Anyone familiar with French Hip-hop’s fertile terrain knows the formidable work of Youssoupha, if they know anything at all.  The reason why he hasn’t in his 5-year recording history made use of his father, Tabu Ley’s colossal back-catalogue for sampling purposes is simply that he hasn’t felt ready. Until now, that is. He told me, “I saw my father as an icon. Only when my (first) son was born did [...]