Meet JOKE.
A 19 y.o. rapper from the sunny and studious city of Montpellier.
Discovered last year by Tekitek, he was, well, 18, and only had a couple of freestyles on his myspace page.
After a fistful of well-noticed appearances on the first three STUNTS releases, here's his first street album, titled "PRET POUR L'ARGENT" ("Ready for Money"). Produced by Orgasmic, and a whole new wave of promising french producers.
15 tracks, plus some freestyles, featuring some well-known names in French indie rap: Cuiziner, Craiz, Charly Greane, Tekitek...
The CD might be hard to find outside France, but you can buy it on iTunes .
Before I remind you the way to the Stunts blog, here's the video for "Marty & The Hit Factory", shot in two hours, and delivered to us two days later:
So, the blog:
A couple of songs from Joke for you to download, all the links you'll need to order the CD, and freebies from the whole STUNTS gang.
It's mostly a francophone place, but it's really time you learn the language, my friends.
-Emile.
Since "Party De Plaisir", accompanied by Gonzales and Létang, Teki Latex showed his true colours as a lover of french pop and Italo-disco, but he's back for a sporadic show of his rapping excellence. "Mes pelures" is a manifestation of the man's amazing generosity, stealing from some to give to others, delivering his idiosyncratic flow over a variety of "borrowed" beats old and new and making them his. It's a compilation of freeflowing, arrogant and brave pieces put forward in the way only Teki can. It's the only proof needed to crown Mr. Latex emperor of all things rap. Teki The Emperor, sets fire to Rome and sings amongst the flames, you wanted rap? Here's some bloody rap! The album's out now and available at Arcade Mode and the Fnac.
Stunts is one of our brand spanking new sublabels and it specialises in rap, french rap to be precise. Curated by patron saints Genevan Heathen and Orgasmic, the label plays home to Cuizinier, So Fresh Squad, Tekitek, Craiz, Manaré, Joke, Young Pulse and Orgasmic himself. The Stunts Dj's' first mixtape came out at the tail-end of march to much acclaim and we're now preparing the label's second outing with a fresh new mixtape, expect it to be ready by september. Stunts' own mic controller Joke has prepared an EP that might be at your doorstep very soon.
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