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Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais ft. Niska

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Maître Gims teams up with Niska for "Sapés comme jamais." Dressed as a sapeur, a sort of Congolese fashionista, Maître Gims embraces his Congolese identity with panache and impeccable style.

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Grand Corps Malade - Comme une évidence

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Slam poet Grand Corps Malade sings "Comme une évidence" ("Like an Obvious Fact" or "Like it's Meant to Be"), in which he tries to write a love song for his beloved who wreaks sweet havoc on his life. He is anxious to find the right words for her. As in his previous song, "Les Voyages en Train" ("Train Rides"), which he alludes to, he includes multiple double entendres and clever turns of phrase that you will enjoy.

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Grand Corps Malade - Dimanche soir

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Dans son 6e album "Plan B", le slameur Grand Corps Malade raconte sa vie à travers ses chansons, comme l'arrivée de son deuxième enfant ou ce titre intitulé "Dimanche soir", dédiée à la femme qui partage sa vie depuis 12 ans.

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Lartiste - Chocolat feat. Awa Imani

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Le rappeur marocain Lartiste fait un tabac avec son nouveau tube incontournable qui s'appelle "Chocolat". Enregistré en duo avec la chanteuse Awa Imani, le titre tourne en boucle sur les ondes à cause de son refrain fédérateur : « Elle est sexy raffinée / Sexy raffinée / Cho cho chocolat / Cette go m'a tué, assassiné / Comme dans les films au ciné ».

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Gaël Faye - Petit Pays

Difficulty: Advanced

France

The ethnic violence that devastated the central African states of Burundi and Rwanda in the 90s claimed the lives of more than a million people and created many more refugees. One of them was Gaël Faye, a French-Rwandan rapper who expresses his feelings toward his birth country in this beautiful song.

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Caption 22 [fr]: On fera trembler le sol comme les grondements de nos volcans
Caption 22 [en]: We'll make the ground shake like the rumbles of our volcanoes

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Stromae - Je cours

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Belgian singer Stromae sings "Je cours" (I Run) from his first studio album, Cheese. The song's cryptic lyrics seem to be a reflection on his music career.

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Caption 17 [fr]: En retard comme toujours, c'est pourquoi je...
Caption 17 [en]: Late as always, that's why I...

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Black M - Sur ma route

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Rapper Black M sings "Sur ma route" ("On My Way" or "On My Road"). As a former member of the band Sexion D'Assaut, Black M sang with Maître Gims, but he has since released singles of his own. Enjoy this on-the-road adventure song!

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Caption 51 [fr]: Je suis comme un pirate naufragé
Caption 51 [en]: I'm like a shipwrecked pirate

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Grand Corps Malade - Education nationale

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In "Éducation Nationale," the slam poet Grand Corps Malade gives us his opinion on the shortcomings of the French national education system through the eyes of Moussa, a fifth grader in Épinay. It's a touching song and a call for change in the name of equal opportunity.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Les classes sont surchargées, pas comme la paye des profs minés
Caption 24 [en]: The classrooms are overloaded, unlike the undermined teachers' pay

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Oldelaf - interprète "Vendredi"

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Enjoy Oldelaf's quirky humor, as displayed in his introduction to his two backup musicians who come from wildly different backgrounds, to say the least. Then listen to his satirical song "Vendredi" (Friday), where he describes a typical weekend for the average bored (and boring?) French guy.

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Caption 52 [fr]: Comme cela je serai plus à l'aise pour jouer à la Playstation
Caption 52 [en]: That way I'll be more comfortable playing on the Playstation

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Grand Corps Malade - Inch'Allah, en duo avec Reda Taliani

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In "Inch'Allah" (Arabic for "if God wills" or "God willing"), French slam poet Grand Corps Malade and Algerian singer Reda Taliani team up to promote a message of love and acceptance of people of all cultures and colors. In the video, two people are lucky enough to have the song performed at their wedding!

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Caption 61 [fr]: Je croyais pas que les mecs comme vous pouvaient faire ça.
Caption 61 [en]: I didn't think guys like you could do that.

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Hugo Bonneville - Gagner sa vie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Hugo Bonneville talks about the relationship between music and money, the success of his first album, and offers us all the sound advice to take a good long look at ourselves.

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Caption 4 [fr]: vivre de la musique. J'a'... j'avais un band, et comme je disais pendant le spectacle,
Caption 4 [en]: to live from my music. I ha'... I had a band, and as I was saying during the show,

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Hugo Bonneville - Être musicien

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Meet troubadour Hugo Bonneville, a socially aware singer-songwriter whose love of words makes his lyrics pure poetry. Hugo shares with us what being a musician means to him.

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Caption 4 [fr]: et euh, donc il gagne sa vie aussi comme troubadour; mesdames et messieurs,
Caption 4 [en]: and uh, so he also earns a living as a troubadour; ladies and gentlemen,

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Dahlia - Contre-courant - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Dahlia formed in 1999 in the province of Brittany in northwest France as a collaboration between guitarist Guillaume Fresneau and cellist Armel Talarmain.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Tu te contractes, vrillée comme un ressort
Caption 3 [en]: You tense up, coiled like a spring

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Babylon Circus - J'aurais bien voulu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Babylon Circus, a ska band from Lyon, sings in this song about romantic regrets, missed cues, and lost opportunities. “J’aurais bien voulu” could well be translated as “Woulda, coulda, shoulda.”

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Caption 26 [fr]: C'est pas juste, tout court, et je me sens comme condamné
Caption 26 [en]: It's just not fair, period, and I feel like I'm condemned

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