Following a five-year absence that saw another stint in jail and a heavier focus on his acting career, the enfant terrible of French hip-hop, Joeystarr, returned with his second solo album,
Egomaniac. The former
Suprême NTM rapper's follow-up to 2006's
Gare au Jaguarr features hook-ups with
Oxmo Puccino ("Mon Role"),
Fdy Phenomen ("Je Paie Pas"), and
Nathy ("On N On") alongside less likely collaborations with far-left political figure
Olivier Besancenot ("Interlude -- Appel a la Resistance") and chanteuse
Nicoletta on a reworking of her signature hit, "Mamy Blue."