Artist.......: Diam's
Album........: En Concert aux Francofolies de la Rochelle
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rap
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-02-22
Str.date.....: 2010-07-00
Quality......: 232kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://diams-lesite.com/
track title time
1. En Concert aux Francofolies de la Rochelle 76:34
* I am Somebody
* Enfant du dΘsert
* La Boulette
* Ma France α moi
* Coeur de bombe
* L'honneur d'un peuple
* Marine
* Dans le noir
* Suzy
* La Boulette
* Big up
* Peter Pan
Runtime 76:34
Size 127.49
Release Notes:
One of small handful of women to infiltrate the male-dominated world of French
hip-hop, "rappeuse" Diam's nevertheless enjoyed significant commercial and
critical success culminating with 2003's award-winning Brut de Femme. Born
MΘlanie Georgiades in Nicosia, Cyprus, on July 27, 1980, she spent the majority
of her adolescence in the Parisian suburb of Orsay and gravitated to hip-hop as
a teen. By 14, she began writing her own songs, adopting the alias Diam's from a
dictionary entry defining diamonds in terms of both their opulence and their
impenetrability. By 1995 Georgiades was a fixture of the Paris rap circuit,
often collaborating with the Instances Glauques collective. In 1997, she
befriended rapper Yannick from the Mafia Trece posse, guesting on two tracks on
their LP Cosa Nostra and performing on the anti-racism tour "Sachons Dire Non."
While working a series of odd jobs, Diam's teamed with composer and producer
Black Mozart to record her 1999 debut solo LP, Premier Mandat, issued on the
independent label Reel Up. The album earned little attention, but two years
later she turned heads with "Suzy," a standout contribution to the compilation
Original Bombattack. Diam's signed to major label EMI in the spring of 2002, but
her sophomore LP, Brut de Femme, was shelved due to corporate reshuffling. When
the album finally hit retail on the Hostile imprint in mid-2003, it proved a
surprise hit, launching the chart-topping single "DJ" and winning the award for
Best Rap/Hip Hop Album at the annual Victoires de la Musique honors. Dans Ma
Bulle followed in early 2006, topping the French charts within weeks. Its
success landed Diam's her own MCM cable show, TΘlΘ Diam's, as well as an A&R gig
with the legendary U.S. label Motown's French division.