Vietnam
1990 · Roker Promocion RP-02 · Marseille, France
- Artist
- IAM
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Concept
- Year
- 1990
- Label
- Roker Promocion # RP-02
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Marseille, France
- Genre
- Hip Hop · French Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
French Hip Hop group, formed 1989 in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, featuring Akhenaton, Kheops, Shurik'N, Imhotep, Freeman (1990-2008), Kephren (dancer, manager, 1990-present). The rare cassette (only 300 copies made, last sold on Discogs for $900), had the song "Vietnam" (Roker Promocion # RP-02). Firstly, the song compared current world events to the Vietnam War era: "it is total chaos; the world is in agony, with no justice to be found, we plunge back, just like in the past, into the heart of the Vietnam era of the 70s". It then used Vietnam as a comparison to community violence in France: "before long, Marseille is gonna be just like Vietnam, it’s nothing but psychopaths out there".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
French Hip Hop group, formed 1989 in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, featuring Akhenaton, Kheops, Shurik'N, Imhotep, Freeman (1990-2008), Kephren (dancer, manager, 1990-present). The rare cassette (only 300 copies made, last sold on Discogs for $900), had the song "Vietnam" ( Roker Promocion # RP-02). Firstly, the song compared current world events to the Vietnam War era: "it is tot.
Themes
City & Community Violence · Vietnam Analogy · Violence Metaphor