Do you listen to music in languages you don't understand?

Care to recommend some French hip hop songs (not artists)? :)

Also maybe some slow to see if I can understand some of the lyrics? (According to my language teacher, when you're learning a language, it's good if you listen to some slow slongs in that language because (if you understand it) it shows you can comprehend the language even when there's a rhythm to it.)
 
I have lots of Brazilian samba music, and African choirs/pop groups around here somewhere.
 
This is what sent me on my european crusade today.

Seeed - Ab in den Suden

If anyother europoster whants to give me some ska/ reggea/ roots/dub bands I'd realy be happy.
 
I listen to plenty of Scandinavian Death Metal bands who sing in English, but I still can't understand what on earth is being said...

Mostly though, I listen to music, not lyrics, so I don't care.
 
Thanks Masquerouge. I fond some other stuff following links that I'll check out.

Tell me which ones you liked best, so I can refine my suggestions ;)

Care to recommend some French hip hop songs (not artists)? :)

Also maybe some slow to see if I can understand some of the lyrics? (According to my language teacher, when you're learning a language, it's good if you listen to some slow slongs in that language because (if you understand it) it shows you can comprehend the language even when there's a rhythm to it.)

Allright. Slow rap songs are not easy to find :)
But:

IAM "je danse le MIA" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmadh6-mmTM
(this is campy on purpose :) )

MC Solaar "Bouge de la" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4iZ_eQiSTY
(this is campy not on purpose :) )

NTM "laisse pas trainer ton fils" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFSb7ftZTw4
Ooooh yeah. NTM.

I can help you on the lyrics if you need ;)

and also great but a bit harder to understand:
NTM - Lord Kossity "Dans ta Benz"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWltNwRiok&mode=related&search=
Now that's some French gangsta rap.

113 - "Tonton du Bled"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEnHexIi7Zo
funny song about going back to Algeria for the holidays :)
 
@ Masq

K2r
MC Janic
Sinsemilia
 
Random French songs that i like, hopefully there will be some that you guys will like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLMr3DdCZNc&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuQF6V3gxg&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDPzu1QwTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X0cYlrNXgw&mode=user&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMnTlQPrxmI&mode=related&search=

Note, i usually don't enjoy Rap, though the band IAM is one of the few that i enjoy listening to.

Will post more if if you want.
 
Random French songs that i like, hopefully there will be some that you guys will like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLMr3DdCZNc&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuQF6V3gxg&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDPzu1QwTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X0cYlrNXgw&mode=user&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMnTlQPrxmI&mode=related&search=

Note, i usually don't enjoy Rap, though the band IAM is one of the few that i enjoy listening to.

Will post more if if you want.

I already posted the MIA ;) but I liked the rest. Abd el Malik! Kick ass!
 
I listen to plenty of Scandinavian Death Metal bands who sing in English, but I still can't understand what on earth is being said...
I don't think anyone can.
 
Yes i do; well

1. Rammstein of course - angry enough :D

2. Ayumi Hamasaki (Japanese pop/trance singer). I've only listened her trance remixes, but for some wierd reason Japanese sounds strangely familiar to me as a finn (i know our languages (Finnish/Japanese) are completely different, but there is familiarity in pronounciation or somewhere there..).

3. I sometimes listen Swedish music (Swedish is actually official language here in Finland, in par with Finnish). I should know it ("studied" it for 6 years), but its basically foreign to me anyways :D. Den glider in!

but thats about it..
 
Does rap count? What if I don't even try to understand?
 
Everyone here does it all the time whenever they turn on their copy of Civ 4 or Civ 4 Warlords :P
 
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