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Biography
Refimprove|date=June 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Dubmatique| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Montreal , Quebec , Canada | instrument =| genre = Canadian hip hop#French Canadian hip hop|French Canadian hip hop | occupation =| years_active = start date|1992–present| label = Tox Records| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Disoul (Jérôme-Philippe Bélinga) OT MC (Ousmane Traoré)| past_members = DJ Choice (Alain Benabdallah)| notable_instruments = Dubmatique are a Canadian hip hop music|hip hop group formed in 1992 in Montreal . They were the first French language hip hop crew from Canada to have a #1 single on Canada's francophone pop charts. The group's style has an acid jazz / R& B flow similar to Gangstarr and Fugees .
They have released four albums: La force de comprendre in 1997, Dubmatique in 1998, Influences in 2001 and ''Trait d'union in 2009. La force de comprendre sold over 120,000 copies.Durand, Alain-Philippe (2002) Black, Blanc, Beur: Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World'', Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0-8108-4430-8Powell, Betsy (1999) " http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=TQ0EAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA51-IA19& dq=dubmatique& hl=en& ei=0L3rTcfPDsrFswady6joCg& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=5& ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage& q=dubmatique& f=false There's No Place Like Home", Billboard (magazine)|Billboard , January 16, 1999, p. 50, retrieved 2011-06-05Bliss, Karen (1999) "Canada: Homegrown Hip-Hop", Billboard (magazine)|Billboard , January 16, 1999, p. 54 The self-titled second album sold 35,000 copies in its first week of release.
The group consisted of three artists Disoul (real name Jérôme-Philippe Bélinga originating from Cameroun ), OTMC and DJ Choice (namely Alain Benabdallah).Scott C. (1997) " http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/112097/music3.html Home Team: In conversation with Dubmatique", Montreal Mirror , November 20, 1997, retrieved 2011-06-05 After releasing two albums, DJ Choice left the group, and OT MC and Disoul continued with guest DJs on the group's later album. Guest musicians on their albums have included Éric Lapointe (singer)|Éric Lapointe , Shurik'n , Akhenaton (rapper)|Akhenaton and Ashley MacIsaac .
Awards
Dubmatique were picked as Best Hip-Hop Group of the Year at "Meeting International des Musiques Innovatrices".
Discography
' 1997: La force de comprendre
# Soul pleureur # Dire # Jamais cessé d'y croire # La morale # Authentiques (feat. 2 Bal ) # Un été à Montréal # La force de comprendre # Voir pour le croire # Mère Afrique # Rien n'est plus pareil # C'est de la bombe # Montréal, Paris, Dakar
' 1998: Dubmatique (album)|Dubmatique
# La vie est si fragile # L'Avenir (invité Shurik'n ) # Jamais prisonniers des stéréotypes # Trop dur # Babylone # L'original # Mémoire # La vie est si fragile... # Jeune fille égarée # Sèche tes larmes # Tout a tellement changé # Le rap français # La force de comprendre (Remix : Akhenaton (rapper)|Akhénaton )
' 2001: Influences
' 2009: Trait d'union
# J'assume # La vibe # Cold world # Que toi # Ladies night # O # Changer le monde # Life # Un autre brave # Hymne au Québec # Suave # Patience
References
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