Pee Froiss

Pee Froiss

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Pee Froiss


Img_capt = Pee Froiss at a performance in Germany
Background = group_or_band
Alias =
Origin = Dakar, Senegal
Genre = African hip hop
Years_active = 1990s–present
Label =
Associated_acts = Positive Black Soul
URL =
Current_members = Xouman (Makhtar Fall)
Koc 6 (Babacar Diagne)
DJ Gee Bayss (Georges Martin Lopis)
Past_members = Souley Ba

Pee Froiss is a hip hop group formed in Dakar, Senegal in 1993. It was originally produced by another hip hop group from that city, Positive Black Soul, and since recorded with the duo. [cite book |last=Brough |first=Simon |coauthors=Ellingham, Mark; Lusk, Jon; Clark, Duncan |title=The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East |edition=3rd ed. |year=2006 |month=September |publisher=Rough Guides Ltd |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-84353-551-5 |pages=p. 338 |chapter=Senegal & The Gambia ] The band's music is rapped in Wolof, French, and English and features traditional Senegalese instruments such as the kora as part of its instrumentation. [cite web |url=http://www.senerap.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=16 |title=Pee Froiss |accessdate=2008-03-12 |date=2004-09-25 |work=SeneRAP ] Pee Froiss was one of the first rap groups to include a female performer in their lineup, Sista Joyce.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=PEE|FROISS&sql=11:hjfqxqehldse~T1 |title=Biography |accessdate=2008-03-12 |last=McDonald |first=Steven |work=Allmusic |publisher=All Media Guide ] The group's members create all of their own music videos with very sparse resources, the first of which was released in 1996 with their first album. [cite web |url=http://www.griots.net/archives/focus/rapvideo2.html |title= The Future of Rap Video 2 – Takin’ it to a Next level |accessdate=2008-03-12 |work=Griots.net ]

Though the group released six successful cassette albums solely in Senegal and appeared on several European compilations, [cite web |url=http://www.conseilfrancophone.org/fr_FR/artists/detail/id/59 |title=Pee Froiss |accessdate=2008-03-12 |work=Conseil Francophone de la Chanson |language=French ] the group's first release to be sold internationally was 2003's "Konkérants". [cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/features/17737.shtml |title=Pee Froiss |accessdate=2008-03-12 |work=Africa On Your Street |publisher=BBC ]

Discography

*"Wala Wala Bok" (1996)
*"Affaire Bou Graw" (1998)
*"Ah Simm" (1999)
*"F.R.O.I.S.S" (2001)
*"Konkérants" (2003)

References

External links

*MySpace|peefroiss|Pee Froiss


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