Rhoda Tchokokam - Sensibles : une histoire du R&B français

In the early 1990s, groups inspired by American new jack swing such as N'Groove, Tribal Jam, and artists from the Sensitive label marked the first steps of French R&B. With the success of Poetic Lover and French rap choruses, some of the best known of which were sung by R&B artists, it gradually established itself on the scene. A series of excellent debut albums were released (K-Reen, Vibe, Matt Houston, and Wallen) before a second generation emerged at the turn of the millennium, with hits and albums by R&B singers. For their part, the media and critics often multiplied misunderstandings and expressions of contempt towards these different artists, reducing their music to a watered-down version of rap, a "revenge of the girls from the projects", or rejecting it as a foreign import. In this first book devoted to her, Rhoda Tchokokam shows the richness not only of French R&B, but of French R&B as a genre in its own right.