Suprême NTM on DeBaser: reviews, highlights, and essential tracks

The Profile

Suprême NTM is a French hip hop duo from Seine-Saint-Denis formed by JoeyStarr (Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (Bruno Lopes). Renowned for hard-hitting lyrics, social critique, and explosive delivery, they became defining figures of 1990s French rap, sparking national debates, media boycotts, and enduring classics.

NTM stands for “Nique Ta Mère” (Nick Ta Mère), noted in reviews. The track Police from 1993... J'appuie sur la gachette triggered controversy and legal issues; DJ Cut Killer sampled it in La Haine. The 1998 album Suprême NTM sold 40,000 copies day one and ~450,000 in eight months; Ma Benz faced CSA late-hour broadcast limits.

Four DeBaser reviews celebrate Suprême NTM’s ferocity, focusing on 1990s French hip hop, banlieue anger, and landmark tracks. They recall censorship battles (Police, Ma Benz), notable sales for the 1998 album, and the duo’s role as lightning rods for social critique. Specific shout-outs go to Laisse pas traîner ton fils, Seine-Saint-Denis Style, and That’s My People.

Notable Quotes

❝ RAP is the angriest, most furious, and violent genre in all of music. There’s no doubt about it, they’re the angry ones here.

❝ Key figures in the toughest wave of the French hip hop scene during the '90s, Joey Starr and Kool Shen express, without mincing words, all the anger, hatred, and misunderstanding of young French people originating from the cités, the ghetto neighborhoods on the outskirts of French cities.