L'Algérino

Biography

Samir Djoghlal (Arabic: سمير جغلال; born 2 May 1981), better known as L'Algérino (French pronunciation: [lalʒeʁino]), is an Algerian-French rapper and singer whose family came from the Chaoui-Berber tribes in Khenchela, Algeria
A childhood friend of JUL, he was discovered in 2001 by rapper Akhenaton, a member of the IAM group, who signed him on his 361 Recordz label, and in which he published his first album " Les derniers seront les premiers×Les derniers seront les premiers5 April 2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Honneur et bravoure2:462Est-ce que tu m’as vu ?3:413On est là !3:534On revient de loin3:545Les derniers seront les premiers3:156Sans retenue aucune3:267Le rêve français (Ma princesse)4:328J’dénonce5:019Témoin muet3:3910Étoile d’un jour4:2711Dans le mouv’5:1112En force3:2113214:3314M.A.R.S5:3115Levez le voile sur vos pensées3:0716T’sais c’est qui, qui cause ?3:3817Envoie l’son3:3318La patience est une arme4:31" (English: The Last will be the First), in June 2005. Aged 25, L'Algérino becomes the first Marseille artist signed on an independent Paris label, the Sinik Six-O-Nine.

Career

Samir Djoghlal known as 'L'Algérino' of Algerian parents, was born in 1981 in Marseille. He was introduced to rap at a very young age listening to Suprême NTM and IAM in the northern districts of Marseille. He started rapping at the age of 11 and quickly began releasing mixtapes and appearing in local concerts.
He had brief stints with groups 'B-Vice Junior' and '45 Niggaz', releasing independent albums with both of them. The work of Algérino is produced in its early days by Hichem Gombra and Hafid Fédaouche (HF Production), with whom he recorded his first maxi two titles called "T'sais c'est qui qui cause?" (English: Do You Know who's talking?), whose instrumental is composed by Soprano of Psy4 De La Rime. He officially made a name for himself when he appeared on Psy 4 de la Rime's album "Block Party".
L'Algérino was discovered in 2004 by Akhenaton, a member of the IAM group, who signs him on his label 361 Records; his first album, "Les derniers seront les premiers×Les derniers seront les premiers5 April 2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Honneur et bravoure2:462Est-ce que tu m’as vu ?3:413On est là !3:534On revient de loin3:545Les derniers seront les premiers3:156Sans retenue aucune3:267Le rêve français (Ma princesse)4:328J’dénonce5:019Témoin muet3:3910Étoile d’un jour4:2711Dans le mouv’5:1112En force3:2113214:3314M.A.R.S5:3115Levez le voile sur vos pensées3:0716T’sais c’est qui, qui cause ?3:3817Envoie l’son3:3318La patience est une arme4:31" (English:The Last will be the First), is distributed by Naïve Records and released in 2005. The group offers him the first parts of their concerts, with Psy4 De La Rime. During a concert in Chambéry,
L'Algérino and Sinik share the poster and meet for the first time. It is in Paris that they meet again several times and plan to move together after the departure of Sam 361 Records. Aged 25, L'Algérino became the first Marseille artist to be signed on an independent Paris label, Six-O-Nine. After relative success of his debut album, he released in 2007 album "Mentalité pirate×Mentalité Pirate26 March 2007 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1L'Envie de vaincre4:102Fleur fanée4:013L'Enfant de Marseille5:204Le Chant des pirates4:135Entre 2 flammes5:126Impact 134:207Petit Bateau3:408Le Chant des braves3:339Game Over3:2210L'Étendard4:1711Johnny Hama4:2512Venga venga3:4213Liberté conditionnée4:0014P-M3:4315L'Autoroute de la vie5:0916Entre 2 flammes (live)3:06" (English: Pirate attitude), which gained fame, through tracks like "L'envie de vaincre×L'envie de vaincre5 February 2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1L'envie de vaincre4:11" (English: the desire to conquer), "Fleur fanée", (English: Faded flower) and the sentimental "Entre deux flammes" (English: Between two flames).
