With this third self-produced album—the conclusion of a frontal and committed trilogy, an announced shift toward new musical horizons—the rapper uses a visibly incorruptible and, above all, unifying pen: on the turntables, DJ Pone (Birdy Nam Nam) unleashes dazzling waltzes; on guitar, Serge Teyssot-Gay stuns, accompanied by Lazare, a promising performer already seen at the Avignon festival; Lorenzo Bianchi, an IRCAM aesthetician, signs a pharaonic production; while to close the album, Sir Jean (Le Peuple de l'herbe) brings his ragga universe. So many significant encounters, a kind of fertile friendships born on the road—unpredictable yet so crucial in La Canaille’s career—ready to enrich the already rich catalog of an artist as comfortable in writing as in speaking when, clear-headed, he expresses himself on themes close to his heart. It’s no surprise, then, that the career of this unconditional fan of Léo Ferré has been marked by decisive awards, such as in 2006, when the Fair, the Prix Chorus Hauts-de-Seine, and the Printemps de Bourges discoveries all came his way in the same year.
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