Artist.......: Grand Corps Malade
Album........: Live α la Bellevilloise
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Hip-Hop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2013-12-02
Str.date.....: 2013-10-00
Quality......: 204kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.grandcorpsmalade.fr/
track title time
1. Live α la Bellevilloise 18:37
* Funambule
* Te Manquer
* J'ai Mis Des Mots
* Course Contre La Honte
Runtime 18:37
Size 27.29
Release Notes:
Grand Corps Malade was the alias of French rapper and urban poet Fabien Marsaud,
a product of Paris' tough northern suburb Seine-Saint-Denis born July 31, 1977.
A diving accident suffered on his 20th birthday left Marsaud permanently
disabled, inspiring the Grand Corps Malade moniker -- roughly translated, the
name means "Large Sick Body" -- and forcing upon him the omnipresent crutch that
would become a signature element of his stage act. Upon discovering "slam
poetry" in 2003, Marsaud began writing autobiographical verse and entering
readings at the Parisian bar Collectif 129H. A friend later suggested he set his
poems to music, and in early 2006 he issued the first Grand Corps Malade LP,
MIDI 20, a gritty collection decrying the racism, poverty, and isolation endemic
throughout suburban Paris. The record proved an unexpected blockbuster, selling
in excess of 300,000 copies in less than six months and vaulting Marsaud to
national notoriety.
2008 saw the release of Grand Corps Malade sophomore album, Enfant de la Ville,
reaching the second spot on the French album charts. That year also saw him
perform outside his native France as well as introducing youth from his own
Seine-Saint-Denis community to slam poetry. His third studio album 3Φme Temps
followed in 2010, which saw him collaborate with French singer/songwriter
Charles Aznavour on the track "Tu es donc j'apprends". Grand Corps MaladeÆs 2011
single InchÆAllah became his first ever charting single, reaching number 59 in
the French chart.