Lucien Revolucien

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Lucien Revolucien, also known as Lucien M'B and Papalu, is a French hip-hop artist who was influential in the hip-hop movement in France in the 1990s.

Lucien Revolucien is featured on Afrika Bambaataa's 1989 release "Hip-Hop Against Apartheid"/"L'Unité Africaine". Lucien was also an MC for the late-night live hip-hop sessions with DJ Dee Nasty on Radio Nova from 1988 to 1993.^{[citation needed]} He has been affiliated with the Native Tongues Posse; a group that includes A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Black Sheep) and to The Beatnuts. (He is the only outside producer who made a song for The Beatnuts: "Ya Don't Stop" on their first album, Street Level).

A Tribe Called Quest included a song dedicated to Lucien ("Luck of Lucien") on their first LP, "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm." Common also featured a similar song on his album Electric Circus, "Heaven Somewhere".

[edit] Guest appearances and production work

A Tribe Called Quest - "Luck of Lucien" - on "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" 1990
Jungle Brothers - "Belly Dancin' Dina" (~Oriental Break), "Black Woman"(Intro.) - on "Done By the Forces of Nature" 1991 (Background Vocals)
Jimmy Jay -"?"(*) - on "Cool Sessions-Vol. 1"
Alliance Ethnik - "Jamais à L'Heure" 1995 (feat. Psycho Les.)
The Beatnuts - "Ya Don't Stop" - on "The Beatnuts" 1994 (Prod. : Lucien)
Suprême NTM - "Check The Flow" - on "Paris Sous Les Bombes" 1995
Guru / Various - "Lifesaver" - on "Jazzmatazz, Vol. II: The New Reality" 1995
Afro Jazz - "Trois Spliffs & Un Freestyle" - on compilation "L432" 1995
Afro Jazz - "Perle Noire " & " Paris-NewYork" (First EP) 1996 (Prod.: Papalu )
Afro Jazz - "Guerre Des Nerfs" - in "Afrocalypse" 1997 (feat. Suprême NTM.)
Afro Jazz - "Tout de Go" - on "AJ-1 : Révélation" 1999 (feat. L Loco, Fdy Phenomen) (Prod.: Papalu )
Ärsenik - "Lascars" - 1999 (feat. Lord Kossity)
Kurious - "Top Notch" (from "A Constipated Monkey)