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Marseille, France (1985 – present)

IAM was first formed in late 1985 by Akhenaton and Khéops in Marseille, France, under the initial name Lively Crew. Lively Crew became B.Boys Stance some time during summer 1987, after which it was joined by Shurik’n, Freeman and Imhotep. In 1989 the group was renamed IAM, and they produced their first album, IAM Concept which was released the following year. They signed a contract with Virgin, and went on to publish the album De La Planète Mars in 1991, which became a major hit in France. However, IAM’s big break did not come until their 1997 album L’école Du Micro D’argent, which took only two days to become a gold album in France and eventually sold over a million copies, becoming a diamond album. L’école du micro d’argent also brought the group some international fame.

After the massively successful 1997 album, members of the group began to pursue solo careers. Akhenaton had already published his first solo album, Métèque Et Mat, in 1995, and he was followed by Shurik’n and Freeman with albums in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Most members of the band now started to work on other projects of their own as well, such as Akhenaton’s 2000 film Comme un aimant. However, the group remained intact, writing tracks every once in a while for their album Revoir Un Printemps, published in 2003.
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  • belov_roman

    New album is crack! Haven't heard anything better from France in a LONG time.

    25 Apr 9:41pm Reply

  • leKipish

    аяяям! ахуенный альбом

    25 Apr 7:04am Reply

  • Brosev

    мне оч.нравится композиция HIP-HOP VILLE

    13 Mar 7:42am Reply

  • Smakaveli

    L'ecole Du Micro D'argent " one of the best european hip-hop albums of all time

    2 Mar 7:31pm Reply

  • Madrangue

    L'Ecole du Micro d'Argent est peut-être tout simplement le meilleur album de rap français de tous les temps. Dommage que leur flow se soit fichtrement ramolli depuis... pour ceux qui ne possèdent pas les anciens albums, je recommande fortement l'intégrale collector, bourrée d'inédits et de b-sides, avec en plus un DVD: un pur kif!

    28 Feb 9:41pm Reply

  • ConnardNinja

    mythique, rien d'autre à dire

    13 Feb 2:18am Reply

  • N-Devil

    For Italian dark ambient duo please use IAM..

    14 Jan 11:46am Reply

  • elon_gogenov

    lecole de micro dargent c en mon avie la meilleur chason de rap o monde, le rap americain devient chiant a la fin mai iam son meileur et leur parole son genial IAM FOREVER

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • kkwestt

    Хорош !

    1 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Reehji

    Nés Sous La Même Étoile <3 [3]

    7 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Encyclopedique

    Mon enfance quoi..

    13 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Painkiller10

    Please vote for the bald one ! http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Scylla/+images

    8 Sep 2012 Reply

  • m-saIami

    Ouais en même temps c'est chaud d'approfondir un genre qu'on écoute un jour par mois...

    8 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Reehji

    how am i not top listener ;[

    30 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Doberman27

    Je n'aurais pas dit mieux que Gabriel.

    28 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Gabriel_Opeth

    @cthulhu eh ben tu dois pas connaitre grand chose au rap français a mon avis

    16 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Reehji

    Nés Sous La Même Étoile <3 [2]

    10 Jun 2012 Reply

  • cthulhu31

    J'écoute principalement du métal, c'est le seul groupe de rap que je trouve bon.

    5 Jun 2012 Reply

  • jrouby

    L'école du micro d'argent, un monument dans la qualité des textes et les arrangements monstrueux !

    27 May 2012 Reply

  • juliendu48

    Nés Sous La Même Étoile <3

    15 May 2012 Reply
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