L’Entourloop - Le Savoir Faire (2017)

French beatmakers and reggae-heads L’Entourloop is back with a brand-new set following their stunning debut album Chickens in Your Town released two years ago.
The overall recipe this time is the same - mixing reggae and dancehall with boom rap. They have cultivated a unique, bass-boosted and urban sound using musical textures from a broad variety of genres.

The intense and colorful sonic landscape on Le Savoir Faire is also spiced with drum & bass, 60s pop and swing jazz. Yes, you read it right. Swing. Check for example Boomblast, Soundbwoy and Mississippi Sleng.

To create the album they have invited more than 15 different vocalists, including Blackout JA, Skarra Mucci, Troy Berkley, Marina P, Soom T, Ras Demo and Tippa Irie. And these are some epic performances. Listen to Soom T’s fierce delivery on Fonk Monk, N’Zeng’s blazing horn on the title track or Ruffian Rugged’s tongue twisting techniques on Tour De Force, a cut where four different vocalists trade verses over a bouncy beat filled with sound system sonic gimmicks.

With Le Savoir Faire L’Entourloop has created a playful and clever album taking the very best from reggae, dancehall and hip-hop. A bona-fide head-nodder with absolutely zero dull moments.

Tracklist

01. Le savoir faire feat. N'Zeng
02. Weh U come from feat. Ras Demo aka Demolition Man
03. Johnny a badman feat. Troy Berkley
04. Shoefiti feat. Marina P
05. Lamain à la pate
06. Boomblast feat. Oh Blimey aka Blimes Brixton
07. Push The Limits feat. Biga Ranx aka Telly
08. Le rendez vous feat. Tippa Irie & n'Zeng
09. Forgotten skank feat. Rodney P
10. Mississippi Slang
11. Soundbwoy feat. Troy Berkley & The architect
12. L'amour propre
13. Fonk Monk feat. Soom T & N'Zeng
14. The people & the police feat. Kill Emil
15. Tour de force feat. ruffian rugged, skarra mucci, blackout ja & troy berkley
16. Sounds To Wake the Kids up feat. Stig of the dump & king hippo
17. One & only feat. Charlie P
18. Le bonheur feat. Panda Dub