Oxmo Puccino - Discographie (CD Albums 1998-2006)

French rapper Oxmo Puccino drew on the street-smart American hip-hop of the Notorious B.I.G. and other icons to document life in Paris' hardscrabble 19th district.

Born Abdoulaye Diarra in Mali in 1974, he arrived in Paris at age five as part of a family that included younger brother Mamoutou Diarra, later a professional basketball player of some international renown.
A longtime hip-hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing his craft alongside future superstars like Booba and Diam's. He quickly developed into a lyricist with a metaphorical ingenuity far more advanced than his contemporaries, crafting violent yet strangely poetic portraits of urban Paris life.

In 1996 Oxmo Puccino made his recorded debut with "Pucc. Fiction," a contribution to the compilation L432. A series of subsequent mixtape appearances solidified his growing reputation within the French rap underground, and in 1998 he issued his solo debut, Opéra Puccino.

Its 2001 follow-up, L'Amour Est Mort, proved Puccino's creative and commercial breakthrough, while 2004's Le Cactus de Sibérie confirmed his superstar status. After signing to the venerable jazz label Blue Note, Puccino assembled a new backing group, the Jazzbastards, to record 2006's Lipopette Bar.


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CD Albums

1998 : Opéra Puccino
2001 : L amour est mort
2004 : Cactus de Sibérie
2006 : Lipopette Bar




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Rappeur d origine malienne né en 1974, Oxmo Puccino a grandi à Paris, dans le 19e arrondissement.

Dès ses débuts radiophoniques en 1996, son écriture séduit. Parfois cinématographique, parfois intimiste, elle est surtout désespérée. Ainsi, ses albums visitent les zones d ombres de la nature humaine comme rarement cela a été fait. La clef de son succès : une plume originale et talentueuse, sans doute l une des plus intéressantes de la scène hexagonale actuelle.

Aujourd hui ses albums sont des classiques du rap français, qui d ailleurs se bonifient avec le temps.
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