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Drôle de parcours
Studio album by La Fouine
Released	4 February 2013
Genre	French hip hop
Length	64:16
Language	French
Label	Banlieue Sale, Jive, Sony Music France
Producer	Bone Collector, Crada, DikC, Meti Fantomm, E-Rise & Doc Ness, Gun Roulett, K-sba, Kore, Médeline, Oneshot, Prinzly, Rodney Jerkins, Seycko, Luca Presti, Sonny Alves
La Fouine chronology
Capitale du crime, Vol. 3 (2011) Drôle de parcours (2013) Team BS (2014)
Singles from Drôle de parcours
"J'avais pas les mots" Released: November 19, 2012

Drôle de parcours is the fifth studio album by French rapper La Fouine. It was released on 4 February 2013 by his record label Banlieue Sale and Jive Records, and peaked at number 1 on the French Albums Chart.

Background

After the release of his fourth studio album La Fouine vs. Laouni on 14 February 2011, La Fouine released the mixtape Capitale du crime, Vol. 3 on 28 November the same year, that featured artists such as T-Pain, Orelsan, Mister You, Nessbeal, Alonzo or even Amel Bent and Corneille, who are both featured in Drôle de parcours. Corneille also released the single "Des pères, des hommes et des frères" with La Fouine the same year.

In March 2012, La Fouine announced that he was working on a fifth studio album, and was working with Amel Bent in the studio. In September 2012, he revealed February 2013 as the release month for the album, as well as its title.

Singles

• "J'avais pas les mots" was released as the album's lead single on 19 November 2012. It peaked at number 16 on the French Singles Chart.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Music Story

François Alvarez of Music Story called Drôle de parcours an album that is "torn between legitimacy and smiles on the radio, and that may ultimately leave everyone hungry". He emphasizes, "an even disc where the tracks close to variety especially have the quality of being easily programmable on radio". He specifies that La Fouine "doesn't hide himself and fully varies his rap, while slipping some harder tracks to show that his exile in Florida did not completely soften him."

Commercial performance

Drôle de parcours sold more than 100,000 copies and spent a total of 55 weeks in the French Albums Charts, and was later certified platinum in France.

Track listing

Notes

• The name "Mouhid" refers to Laouni Mouhid. Fatima Mouhid and Hakim Mouhid are referred to by their full names.

Personnel

Credits for Drôle de parcours adapted from Discogs.

• Luca Presti – Producer, keyboard, drum programming
• Bone Collector – Producer
• Christian "Crada" Kalla – Producer
• DikC – Producer, keyboard, drum programming
• DJ No Name – Producer, keyboard, drum programming
• E-Rise & Doc Ness – Producer
• Gun Roulett – Producer, keyboard, drum programming
• K-sba – Producer
• Kore – Producer
• La Fouine – Primary artist
• Médeline – Producer
• Oneshot – Producer, keyboard, drum programming
• Prinzly – Producer, keyboard, drum programming
• Rodney Jerkins – Producer
• Seycko – Producer
• Son Ha – Piano
• Sonny Alves – Producer, keyboard, drum programming

Charts

References

1. "La Fouine - Drôle de parcours" (in French). ChartsInFrance.net. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
2. Sarah Merlo (22 October 2011). "Mister You et Orelsan sur la prochaine mixtape de la Fouine". Charts in France. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
3. Jonathan Hamard (10 October 2011). "Découvrez le clip de Corneille & La Fouine : "Des pères, des hommes et des frères" (màj)". Charts in France. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
4. Jonathan Hamard (9 March 2012). "La Fouine peaufine son prochain "classique"". Charts in France. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
5. ^ Jonathan Hamard (11 September 2012). "La Fouine publiera son cinquième album "Drôle de parcours" en février 2013". Charts in France. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
6. "La Fouine - J'avais pas les mots" (in French). Lescharts.com. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
7. ^ François Alvarez (4 February 2013). "Critique de Drôle de parcours". Music-Story.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
8. "La Fouine - Drôle de Parcours".
9. "La Fouine - Drôle De Parcours". Discogs. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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13. "Swisscharts.com – La Fouine – Drôle de parcours". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
14. "Rapports Annuels 2013". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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• 2013 albums
• La Fouine albums
• 2010s French-language albums
• Jive Records albums