Rapper Sétois publishes a seventh album, “Crossword”, in tribute to the rap of the 1990s, while organizing his hip-hop festival, in August, in Sète.
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His coffee in hand, the rapper half portion, his real name Rachid Daif, starts his day in Sète (Hérault), his hometown, on the wheel hats. In the early morning, he gave his first interviews to talk about his album, crossword, published on May 6, the seventh in his long career as an independent rapper. Then, he will continue with appointments to organize the 6
Raised by a building painter in a building and a housewife, Rachid Daif, 38, has the rappon at the body. He has been practicing it since his 12 years, “the age of my son, today”, he is surprised. A local group, the disciples, offers “little ones from the district who played football” to give a concert every quarter. They call themselves the “half portions”. When the others stop rap, Rachid keeps the nickname: “After all, I have never been strong or large, it sticks to my skin well.” Too bad if his artist name can laugh, He is not the type to be affected, like his colleagues, of warrior pseudonyms, such as K. Momando Toxik or Kalash.
The text prevails over the form
half portion was at the rap school in the 1990s, where the text prevails over the form, that of the rumor and the Scred Connection, of which the rapper Fabe, author of that is part of My past (1995), which has become a classic of French rap. The latter hosts him regularly, while the adolescent goes back and forth between Paris and his native south.
It is this rap “boom bap” from the 1990s that half portion pays tribute to crosswords today, with songs such as visa, VHS, or legendary: “It’s this rap, admits -Al, who rocks me and who speaks to me the most. That of IAM, of their album L’Ecole du Micro d’Argent [1997], Mc Solaar, Doc Gyneco, Rocca, albums made with A machine, with a beat and a sample, which run in a loop, a not too fast BPM, which allows you to better understand the texts. Besides, we did not call it “boom bap”, at the time. We Just said it was rap. For my part, I never managed to put myself in the vocoder. “
For this album, the disciple of the 1990s has changed its working method. He who used to record everything at his home took off and recorded his record in Casablanca, Morocco, and in Spain, where he took his sound engineer and beatmaker to his luggage, DJ Rolxx: “At Me, I could no longer have a step back, he explains. And then, with the confinements, we stayed too much with us. There, with the whole team, we woke up together, we saw the titles recorded The day before, to try scratches, try refrains, effects. I even challenged myself on sounds to which I was not used to it. “
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