French Rap Meets U.S. Rap

Whatever the indefinable grit is between the rhymes and beats, magic happens when the sharp-tongued dialects of French rappers meet the U.S.' finest. This '90s and '00s-heavy collection takes you straight to the banlieues with Ol Kainry's sexy-aggressive Dre-influenced production, or mooching back to Shyheim's collaboration with French wordsmith Raphaël—each with a certain je ne sais quoi.