Role Rapper Name Roce Roce | ||
Albums Gunz n' Roce, L'etre humain & le reverbere, Top Depart, Identite en Crescendo, L'Etre humain et le reverbere Similar People Fabe, Casey, Manu Key, Jp Manova, Karlito | ||
Rocé - Habitus (Gunz N'Rocé - 2013)
Lamine Kaminsky (also Jose / Youcef), better known by his stage name Roce (born Algiers, Algeria in 1977) is a French rapper of Algerian origin.
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Born in Bab El-Oued, a neighborhood of Algiers, to Adolfo Kaminsky, an Argentinian resistant of Russian-Jewish descent and an Algerian mother, he immigrated while very young to France and grew up in Val-de-Marne, a Paris suburb. He had his break when Manu Key of the French rap collective Mafia K-1 Fry invite him to contribute a solo freestyle interlude of his own composition called "Respect" in 1996. The track appeared in the album La rime urbaine of Manu Key's group Different Teep.
In 1998, Roce released two maxi-singles, "Pour l'horizon / De ma haine a ta haine" and "Ricochets / Encore et encore" with Chronowax / Espionnage, DJ Mehdi's label. And in 1999, appeared in the compilation Premiere classe vol. 1 with track "La verite blesse" with group 113 and Rodriguez aka Jeap12 (from Less du Neuf). The same year he appeared on Koma album Le reveil with his track "Un parmi des millions".
In 2002, he released his debut album, Top depart on Chronowax label with collaborations with J.L. and Manu Key. Two tracks were also released as music videos, "Changer le monde" directed by Kourtrajme and "On s'habitue" directed by Alexander Wise.
In 2006, came the follow-up album Identite en crescendo on No Format! label, distributed by Universal Jazz. The album was co-written with Djohar Sidhoum-Rahal alias Raqal le Requin, a musician and poet and co-produced by Roce. There were collaborations with famous Archie Shepp (saxophone), Jacques Coursil (trumpet). Pre-released tracks include "Appris par cœur" and "Besoin d'oxygene".
Third album L'etre humain et le reverbere was released on 8 March 2010 on Big Cheese Records, with the single "Si peu comprennent" as first release. The music video for it and for "Des questions a vos reponses" were directed by Quentin Lestienne and a later version by Alexander Wise. The album was produced by Tcho Antidote.
Gunz'N'Roce, his fourth album was released on 4 mars 2013.
Songs
On s'habitue
Top Depart
Naitre pour mourir
L'un et le multiple
Qui Nous Protege
La Verite Blesse
Des problemes de memoire
Assis sur la lune
Le temps passe
Amitie et Amertume
Si peu comprennent
Ce que personne n'entend vraiment
J'te parle comme a un proche
Le Savoir en kimono
Carnet de voyage d'un etre sur place
J'rap pas pour etre sympa
Changer le Monde
Respect
De pauvres petits bourreaux
Habitus
L'Objectif
Je fais ma justice
Aux nomades de l'interieur
Le Sourire des villes
Le Dernier Des Derniers
Pire Que la Fiction
Ma salete d'esperance
Jeux d'enfants
Roce - Feel It
Le Meteque
Besoin d'Oxygene
Le Cartable renverse