Promo & Video

This music video was released to celebrate the anniversary of the classic “Kraftwerk” album, which originally dropped back in 2010. Each verse is basically a “bullet” fired straight at the commercial industry and fake rappers, all backed by Snowgoons’ signature sound from that era — epic and high-energy.

Taken from Benjunior’s second solo album, “La Voix Des Anges”, the track “Les Rêves” (The Dreams) focuses on how childhood idealism fades in adult life. Despite the melancholic mood, the lyrics suggest that holding onto dreams is essential for maintaining one’s humanity during difficult periods.

This is pure, uncut French underground rap, built to remind the industry what real, independent, high-quality hip-hop is supposed to sound like — technical, deep street lyrics over a classic boom-bap beat with heavy drums and samples.

Classic hardcore rap from the icons of French independent hip-hop.

In “Hors Concours Et Hardcore” Monsieur M returns with a track focused on underground rap and artistic independence. Over a 90s-style beat, the lyrics attack commercialized music, political deceit, and industry trends, emphasizing strict nonconformity and street ethics.

Released under the Misère Record banner, “Klassik Fucking Shit” stands as a definitive release for the modern French underground. The track serves as a massive showcase of the scene’s power, bringing together its most respected veterans and key figures on a single record. Instead of chasing current industry trends, this collaboration doubles down on traditional hip-hop values, cementing its place as one of the most important collabs in recent years.

Featured on the “Klassik Fucking Shit (Vol. 1)” compilation, this track features Amaz rapping over a piano loop and steady drums. The lyrics tackle writer’s block, artistic sincerity, and fake street personas. Amaz prioritizes traditional hip-hop integrity, using dense French flows to reject commercial industry trends.

“Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate” translates from Italian as “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” — the infamous inscription over the gates of Hell in Dante’s “Divine Comedy”.

The crew uses this imagery to paint a grim picture of modern society, showing it trapped in mental darkness, ignorance, and pure hopelessness. The track takes aim at a system that turns people into a mindless herd, boxed in by materialism and mass manipulation.

The whole joint is packed with the esoteric, occult, and dark imagery that defines the group’s signature style. They’re spitting bars about humanity’s existential crisis, making the case that for anyone who actually thinks for themselves, the modern world has basically become a living hell.

In hip-hop, reggae, and dub culture, the term “Babylon” traditionally symbolizes a corrupt state system, an oppressive capitalist order, the police, and the ruling elites. The track calls for explicit defiance and mental resistance against this oppressive machine.

The musical production and aggressive flow create the feeling of a dark, chaos-ridden metropolis. The lyrics are filled with imagery of street survival, class inequality, police brutality, and social control.

The artists position their work as the voice of the streets and a weapon in the information and ideological war against media propaganda and the fake mainstream.

Produced by Mani Deiz for the 2020 album, Saké’s “Pièce d’orfèvre” is a testament to classic French underground rap.