''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' is the debut

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Casseurs Flowters Casseurs Flowters () is a French hip hop duo established in 2004 by rappers Orelsan and Gringe. The duo's name is a reference to the two "Wet Bandits" from the movie ''Home Alone'', called the ''"Casseurs Flotteurs"'' in the French dialogue. Hi ...

, a French hip hop duo consisting of rappers

Orelsan Aurélien Cotentin (; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan, sometimes stylized as OrelSan (), is a French rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and film director. He has released four studio albums: his debut ''Perdu d ...

and

Gringe Guillaume Tranchant (; born 20 February 1980), better known by his stage name Gringe (), is a French rapper, songwriter and actor. He is one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Orelsan, with whom he has released two stud ...

. It was released on 15 November 2013 by

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and

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in France and on 18 November 2013 on

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. Entering the French Albums Chart at number 8 in its first week, the album received generally positive reviews from

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s, and has sold more than 50,000 copies in France to date.

Background

After the release of their first mixtape ''Fantasy : Episode 1'' in 2004,

and

embarked on solo careers before coming together again to record their debut studio album. Gringe released ''Fantasy Mixtape'' in 2009, while Orelsan's two studio albums ''

Perdu d'avance ''Perdu d'avance'' is the debut studio album by French rapper Orelsan. It was released on 16 February 2009 by 3e Bureau and 7th Magnitude. It peaked at number 10 on the French Albums Chart, and sold more than 10,000 copies. It was also nominated fo ...

'' and ''

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'' were met with huge success. The former was nominated for a

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, while the latter won him the Urban Music Album of the Year award at the 2012

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, with songs from the album and Orelsan himself garnering several more accolades and nominations in the process. The two rappers had done the songs "Entre bien et mal" from ''Perdu d'avance'' and "

Ils sont cools "Ils sont cools" ("They are cool" ) is a song by French rapper Orelsan featuring fellow French rapper and Casseurs Flowters member Gringe. Produced by Spanish producer- DJ duo Cookin' Soul, it was released on 22 June 2012 as the sixth and final s ...

" from ''Le chant des sirènes'', as well as being featured on "C'est beau de rêver" by Taipan from his album ''Dans le circuit'' among others before collectively working on their new studio album and releasing tracks as Casseurs Flowters.

Composition

Despite the success of his first two studio albums, Orelsan kept his feet on the ground and never forgot, according to ''

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'', the "pact he signed" with his accomplice Gringe. In an interview, Orelsan explains: "In the beginning, we didn't really know what ongwritingwould give, we wrote. ..and then we told ourselves that we had to find an idea to structure the thing." Waking up at 3:00 in the afternoon to write and spending the night going out before getting back home to sleep at 6:00 in the morning became their daily routine. This kind of life the two rappers found themselves living became the subject of the album, whose story is told like a film in its totality. They explain that they chose to explore nightclubs for concerts in the company of some friends. Orelsan explains: "We do a bit of anything, we dance in the crowd, which smells like

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and old whiskey and coke. We enjoy ourselves, we take pleasure and later we'll see."

Singles

''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' has produced 1 single: * "

Bloqué "Bloqué" is a song by French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, and produced by Skread. It was released on July 3, 2013 as the lead single from their debut studio album ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'', in which the song's title is " ...

" was released as the album's

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on 3 July 2013. It peaked at number 70 on the French Singles Chart, and number 40 on the Belgian Ultratip 50 chart in Wallonia.

Reception

Critical reception

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s. According to ''Un jour, une critique ou pas'', the Casseurs Flowters "bring a certain freshness that was missing in current hip hop". ''Republ33k.fr'' called it "a refreshing

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whose originality is matched by its quality." They continue: "Gringe and Orel continue their journey with songs with huge potential and which will surely liven up your upcoming events, showing us that they are just as good as a group as they are solo." Pierre Siankowski of ''Les Inrocks'' gave the album a positive review, saying: "It's this type of life, where nobody tries to fight the gluten, which is narrated with impressive dexterity by the Casseurs Flowters album. ..A good listen gives the disc resemblance to 90s albums filled with interludes." Franckie Small of ''BasketsBlanches'' showered the album with praise: "The project is fresh, funny, geeky, hip hop, musical and well scripted. OrelSan and Gringe have succeeded in surprising me. I was expecting something original but they went beyond my expectations. ..Thou shalt understand, ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' is an album you should buy yourself at all costs."{{cite web, url=http://basketsblanches.com/chronique-orelsan-et-gringe-sont-les-casseurs-flowters/ , title= hroniqueOrelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters , publisher=BasketsBlanches.com , date=27 November 2013 , access-date=14 May 2014 {{Listen , filename = Casseurs Flowters - Deux connards sample.ogg , title = "Deux connards dans un abribus" , description = Produced by Vizioz, the album's fifth track "Deux connards dans un abribus" was described as "100% rap" by ''Higher Magazine''. , pos = right On the other hand, ''Goûte mes disques'' gave the album a mixed review, saying the skits are "not very badly played, even though improvised". They go on to say that in the course of the album, one "can understand the desire to self-parody, to admit a tendency to talk about the same thing from the beginning, and then one perceives a confession of hopelessness." ''Higher Magazine'' generally criticised the album, saying: "In general ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' is an average album and a bit repetitive on the edges. There are no real surprises or slaps similar to the single "

", which left us in suspense while waiting for the first album of the young duo. Apart from some pretty good songs, the rest is a little too mundane; one gets the impression that the Casseurs Flowters are short of inspiration." They continue to say that the album is "a bit too comic on a cartoon level, and this kills a bit of their artistic personality, which above all must be taken seriously. Basically, we have a half good songs and a half bad ones."{{cite web , url=http://www.higher-mag.com/casseurs-flowters-orelsan-et-gringe-sont-les-casseurs-flowters-chronique/ , title=Casseurs Flowters - Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters (Chronique) , publisher=Higher Magazine (higher-mag.com) , date=9 December 2013 , access-date=14 May 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514224653/http://www.higher-mag.com/casseurs-flowters-orelsan-et-gringe-sont-les-casseurs-flowters-chronique/ , archive-date=14 May 2014 , url-status=dead

Commercial performance

The album entered the French Albums Chart in 8th place on 30 November 2013, and was

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gold in France in 2014, having sold more than 50,000 copies.

Track listing

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Personnel

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, featured artist * Mote Aoki – Vocals * Edouard Ardan – Guitar, producer * Jean-Pierre Chalbos – Mastering * Clément Cotentin – Vocals * Frédéric Curier – Mixing * Didaï – Producer * DJ Pone – Producer,

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* Seydou Doukouré – Vocals * Vincent Forgue – Mixing * Gringe – Primary artist * Redouanne Harjane – Vocals * Izïa – Vocals, chorus * Mai Lan – Vocals, chorus * Martin Lanot –

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* Guillaume Le Grontec – Director of

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* Orelsan – Producer, primary artist * Julie-Marie Petit – Vocals * Alexandre Poirier –

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Charts

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Year-end charts

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Certifications

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References

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