In March 2010, L'Algerino released his third album "Effet miroir×Effet miroir29 March 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Tireur de coup franc4:122Sur la tête de ma mère3:523Je trace ma route3:574Pas là pour leur plaire3:295Warriorz3:496Dérapage contrôlé5:457Marseille by Night3:398Generation No Limit4:099Halla Style3:3010Trinité5:1111Force et honneur4:1412Un sourire cache une larme4:2113Quint Flush Album4:5014Avant de partir4:1015M'zia3:56" (English: Mirror Effect), which reaches 20th place in the French chart. The hit single "Sur la tête de ma mère" (English: On the head of my mother) became a huge popular success for the singer; the song starts as: "Saturday night, at full moon, the wolves come out of their lairs, the wolves are beautiful, dress in the most beautiful ways ..."
At the end of 2011, the rapper from Marseille released his fourth album, "C'est correct×C'est correct14 November 2011 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 23 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Allo Maman2Wesh Rey3Femme Soldat4Avec Le Sourire5Miami Vice6Rue De La Vie7Click Sa Mère8Bayna9Quoi De 910Classi11The Ring12Marchand De Rêve13Kechmara14Johnny Hama15Avec Le Sourire (Remix)Disc 21Mixtape "We 2 Best"2Sur La Tête De Ma Mère3Tireur De Coup Franc4Etoile D'un Jour5On Est Là6Fleur Fanée7Dérapage Controlé8L'autoroute De La Vie" (English: That's correct), whose single "Avec le sourire" (English: With the smile), a reggae song, goes around radios all over France; the album reaches 26th place in the French chart. "Aigle royal×Aigle royal6 October 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Ça va aller3:152Aigle royal3:303Grosse garde robe3:294Salam3:265Les bronzés font du biff3:236On m'a dit3:347Humeur d'un jour3:358Ma hlel4:109Petit Sam3:4310La vie que je mène2:5011Amane Amane3:5112Dieu soit loué3:2013Gamberge3:1414Humeur d'un soir4:00" (English: Royal Eagle), his next album, is released in 2014, followed by his sixth album entitled "Oriental Dream×Oriental Dream23 October 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Le Prince de la ville2:592Dana4:033Marakech St Tropez3:144Diggi Style3:065Fais tourner3:356BAWA3:047Cette fois c'est fini3:368Hasni4:069La vie est belle3:5910Hajabtili nti3:4211BAWA (remix)3:3312Habibi3:2013Marrakech St Tropez (French version)3:1414L'Essentiel3:3815BAWA (Version Club)3:4816Alger by Night3:28" at Black Pearl Music in October 2015. L'Algerino's seventh album "Banderas×Banderas28 October 2016 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Si tu savais2:592Banderas2:543Désolé mama3:484Savastano3:525Je m'oublie2:476Panama2:437Miz'amor2:468Tié plus mon poto2:199Seni Seni3:5410Laissé tomber3:0711Dini2:5712Le reste on verra3:0313L'autoroute de la vie5:25" was released in October 2016 and reached 12th place in the French chart.
In May 2017, he released his single "Les menottes (Tching Tchang Tchong)" (English: Handcuffs, Tching Tchang Tchong), which was a success, and has received over 590 million YouTube views as of June 2020.
The song "Va Bene", from the Taxi 5 soundtrack, was recorded in 2018 and released on March 23, 2018 on YouTube, where it has the song has 280 million views. It reached number 2 on the French SNEP charts.

Singles

• Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other songs

2007: "Tapage nocturne"
2007: "L’envie de vaincre"
2010: "Trinité"
2010: "Marseille by night"
2010: "Tireur de coup franc"
2010: "Derapage contrôlé"
2010: "Pas la pour leur plaire"
2011: "Allô Maman Bobo"
2011: "Bayna"