Remember the French Connection, when Marseilles used to provide NYC with mountains of brown sugar? Turns out Marseilles also provided rapwise : here Akhenaton (from I AM) tells his own version of the New York Minute,
how a simple game of basketball he played impacted on the 1st Record Def Jam ever put out.
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Actually the bands name is IAM like in Imperial Asiatic Man. Not I am like Je suis… ;)
In my opinion they are the greatest european hip hop group ever. The album L’école du micro d’argent, a timeless classic from the year 97′, is better than most releases from my country and also yours. Language barrier besides you should check it out.
My fav cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQ_X6nQ8xk
Nevertheless good feature. Peace from Germany…