Enter the world of NLP: 5 things to know about the rap phenomenon<

1Who is PNL?

They may steal from record to record, be appreciated by cities as trendy (without forgetting to be decried), the two brothers of PNL do not speak to the media and do not grant interviews. Independent, they made themselves thanks, one imagines, to illegal loot, and intend to remain masters of their agenda. Of them, almost nothing is known. Tarik alias Ademo, is 29 or 30 years old and Nabil alias NOS is two years his junior. Originally from the hard city of Tarterêts in Corbeil Essonne, they nicknamed this large complex the Zoo, hence the "Z" which is their rallying sign with their hands. If they make it a point of honor not to leave this cage, it is undoubtedly to remain faithful to their creed: Que la Famille (QLF), that is to say we stay between us and we share with our tribe. As for PNL, it is Peace 'N Lovés (Lovés being a word of Roma origin for money, currency). After unsuccessful solo attempts on their own, the duo formed in early 2014 at the from a stay in prison for Ademo. He had presumably fallen for selling drugs, which is mentioned a lot in their lyrics. The chorus of "Le Monde ou Rien", a song from their second album "Le Monde Chico" released in October 2015, was one of the galvanizing slogans of Nuit Debout and anti-labour protests. PNL is however not a committed group. Just two seriously disenchanted guys from the city, forever condemned to go around in circles and deal pot under the bars of buildings. Except that all in all, the rhyme pays.

2An encrypted language

Listening to PNL the first time is like when the cell phone misfires. We don't understand anything. Or rather if, but one word out of two. The flowery language of Nos and Ademo intrigues because it is unique. She abuses verlan and verlan of verlan, slang words, esoteric acronyms, Arabic words and coined terms; it simplifies, zaps articles and twists syntax, giving birth to a disconcerting double-locked sabir. The references to video games and Disney films are clear but for the rest you have to work hard to see the light. At the end of the treasure hunt, a world opens up to you. A kind French teacher analyzed their words. Thanks to her, from Paris to Marseille, from playground to Elysée, we now speak PNL fluently.

Express Glossary of NLP Vocabulary

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Aya: a variety of hashish from North Africa Le Biff: money Bibi (derived from bicrave): sale of drugs Bon-shar: coal, i.e. work Bulle: hash "bubble", of very good quality Kill (I kill her): sell drugs Casper: not the little ghost of the film but a cousin of the brothers Cliquos: client Faire P2: share his joint Igo: guy Mif: QLF family: Que La Famille Parlu: visiting room in prison Taga: the shit Vé-her: Hervé, their best client White Widow: a very strong weed Zoo: the nickname that PNL gave to his city

3Disenchanted Words

At first glance, it is tempting to see in the texts of NLP only appalling indigence. However, that would be a mistake. First, you just have to strain your ears to perceive the abyssal despair that the brothers of Tarterêts carry. In their words, it is only a question of defeat, abysses of discomfiture and gunned down hopes. Essentially drug dealing, prison, fate, social misery and, to be honest, hell. The obligatory vainglory of rap is there too of course, but generally muted.

And then, in the middle of the indomitable mess of this perennial language, between two lines of thick vulgarity thrown with disgust, poetic fulgurances wait to strike you down. The terrible confession of NOS on "DA" is one: "My dreams no longer make me have a hard-on", he lets go, definitively. We still haven't recovered from that hook in the stomach. In "The World or Nothing" he also says "I am the rotten apple that deviates from the basket / I fuck my loneliness as long as the pockets are well accompanied". The sadness of the texts of PNL transpires the experience. "Give me wings so that I can fly / I look at the sky nailed to the ground" ("Search for happiness"). How better to sum up the horror, the trap and the low sky of the abandoned cities? The guys are inconsolable but they also have a fun punchline. "I don't want a hug, I'm just an ice cube in a string" (Le Monde ou Rien). Or "Before I was ugly in the tess / Today I like Eva Mendes" (DA). The humor of PNL is elegance at the bottom of the hole.

4Thrilling instrumentals, auto-tuned vocals

Gaffe: like good dealers, Nos and Ademo know how to make you addicted. If their encrypted vocabulary can put off, their aerial music is their Trojan horse. The contrast between the softness of the music and the rawness of the lyrics is what now best characterizes them. In the rap world, it is rumored that PNL are very demanding on the soundtrack of their rhymes. The instrumentals must inspire them, be expressive and arouse emotions. In fact, they are generally floating and dreamy electronic tracks, with a slow pulse. Productions so "drugged" that they are capable of giving a striking impression of consciousness expansion ("J'suis QLF" for example). Who is responsible for these synthetic instrumentals? No one in particular. Even more surprisingly, NLP makes its market on the internet. The two rappers set their sights on "type beats", these beats "in the style of" such and such a rap star, posted on Youtube by American producers in search of notoriety. Productions sold to whoever wants for a pittance (20 dollars the MP3, 200 dollars with all the rights). Beats already used by others, and whose PNL has sometimes indelicately forgotten to pay the note or to report the credits. Biggest omission? The basic sample of their "Tchiki Tchiki", borrowed in all innocence from the soundtrack of "Furyo" by Ryuichi Sakamoto. But that's in the past. Today, we fight to provide them with exclusive and tailor-made products. The other small revolution of PNL is their remarkable use of auto-tune, this voice correction software, essential in current rap. "I'm not a rapper, without a vocoder I'm slammed", humbly recognizes Ademo on "Mowgli". He also says "I know the million but I still don't sing la-la-la-la". While auto-tune often removes all personality and all emotion from the vocals, PNL makes intelligent use of it, preserves the expressiveness and allows the two MCs to smoothly and unctuously ride the slow waves of these famous instrumentals. For some seriously injured in life, it is the equivalent of a balm.

5Spectacular clips

But the most amazing and the most effective of NLP's secret weapons are its clips. These luxury videos, filmed around the world with star equipment (drones in particular), panic the Youtube counters: 51 million for "DA", 50 million for "Le Monde ou Rien". Thanks to these clips, fans take off from the asphalt and see the country, from Namibia (the African savannah of "La Vie est Belle") to Iceland ("Oh Lala") or Japan ("Tchiki Tchiki", removed internet for the rights issues mentioned in paragraph 4). in the series Gomorra, a drug hub considered to be the most dangerous city in Europe. "DA" is another of their video nuggets: filmed in their city of Tarterêts with "all their fellows down there", they bring back their gold record there like a trophy to share.Mess (Kame Rame Ha!), a young neighborhood guy who directs all their music videos, however, is starting to lack inspiration. In the last clip "J'suis QLF", Ademo, Nos and their entourage struggle to make people dream. Beneath the azure sky and the coconut palms, in a holiday village for upstarts, breakfast with guys – never, never a woman's tail on the horizon – with product placement, a ride in tourist carts with a bedo and the ballet of sea scooters is a bit pitiful. Not the moment to soften however. After "Que la Famille" and the box of "Le Monde Chico", PNL is about to enter Friday "In the legend". "In the legend" of PNL comes out Friday, September 16 (Musicast)