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One of the most interesting African hip hop releases on the international market over the past year has been Konkerants, the first cd by Senegalese hip hop veterans Pee Froiss which came out in early 2003. As the group had been putting out tapes in Senegal since the mid-90's, it was about time the music became available abroad.

The presence of the Konkerants album and the international concert tour of Pee Froiss provided a good occasion for us to dig up two interviews we did over the past year in France and Senegal. The Africanhiphop.com web team keeps on bumping into the group on different occasions. This started in 1999 when we interviewed Xuman for the first time in Dakar at the time of their third cassette release named Ah Simm (the realaudio interview was up at our site until last year). Then, when Xuman came to finalize the cd in Paris last year, we met again and sat down with him in a lengthy discussion about his music, lyrics and his impact on Senegalese youth. Shortly after that, our Dakar correspondent met all three group members for a second interview. Finally in July 2003 the group was on a European tour of which we saw two concerts in Belgium, during which the trio presented an hour-plus show fusing rap, r&b and roots reggae, which was energetic to the effect that the crowd ended up dancing on stage with Pee Froiss.

Interview in Paris (2002, English)

Interview in Dakar (2002, French)

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