Dubmatique

Dubmatique are a Canadian hip hop group formed in 1992 in Montreal. They were the first French language hip hop crew from Canada to have a #1 single on Canada's francophone pop charts. The group's style has an acid jazz/R&B flow similar to Gangstarr and Fugees. They have released four albums: La force de comprendre in 1997, Dubmatique in 1998, Influences in 2001 and Trait d'union in 2009. La force de comprendre sold over 120,000 copies. The self-titled second album sold 35,000 copies in its first week of release. The group consisted of three artists Disoul, OTMC and DJ Choice. After releasing two albums, DJ Choice left the group, and OT MC and Disoul continued with guest DJs on the group's later album. Guest musicians on their albums have included Éric Lapointe, Shurik'n, Akhenaton and Ashley MacIsaac.