If Lille-based MAP (Ministère des Affaires Populaires) has often been compared
to Java, it's because it combines hip-hop culture, its popular language and a
form of insolence, with the sound of the accordion. The melodies, borrowed from
the raï of their Algerian roots, are also reminiscent of Zebda from Toulouse.
Whatever the case, it's thanks to a unique formula and concerts with the air of
popular balls that this militant quintet, which brings together two
singer-rappers, an accordionist, a violinist and a DJ-percussionist, has won
over audiences. After the success of Debout La...