Oxmo Puccino
French rapper Oxmo Puccino drew on the street-smart American hip-hop of the Notorious B.I.G. and other icons to document life in Paris' hardscrabble 19th district. Born Abdoulaye Diarra in Mali in 1974, he arrived in Paris at age five as part of a family that included younger brother Mamoutou Diarra, later a professional basketball player of some international renown. A longtime hip-hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing his craft alongside future superstars like Booba and Diam's. He quickly developed into a lyricist with a metaphorical ingenuity far more advanced than his contemporaries, crafting violent yet strangely poetic portraits of urban Paris life. In 1996 Oxmo Puccino made his recorded debut with "Pucc. Fiction," a contribution to the compilation L432. A series of subsequent mixtape appearances solidified his growing reputation within the French rap underground, and in 1998 he issued his solo debut, Opéra Puccino. Its 2001 follow-up, L'Amour Est Mort, proved Puccino's creative and commercial breakthrough, while 2004's Le Cactus de Sibérie confirmed his superstar status. After signing to the venerable jazz label Blue Note, Puccino assembled a new backing group, the Jazzbastards, to record 2006's Lipopette Bar.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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L'arme de paix
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Derrière Les Planches sous licence exclusive AllPoints on Mar 23, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Roi sans carrosse
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Derrière Les Planches sous licence exclusive AllPoints on Sep 17, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La voix lactée
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Derrière Les Planches sous licence exclusive AllPoints on Nov 13, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Avoir des potes
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by AllPoints on Jan 1, 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La réconciliation (Remasterisé)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Derriere les planches on Dec 4, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Black Tour Desperado (Live)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Believe on Mar 28, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Minutes magiques (Live)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Derrière Les Planches sous licence exclusive AllPoints on Nov 15, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Le droit de chanter - A COLORS SHOW
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by COLORSxSTUDIOS on Aug 26, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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L'arme de paix (Version instrumentale)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Derrière Les Planches sous licence exclusive AllPoints on Mar 23, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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