Shydak has been releasing Parisian hip-hop since 1995 and runs his own Disklexique imprint, and "Rapratikant" is a veteran's complaint about the difference between making rap and practising it. The title is a pun the hook spells out: "Ils font du rap mais sans s'impliquer" they make rap but without being involved and then, the claim: "je suis pratiquant," I'm a practitioner. It's a familiar argument, and the writing is what keeps it from souring. Shydak works in tight, balanced couplets and builds the verse around a maritime conceit crews, rafts, quitting ship for a hit, the captain's hat you have to know how to wear which turns a rant about authenticity into something closer to a fable. The sharpest line is the one about pissing where you drink. NGS takes the second voice, and the track alternates rather than stacking, so the record stays a conversation. The credit that matters here is on the turntables: Deejay Anhonym handles the scratches, and cut work is still rare enough in contemporary French rap to be worth naming. No producer credit is listed for the beat itself, no mix details either what's audible is a loop built to leave the centre open for two MCs and a scratch chorus. Raphifilm shot it. Just over two minutes, out through Disklexique. For listeners who want French-language boom bap from someone who predates the current wave and is still arguing with it, this is a good entry.
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