Renaud - Renaud CD

Renaud - Renaud CDFrench folk rock icon Renaud was the poet laureate of the urban Paris experience, illuminating the dark underbelly of the City of Light via the street smart, politically charged slang later embraced by the hip hop generation. A poor student with a decided anti authority streak, Renaud was passionate about politics from an early age, and was an active participant in the landmark student revolts of May 1968. Songs like "Socit Tu M'auras Pas" enshrined

alongside the likes of

and experimental pop

1000 Light Years From Here 5

and roots influences

Fortunate Son12

On this album the London rapper Little Simz raps with a shapeshifting hardness and ragged sense of spiritual burden that brings to mind Lauryn Hill and Kendrick Lamar

” along with an explosive 18-minute medley of “Honky Tonk Women

The highly successful Swedish metal band Opeth rose to fame in the early zero's

Cass Elliot's album Don't Call Me Mama Anymore was recorded live over a series of nights at Mister Kelly's in Chicago

but the city's prevailing drug culture unfortunately caused her early demise

It'z Lik Dat

The lyrical imagery is much more wide open