A Barbie with an eye patch posted upstream on the networks had put the chip in the ears of some fans.
For his new track
Ratpi World
, rapper Booba samples Aqua
Barbie Girl's
legendary dancing
hit
, multiplying aggressive punchlines against a backdrop of tangy melody.
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Kabila,
an unreleased track, in collaboration with MHD
It had been a few days since the "Duke of Boulogne" had been increasing the announcements concerning a new song.
Between two clashes on social networks (his favorite victim at the moment seems to be Gims), the Hauts-de-Seine rapper never stops teasing his new album
ULTRA
, scheduled for March 5.
Although it is not known if
Ratpi World
will be part of the tracklist, he unveiled the brand new title on Monday evening, accompanied by a low budget clip mixing pop references, archival videos of the rapper and some allusions to the news. , from the fire of Notre-Dame to the rioters of the Capitol.
By the way, as it should be, the Batman of 92 slips a few “subtle” spikes to the villains of his universe: the rappers Kaaris, Rhoff and La Fouine.
This is not the first time that a rapper has rhymed on
Aqua's track
.
In 2016 the Marseillais Jul had offered himself a gold record with
My World
, cheerfully taking up the melodies and gimmicks of
Barbie Girl.
Success that he repeated three years later by sampling
Nuit de Folie
.
Across the Atlantic, Ludacris, Wiz Kalifah, Jeremih and Cashmere Cat released in 2014
Party Girl
, a slightly more subtle and languid remix of the 1997 Scandinavian hit. In May 2020, the young rapper Unghetto Mathieu was also reappropriated the bubblegum anthem for its title
Plastic
.
Outside of rap, Ben l'Oncle Soul, who had made a name for himself with his cover of the
Seven Nation Army
of the White Stripes, looked at the
Barbie Girl
case
, as did the pop artist Tori V who now cumulates hui 200 million views on YouTube with a stricto sensu “cover” of the song.
An exercise in which the Brazilian Kelly Key had engaged in 2005 - who had translated the lyrics into Brazilian in passing - with less convincing success.
Not enough to make it the
My Way
of his generation, but 23 years after its release, the single recounting the adventures of Mattel's flagship toy continues to inspire our contemporaries.
For the better of the worse, and often for the worse.
