Fans of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and the extended family of Native Tongues remember what the French who put his voice on several tracks recorded in early 1990 in New York. Tribe Called Quest has even composed a song titled The Luck of Lucien on their first album.
In 2007, Rhythmology wonders what has happened to this icon of the cool rap?
A brief biography and a list of songs (/ fr.wikipedia.org / wiki / Lucien_Revolucien) with the mysterious figure of a bygone era:
Lucien M'B , aka Papalu also known names or Lucien Révolucien , is a French rapper. He grew up in southern suburbs Paris (94) and went to New York in 1988 after several visits to London. He participates with many American artists and Solo of Assassin (band) , under the auspices of Afrika Bambaataa for the release of Mandela, "Hip-Hop Against Apartheid". Composer and collaborator for many artists in France and the United States. He is a member of "Native Tongues" ( Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ), De La Soul , Queen Latifah, Black Sheep ) and close companion Beatnuts . The ATCQ also devote a title now legendary: "Luck Of Lucien" on their first LP: People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths of Rhythm . The rapper Common devotes too many years after a title: "Heaven Somewhere" (featuring Mary j.blige, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Cee-Lo, Bilal, Omar) on the album "Electric Circus".
Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces of Nature (1989) [edit ]
- 08. Belly Dancin 'Dina (vocals)
- 14. Black Woman (vocals)
Hip-Hop Against Apartheid - Ndodemyama (Free South Africa) (1990) [ change ]
- Ndodemnyama (Rap)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths of Rhythm (1990) [edit ]
- 02. Luck Of Lucien (Featuring)
Jungle Brothers - Red Hot + Blue (1990) [edit ]
- 16. I Get A Kick Out Of You (Vocals)
Jimmy Jay - Jay Jimmy presents "The Cool Sessions" (1993) [edit ]
- 08. Funky Piano From A Town Called Paris donkeys (production / rap)
Kurious - A Constipated Monkeys (1994) [edit ]
- 02. Top Notch (featuring)
Dana Barros - B-Ball Best Kept Secret (1994) [edit ]
- 02. Check It (Production)
Jazzmaataz - lifesaver (1994) [edit ]
- 03. lifesaver (featuring)
Beatnuts - Beatnuts / Street Level (1994) [edit ]
- 02. Ya Do not Stop (Production)
Alliance Ethnik - Simple and funky (1995) [edit ]
- 15. Never on time feat. Psycho Les (Production)
Supreme NTM - Paris under the bombs (1995) [edit ]
- 02. Never Again (production)
- 10. Paris under the bombs (production)
Supreme NTM - Max Fever (1995) [edit ]
- 02. Check The Flow (featuring)
Al 'Tariq - God Connections (1996) [edit ]
- 14. Spectacular (production)
Afro Jazz - L.432 (1996) [edit ]
- 06. Three Spliffs & A Freestyle (featuring / Producer)
Afro Jazz - Afro Jazz EP (1996) [edit ]
- 01. Black Pearl (Production)
- 02. Paris-New York (Production)
Afro Jazz - Afrocalypse (1997) [edit ]
Afro Jazz - AJ-1: Revelation (1999) [edit ]
12. Go straight to L. Loco and Fdy Phenomen (Production / featuring)
Lucien - Soundtrack of Lascars (2001) [edit ]
- LASCARS (Cartoon) with Arsenik and Lord Kossity (production / featuring)
WHERE IS LUCIEN? Is it dead as evidenced by the tribute that he has reserved common?
Respect has an architect of one of the most successful periods and more optimistic in the history of Hip Hop!
I leave you with a clip taken from the Guru's Jazzmatazz featuring 2 with Lucien:
