It was their participation in Jimmy Jay's Cool Sessions in 1993 that launched
Les Sages Poètes de la Rue. They performed their emblematic "La Rue", and stayed
with Jimmy Jay for a first album, released in 1995. Somewhat hastily classified
as "cool rappers" in the MC Solaar tradition, Les Sages Poètes de la Rue proved
with "Bons baisers du poste", on the album of music inspired by the film La
Haine, that they knew how to put their verbal virtuosity at the service of a
strong theme. After 2002 and the album Après l'Orage, the trio unearthed a
series of previously unreleased tracks,...