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Suprême NTM

Suprême NTM has been played on NTS in shows including Young, featured first on 1 May 2014. Songs played include Ma Benz, Tout N'est Pas Si Facile and Pose Ton Gun.

Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) was a very influential French Hip Hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprised rappers Joey Starr (born Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (born Bruno Lopès). Their six albums were released by Sony Music Entertainment.

The group takes its name from the French slang "NTM", an abbreviation for "Nique Ta Mère" ("Nique" being an aphesis of the verb "forniquer", "to fornicate") meaning "Fuck Your Mother". NTM is known for their hostility towards the police, violent lyrics, and legal battles with the French authorities. Their musical style is predominately hardcore rap, although later albums include funk, soul and reggae influences.

The group is outspokenly critical of racism and class inequality in French society, and while their earlier music is violent, some of their later work, such as "Pose ton Gun" ("Put down your Gun"), is explicitly anti-violent.

In 1998, the group released its last album of original material under the NTM moniker, as both Joey Starr and Kool Shen started their own labels, promoting new bands and branching out in other fields such as the clothing industry (2High is Kool Shen's brand, Com-8 is Joey Starr's).

While officially the band still exists, and its well-known name was used in 2001 to promote a 'duel' album pitting the two label's artists against each other, Kool Shen was quoted in 2004 saying "on a fini avec NTM en 98" ("We were done with NTM in 1998").

The group is known for its gritty, dark and sometimes violent lyrics, as well as for the contrast between the two rapper's styles. While Joey Starr (also known as Jaguar Gorgonne and Double-R) has a relatively slow flow, aggressive lyrics and a deep, booming voice (which he sometimes uses to yell such as in "Pose ton Gun"), Kool Shen has a funkier flow as well as witty and rather melancolic lyrics.

On October 20, 2022, the Franco-German TV channel "arte" started broadcasting the six-part TV series "Le Monde de Demain", which covers the early years of NTM.

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Suprême NTM

Suprême NTM has been played on NTS in shows including Young, featured first on 1 May 2014. Songs played include Ma Benz, Tout N'est Pas Si Facile and Pose Ton Gun.

Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) was a very influential French Hip Hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprised rappers Joey Starr (born Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (born Bruno Lopès). Their six albums were released by Sony Music Entertainment.

The group takes its name from the French slang "NTM", an abbreviation for "Nique Ta Mère" ("Nique" being an aphesis of the verb "forniquer", "to fornicate") meaning "Fuck Your Mother". NTM is known for their hostility towards the police, violent lyrics, and legal battles with the French authorities. Their musical style is predominately hardcore rap, although later albums include funk, soul and reggae influences.

The group is outspokenly critical of racism and class inequality in French society, and while their earlier music is violent, some of their later work, such as "Pose ton Gun" ("Put down your Gun"), is explicitly anti-violent.

In 1998, the group released its last album of original material under the NTM moniker, as both Joey Starr and Kool Shen started their own labels, promoting new bands and branching out in other fields such as the clothing industry (2High is Kool Shen's brand, Com-8 is Joey Starr's).

While officially the band still exists, and its well-known name was used in 2001 to promote a 'duel' album pitting the two label's artists against each other, Kool Shen was quoted in 2004 saying "on a fini avec NTM en 98" ("We were done with NTM in 1998").

The group is known for its gritty, dark and sometimes violent lyrics, as well as for the contrast between the two rapper's styles. While Joey Starr (also known as Jaguar Gorgonne and Double-R) has a relatively slow flow, aggressive lyrics and a deep, booming voice (which he sometimes uses to yell such as in "Pose ton Gun"), Kool Shen has a funkier flow as well as witty and rather melancolic lyrics.

On October 20, 2022, the Franco-German TV channel "arte" started broadcasting the six-part TV series "Le Monde de Demain", which covers the early years of NTM.

Original source: Last.fm

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Ma Benz
NTM feat. Lord Kossity
Epic2001
Tout N'est Pas Si Facile
NTM
Epic2001
Pose Ton Gun
Suprême NTM
Epic, Legacy2014
Ma Benz
Suprême NTM, Lord Kossity
Epic1998
Police (Instrumental)
Suprême NTM
Not On Label1993
Tout N'est Pas Si Facile
Suprême NTM
Epic2008