Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters

After the release of their first mixtape Fantasy : Episode 1 in 2004, Gringe and Orelsan embarked on solo careers before coming together again to record their debut studio album. Gringe released Fantasy Mixtape in 2009, while Orelsan's two studio albums Perdu d'avance and Le chant des sirènes were met with huge success. The former was nominated for a Prix Constantin,[5][6] while the latter won him the Urban Music Album of the Year award at the 2012 Victoires de la Musique,[7][8][9][10][11] with songs from the album and Orelsan himself garnering several more accolades and nominations in the process. The two rappers had done the songs "Entre bien et mal" from Perdu d'avance and "Ils sont cools" from Le chant des sirènes, as well as being featured on "C'est beau de rêver" by Taipan from his album Dans le circuit among others before collectively working on their new studio album and releasing tracks as Casseurs Flowters.

Despite the success of his first two studio albums, Orelsan kept his feet on the ground and never forgot, according to Les Inrocks, the "pact he signed" with his accomplice Gringe. In an interview, Orelsan explains: "In the beginning, we didn't really know what [songwriting] would give, we wrote. [...] and then we told ourselves that we had to find an idea to structure the thing." Waking up at 3:00 in the afternoon to write and spending the night going out before getting back home to sleep at 6:00 in the morning became their daily routine.

[Orelsan] What interested us, was managing to write in this immobilism, on these days where we did nothing but where in the end there was a lot going on. These days where we had thousands of pointless discussions which created something. [...] [Gringe] I remember days when I never saw daylight. In Caen, I spent a lot of time at Orel's, he hosted me like many other friends, we went out a lot and when I woke up it was already almost dark and kids started coming home from school.

— Orelsan and Gringe, in an interview with Les Inrocks.[12]

This kind of life the two rappers found themselves living became the subject of the album, whose story is told like a film in its totality. They explain that they chose to explore nightclubs for concerts in the company of some friends. Orelsan explains: "We do a bit of anything, we dance in the crowd, which smells like Red Bull and old whiskey and coke. We enjoy ourselves, we take pleasure and later we'll see."[12]

Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters has produced 1 single:

• "Bloqué" was released as the album's lead single on 3 July 2013. It peaked at number 70 on the French Singles Chart, and number 40 on the Belgian Ultratip 50 chart in Wallonia.

Notes

• "14h58 – Casseurs Flowters Opening" features vocals by Mote Aoki.
• "15h02 - Regarde comme il fait beau (dehors)" features vocals by Izïa.
• "16h00 - Tu m'dois d'l'oseille" is performed by Ablaye.
• "01h14 - Couplet de Claude (Interlude)" features vocals by Claude Urbiztondo-Llarch.
• "01h16 - Les putes et moi" features vocals by Julie-Marie Petit.
• "01h25 - Johnny Galoche" features vocals by Julie-Marie Petit.
• "01h47 - Change de Pote" features vocals by Izïa and Mai Lan.

Sample credits

• "03h53 - Manger c'est tricher" contains samples of "Anxiety Montage (1952–1955)", composed and performed by Carl Stalling.

Credits for Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters adapted from Discogs.[23]