What is this mysterious rapper’s project?

Mister You is back. This Friday, May 2, the Franco-Moroccan rapper from Belleville reveals For the street part.1a short, dense project, available on all streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music. In only five titles, he affirms his desire to reconnect with the DNA of his beginnings: that of a raw, visceral rap, rooted in the street.

A tightened tracklist

The project brings together a cast of handpicked guests. Ninho, at the top of the list, lends his sharp pen for a duo that promises to be millimeter. Sam’s and Soso Maness sign a collaboration with a high narrative intensity, when Leto injects his energy into another title.

Mister You also opens the door to the new Parisian school with Lesram and Doums, whose complementarity promises an interesting intergenerational meeting. Finally, SAF and Bolémvn bring their melodic shades to the whole.

As Hip Hop Corner points out, For street promises to be “A homecoming”. The very title of the project acts as a manifesto. Mister You is not trying to seduce the general public, but to speak to those who have followed him since his beginnings. The promise is clear: “Rap without filter, anchored in the reality of the street. »»

An extraordinary course

Born in Paris in 1984 from Moroccan parents, Younes Latifier began to rap at 12 years old, in parallel with tormented adolescence. After several police custody, he became fugitive in 2007, condemned in absentia.

His musical career took shape during his run: he records Stop you If you can in 2009, then the famous mixtape MDR: Street guy In 2010, Certified gold disc. His arrest, then his incarceration, do not slow down his ascent but on the contrary, nourish his story.

Mister You imposes a separate style: a hoarse voice, autobiographical texts. His flow mixes French, Arabic and Parisian slang, his music Marie Rap hard, funk, and sounds of the Maghreb. Regular collaborator of Jul, Lacrim, Rim’k or Balti, he continues to blur the lines, while remaining faithful to his line.