La Funk Mob

Although MC Solaar was the only French rapper of note through the ’90s, many hip-hop production crews made inroads in the quintessentially American design, including DJ Cam, the Mighty Bop, and La Funk Mob. The last mentioned team was produced by Increase Bass and Philippe Zdar in the first ’90s, though Increase Bass had caused Solaar on his initial two solo albums, weaving examples from Dark Sheep to Serge Gainsbourg. The action debuted using a track over the 1993 compilation record Jimmy Jay Présente ‘Les Great Periods’ and agreed upon to Britain’s seminal Mo’Wax for just two 1994 EPs, Tribulations Extra Sensorielles and Casse les Frontieres, Fou les Têtes en L’air (“Breaking Limitations, Messing Up Minds”). Small was heard in the duo during 1997-1998, though two side-projects (Motorbass and L’homme Qui Valait 3 Milliard) noticed release, and Increase Bass again supplied production function for MC Solaar on his third record, Paradisiaque. The duo resurfaced as Cassius in 1999 for the intended purpose of French progressive home.