Supreme NTM
Suprême NTM or only NTM is a French hip-hop - group from the Paris suburbs Saint-Denis .
history
The group, made up of Joey Starr (Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (Bruno Lopes), is known within French hip-hop for their hostility to the authorities, their violent lyrics and litigation with the French state.
The name NTM is an abbreviation for Nique Ta Mère 'Fick Your Mother' (translated to mean motherfucker ). The group also interprets the abbreviation as le nord transmet le message `` the north transmits the message '' and alludes to the fact that in most French cities, especially the banlieues (suburbs) in the north are both social hot spots and centers of an independent culture.
Stylistically, the group can be assigned to hardcore rap with funk and soul , later reggae elements are also found. Her music is very political and directed against class differences and racism . While they glorified violence on their first albums, they later developed a more distant relationship to the subject. Some songs like Pose ton Gun 'Put the gun down' are specifically directed against violence.
In March 2008, Kool Shen and Joey Starr announced the reunion of Supreme NTM for four concerts on September 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd in Paris-Bercy . The whole thing was expanded to a tour of France a few days later. The band had split up ten years earlier. In an interview, both artists left open whether the reunification will be followed by a new album.
From March 8 to 10, 2018, Suprême NTM played three sold out concerts on the occasion of their 30th anniversary in the AccorHotels Arena in Paris-Bercy.
Controversy
Criminal proceedings were brought against the band in 1993 because of their song J'appuie sur la gâchette , 'I press the trigger' , which ended in an acquittal. When they criticized the police at a concert in La Seyne-sur-Mer on July 14, 1996 , they again called for violence. The concert was a counter-event to a party of the Front National (FN). In 1995 he won the mayoral elections in nearby Toulon and on July 14th, the French national holiday, Jean-Marie Le Pen celebrated a big public celebration together with the FN Mayor Jean-Marie Le Chevallier .
This time in Toulon they were sentenced to a fine and two months in prison. It was the first judgment in the history of the French Republic in which artists were directly convicted of a testimony they made. The process attracted a correspondingly large amount of public attention. Figaro alone received 400 letters to the editor, most of which described NTM as decadent anarchists or even accused them of wanting to wage a psychological war against France. The Liberation criticized the judgment sharply, however, and pointed out that in the past artists who had made similarly provocative statements had not been convicted. Kool Shen commented, “People are able to think for themselves. [...] The people are not stupid, they don't take it literally. "
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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FR | BE F | CH | |||
1995 | Paris sous les bombes |
FR16
platinum
(12 weeks)FR |
BE F22 (14 weeks) BE F |
- | |
1998 | Supreme NTM |
FR1 × 2
(138 weeks)FR |
BE F12 (30 weeks) BE F |
- | |
93 party |
FR32 (5 weeks) FR |
- | - | ||
2000 | live |
FR2 (14 weeks) FR |
BE F10 (23 weeks) BE F |
CH67 (5 weeks) CH |
as NTM
|
Le clash: Round 1 |
FR10 (13 weeks) FR |
- | - |
as NTM
|
|
Le clash: Round 2 |
FR20 (12 weeks) FR |
- | - |
as NTM
|
|
2001 | Le clash: Round 3 |
FR4 (8 weeks) FR |
BE F42 (3 weeks) BE F |
- |
as NTM
|
Le clash: Round 4 |
FR6 (6 weeks) FR |
BE F46 (2 weeks) BE F |
- |
as NTM
|
|
Le clash |
FR27 (14 weeks) FR |
BE F18 (9 weeks) BE F |
CH65 (6 weeks) CH |
as NTM
|
|
2007 | Supreme NTM | - | - |
CH97 (1 week) CH |
Best of album
|
2009 | On est encore là / Bercy 2008 |
FR102 (10 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
2018 | anthology |
FR37 (7 weeks) FR |
BE F75 (7 weeks) BE F |
- |
More albums
- 1990: Le Monde de demain
- 1991: Authentic (FR:gold)
- 1992: Authentik Remix
- 1993: J'appuie sur la gachette (FR:gold)
- 1995: NTM Live (FR:gold)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FR | BE F | CH | |||
1995 | Tout n'est pas si facile Paris sous les bombes |
FR22 (8 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
La fièvre Paris sous les bombes |
FR19th
gold
(30 weeks)FR |
BE F31 (6 weeks) BE F |
- | ||
1996 | Come Again 2 Paris sous les bombes |
FR29 (6 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
1997 | Affirmative action (St-Denis Style remix) Paris sous les bombes |
FR2
silver
(15 weeks)FR |
BE F16 (15 weeks) BE F |
- |
with Nas
|
1998 | Laisse pas traîner ton fils Suprême NTM |
FR21 (22 weeks) FR |
BE F23 (9 weeks) BE F |
- | |
Ma Benz Supreme NTM |
FR10
gold
(26 weeks)FR |
BE F37 (1 week) BE F |
- |
feat. Lord Kossity
|
|
1999 | That's My People Suprême NTM |
FR30 (11 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
2001 | Le clash Round 2 Le clash Round 2 |
- | - |
CH67 (3 weeks) CH |
as NTM
|
Le clash Round 3 Le clash Round 3 |
- | - |
CH95 (2 weeks) CH |
as NTM
|
|
Le clash Round 4 Le clash Round 4 |
- | - |
CH68 (3 weeks) CH |
as NTM
|
|
Le clash I et II Le clash |
FR31 (11 weeks) FR |
- | - |
as NTM
|
|
Qui veut la peau de mon crew? Le clash |
- |
BE F34 (4 weeks) BE F |
- |
as NTM
|
|
2018 | Sur le drapeau 93 Empire |
FR4th
platinum
(27 weeks)FR |
- | - |
with Sofiane
|
Discography Kool Shen
- 1998: Donne moi des beats fat
- 1999: IV My People (EP)
- 2000: IV My People - Certifié conforme
- 2001: Streetly Street
- 2002: IV My People Zone
- 2003: Streetly Street Vol.2
- 2004: Streetly Street Vol. 3
- 2004: Dernier Round
- 2005: Dernier Round Live Zenith (+ DVD)
- 2005: L'avenir est à nous (Mix-CD)
- 2005: IV My People - Mission
- 2009: Crise de Conscience
- 2016: Sur le fil du rasoir
Discography Joey Starr
- 1999: BOSS
- 2000: BOSS-vol. 2
- 2004: BOSS-opus. 3
- 2006: My Playlist
- 2006: Gare Au Jaguarr
- 2011: Egomaniac
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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France (SNEP) | silver1 | 6 × gold6th | 5 × platinum5 | 1,840,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com FR3 |
All in all | silver1 | 6 × gold6th | 5 × platinum5 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ "NTM: Bercy sous les bombes" (13/03/2008) ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://next.liberation.fr/evenement/0101197573-un-jugement-stupefiant-de-severite-ntm-sont-les-premiers-artistes-a-etre-condamnes-pour-outrage
- ↑ a b Chart sources: France 1 (until 2011) - France 2 (from 2012) Belgium (Wallonia) - Switzerland