NTM

Le Clash: Boss VS IV My People
by Michael McCarthy

If aggressive rap that never pulls punches is your thing, you’d be wiser to seek out NTM‘s two-CD set entitled Le Clash: Boss VS IV My People, which is a veritable war of remixes with the two producers each contributing a CD of new mixes of the French group’s latest and greatest. Four singles, which were actually called “rounds,” were released and fans were encouraged to vote for their favorite mixes to determine an actual winner of the Boss VS IV My People clash (results still pending). A gimmick? More likely than not, but given the group’s controversial history (the name NTM, which they used to precede with Suprême, is an acronym for what translates to motherfucker in English and at least one member has done jail time) even their biggest fans can’t be sure. What you can be sure of is that this is some of the best rap music ever made, both in terms of their fierce beats and the flow of their lyrical wizardry (which is sure to astound you even if you don’t understand a word of it).