont de Sèvres I think. In Anyway, Egosyst (Geg for short, Arafat today when he raps with IMS), Doc Odnhok and Raphael were of more than 92 Paris 18.
Since the first maxis Daddy Lord C (and the now classic "Freaky Flow 1995 Remix), was expected this first disc of the clique. And it's not even an album. Let's start by exorcising frustration: I passed the vinyl of "Designed To Last " dozens of times, each time I thought seeing the translucent vinyl " I'll take another time, I prefer to buy a disk that I have not already . And then finally I ever bought and now he deal with a crazy price. That was the minute of the collector soured. I remember that initially it (yet and always) Loïc who had put " Killed In The Street" on a cassette. Huge slap immediate and definitive, prod jazzy, diversity and originality of the flows, the general atmosphere of the track ... A model of its kind still in my ears. The first major strength of this disc is its atmosphere. The guys at the prod (in this case The Chemist, now converted into documentary filmmaking and Lumumba) had to listen quite the big brother in New York is dirty, sticky, sticky, hard and sincere. Yeah, no less. It's short and it's good (for once, sorry ladies).
As for MCs at the time, I do not know who could compete with the duo of the Azzurri (Rocca and Daddy Lord C). The first boy in Colombia to the gravelly voice is capable of incredible investment and pranks in English give an undeniable charisma. The second, while swing, ease dominates the discipline as it will dominate the French professional boxing some time later. When the two share the microphone, this is the best in duo's voices blend perfectly and pass pass work wonders. Complementarity in terms of rap in its purest form.
Others, inevitably, without demerits, still a step behind. Raphael has not more than 16 years and does his voice that occasionally brawling and Doc Odnhok (Kohndo today) is too convincing for clutter. Rest Egosyst, Geg for posterity, who plays more than sparring partners for the aforementioned heavyweights. This influence was more or less directly activates a whole scene today.
égotrip Mostly, this manifests new school (even before the squabbles commercial / underground, there was this dichotomy useless old school / new school ... that's not the issue as said Rocca) has hardly other ambition than to show that the posse of Fourchlin Zoo largely under up to silence the competition. Street, the Parisian street so special permeates the texts of five MCs. There is no question of playing the one with the largest, which is the biggest killer, the biggest chav, just to claim a commitment to a particular environment. One claim: wrinkle microphones and on that, there is consensus at the time: they are on top. Yet Clark could play the bad boys on disk without anyone finds fault, the reputation of the Black Dragons (hunters skins emeritus and legendary band for years 80-90) talking to him. Seven titles only 120 francs at the time (I remember the title 20 bullets, it hurts me ... until I put the disc into my Aiwa mini hi). Armen's photos in the booklet. The intro untouchable. " Sarbacane ", the underground hit. This disc is a masterpiece of French rap. There's not quibble.
Good result was far less glorious than it was the tape that the EP and their devoted Cut Killer. After their label with a compilation Arsenal (surely there will an opportunity to talk) and some compilations (including Invasion), the rats leave the ship. Geg Kohndo leaving to found IMS Kohndo will stand on its own feet (and copiously will turn on the maxi "No Place Traitors To The ") and the three survivors will all trouble in the world to release their first real album. It happens elsewhere too late (that's coming in too ... unicorn) and despite a solid production of Gallegos, he will struggle to convince the public. Disillusioned and embittered by the reception that the success of esteem does not translate into record sales (especially at a time when the French rap knows how to sell wholesale), the clique separates and everybody is going his solo activities.
Rocca continues to release solo who do not welcome despite some expected qualities and he decided to emigrate to the United States and Latin America with his band Tres Coronas who raps in English. Daddy Lord C time dedicated to boxing and even became champion of France professional before taking the microphone ... He released a solo of the most disappointing and it is one of my biggest disappointments in rap when I hear what it can do today. As for Raphael, he lives under the pseudonym Raphton in the near Audiomicide crew THC.
Well, there is recovery, I could have done better but I must call into legs! Good, and the sound is like before, still in the radio blog just in the top right there. 
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