Intik - La Victoire (2001)

"La Victoire" est le troisième album du groupe INTIK  sortie chez Sony Music en 2001.

 

Intik - Intik (1999)

"Intik" est un groupe de hip-hop algérien, originaire d'Alger. Il est composé de quatre membres (Youssef « Darkman », Nabil, Reda, et Samir). La signification du nom du groupe, est « ça baigne » en argot algérien, comme un pied de nez pour dire que rien ne va, né sur les cendres des manifestations d'Alger à l'automne de 1988. le groupe rappe en argot algérois et en français, mélangeant hip-hop, reggae, chaâbi, raï et soul. ils sortent leur premier album "Gri" une k7 chez l'édition Gamma en 1995.
"Intik" est le deuxième album du groupe sortie en 1999 chez Sony Music, le single "Va Le Dire à Ta Mère" est très vite devenu un tube. l'album est enregistré en dehors de l’Algérie. Sur l'album, Intik y inscrit des couplets contre le système mafieux derrière l’économie de marché et du terrorisme, et témoigne des horreurs des intégristes (Va le dire à ta mère, Boumba produit avec Imhotep d’IAM) sans jamais dédouaner le pouvoir en place (Les Disparus, Entre deux feux de tyrans, L’Injustice). L'album est chanté en arabe ou en français, et comprend une variété de samples allant de Beethoven à Mohamed Abdelwaheb mixée par Bristolien Tim Saul (Earthling). Pour Les Inrocks « alternant entre un hip-hop sombre et somptueux et un reggae triste et chaleureux, Intik réussit la fusion inédite entre les mélopées des musiques algériennes, chaâbi algérois et raï oranais, le beat lourd des boucles rap, le groove des productions R. Kelly. »

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Intik is an Algerian rap/hip hop group consisting of four artists. The group raps in both Darija (Algerian Arabic creole) and French and often drawing upon the violence all four experienced while growing up in turbulent Algeria during the 80s and 90s. The name Intik in Algerian dialect means “everything’s going great”, which is ironic considering the Algerian political unrest which the Intik focuses upon. Intik's front man is the rapper Youss (short for Youssef) with the other members being Reda, Samir, and Nabil.

The four started rapping after experiencing the violence in Algeria in 1988, specifically at one protest in which the military opened fire on the assembled crowd of Algerians which included the to-be members of Intik. In an interview Youss discusses the moment when he knew he wanted to rap, "Because I saw [the events in Algeria October 5th, 1988]... I was scared I saw virulent violence with a capital 'V'. It was state terrorism as it's called. A military that shoots the people. And I witnessed it. I even have scars from that... I was young in '88... beaten by the police." This state-terrorism inspired Youss to write about the government. He asked questions and he states that “the more you asked questions, the more you discover. And when you didn't ask questions, you discover nothing. As soon as you begin to reflect, you begin to have answers.” It’s from these answers that he got his lyrics from and then expressed it in rap.

The group Intik was founded when Algerian artist Youss (who was determined to leave Algeria at the time) joined with the group and just “buckled down and worked”.At the time, Youss was actually just trying to help these men “make a better life for themselves” by getting out of Algeria and heading to France.When Youss knew that he would be coming to France, he said that he wasn't alone, and that he was a part of a group “just to get the visas”. The group rapped in both French and Arabic. In terms of obtaining rap to listen to when Youss was just beginning his rapping career, he said, “it was really difficult but we had ways of getting hold of the music. There was always someone in England or in France who'd send us cassettes”. The group was discovered by a successful French rap group IAM (band) after they heard them at a festival. Due to the talent, a few well known artists wanted to be featured on their first album; however Intik wanted to create their own success without using already famous artists to help them.

 

All-4-One - And the Music Speaks (1995)

                                              All-4-One - And the Music Speaks (1995)                 

  

All-4-One - And the Music Speaks, Cadic N°4393 (1995)

« And The Music Speaks »  est le deuxième album du groupe américain All-4-One, sorti le 6 juin 1995. Il présente le hit du top 5 Pop "I Can Love You Like That", qui lui a valu une nouvelle nomination aux Grammy Awards.

All-4-One a enregistré le plus gros single de 1994 avec "I Swear", un numéro soul moderne. Bien qu'ils aient eu un énorme succès, ils n'ont pas été en mesure de se forger une identité avec leur premier album, à part "I Swear", car il appartenait au album suivant , « And the Music Speaks », d'établir le groupe comme étant plus qu’ One-hit wonder mais cela ne réussit que partiellement. Musicalement, l’album est plus fort que le premier, avec une meilleure sélection de chansons. Le groupe est plus confiant avec leurs harmonies, montrant leurs racines évangéliques et se permettant encore de devenir plus funky qu’avant. Néanmoins, la force de l'album reste dans les ballades, où All-4-One peut réaliser tous ses trucs dramatiques et romantiques, comme ils le montrent dans " I Can Love You Like That " et "These Arms". Malgré ces moments forts, le groupe n’est jamais aussi distingué ni étre aussi charismatique que les Boyz II Men, les leaders de « laid-back romantics » des années 90. Néanmoins, All-4-One a prouvé avec « And the Music Speak »s qu’ils sont des professionnels compétents, capables de produire à la demande une soul commerciale de haute qualité.

                     

                    
                    

               And the Music Speaks is the second album by the American group All-4-One, released on June 6, 1995. It features their Top 5 Pop hit "I Can Love You Like That" which earned the group another Grammy nomination.

All-4-One scored the biggest single of 1994 with "I Swear," a sweetly syrupy adult contemporary soul number. While they had a massive hit, they weren't able to carve out an identity with their debut album apart from "I Swear," as it was up to the follow-up, And the Music Speaks, to establish the group as more than one-hit wonders but it only partially succeeds. Musically, the album is stronger than the debut, featuring a better selection of songs. The group is more confident with their harmonies, showing off their gospel roots and still allowing themselves to get funkier than they have before. Nevertheless, the strength of the album remains in the ballads, where All-4-One can pull out all of their dramatic, romantic tricks, as they show on "I Can Love You Like That" and "These Arms." Despite these highlights, the group never is as distinguished or as charismatic as Boyz II Men, the clear leaders of laid-back romantic-'90s soul. Nevertheless, All-4-One have proven with And the Music Speaks that they are competent professionals, capable of turning out high-quality commercial soul on demand.