Skread

{{Short description|French hip hop record producer and composer}}

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| birth_name = Matthieu Le Carpentier

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|09|22}}

| birth_place = Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Lower Normandy, France

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| genre = Hip hop

| occupation = Record producer, beatmaker, composer

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| years_active = 2004–present

| label = 7th Magnitude

| associated_acts = Orelsan, Casseurs Flowters, Gringe

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Matthieu Le Carpentier ({{IPA|fr|matjø lə kaʁpɑ̃tje}}; born September 22, 1981, Hérouville-Saint-Clair{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcdrduson.com/interviews/feature.php?id=349&p=1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911050822/http://www.abcdrduson.com/interviews/feature.php?id=349&p=1|url-status=dead|title=Abcdrduson: Interview Raphaël avec Skread|archivedate=11 September 2013}}), known professionally as Skread ({{IPAc-en|s|k|ɹ|ɛ|d}}), is a French hip hop record producer and composer. He is the co-founder in 2006 of the record label 7th Magnitude, with his partner "Ablaye" Abdoulaye Doucouré, which Orelsan and Gringe are signed to. His nickname Skread is a slang word that means "discreet".

Career

He started his career in 2004 by producing on the most significant albums of the period (Booba, Diam's, Rohff) winning song of the year award in 2006 with Diams {{Cite web |url=https://www.nrj.fr/music-awards/actualites/nrj-music-awards-2007-236046 |title=NRJ Music Awards 2007 |access-date=13 August 2020 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908044129/http://www.nrj.fr/music-awards/actualites/nrj-music-awards-2007-236046 |url-status=dead }} and producing several tracks on multi-platinum and diamond selling albums. In 2008 he decided to focus on Orelsan, his artist signed on his own label called 7th Magnitude.

Orelsan's first solo album Perdu d'avance released in 2009 and fully produced by Skread went platinum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.konbini.com/fr/musique/premier-album-orelsan-perdu-davance-fete-10-ans/|title=Il y a 10 ans, Orelsan était un magnifique loser "Perdu d'Avance"|website=Konbini - All Pop Everything : #1 Media Pop Culture chez les Jeunes|date=19 February 2019 }} His second act in 2011, Le chant des sirènes mainly produced by Skread went 2 times platinum {{Cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/|title=Les certifications}} and won 2 awards for best rap album, and audience choice award''.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 March 2012|title=victoires de la musique|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/le-palmares-des-victoires-de-la-musique-2012_1611257.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}

After a year and a half of European tour with Orelsan, Skread produced in 2013 the album of Casseurs Flowters (Orelsan and Gringe) that went platinum. In 2015 he produced the music and played in Orelsan's movie Comment c’est loin released in theaters in France, Belgium and Switzerland. The movie OST performed by Casseurs Flowters and produced by Skread went also twice platinum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9365887/|title=Skread|website=IMDb}}

In 2017 he produced Orelsan's third solo album La fête est finie featuring artists like Stromae, Dizzee Rascal, Nekfeu, Maitre Gims, Ibeyi, Eugy and Kojo Funds. The album went platinum the first week {{Cite web|url=https://mcetv.fr/mon-mag-culture/mon-mag-musique/orelsan-disque-platine-2710/|title=Orelsan décroche le disque de platine en seulement une semaine !|date=27 October 2017|website=MCE TV}} and became 9 times platinum (more than 900k)[https://www.senscritique.com/liste/Les_albums_les_plus_vendus_du_rap_francais/1967992] copies, including 100k worldwide).[https://snepmusique.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DP-Bureau-Export-2019-1.pdf]

The last album won 4 awards for "Best rap album", "Best tour".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=9 February 2019|title=victoire de la musique tournée|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/normandie/calvados/caen/orelsan-decroche-victoire-musique-sa-tournee-1621603.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}} Male artist of the Year" and "Video of the Year" for the track "Basique" produced by Skread.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=10 February 2018|title=victoire de la musique 2018|url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/victoires-de-la-musique-2018-decouvrez-le-palmares-complet-643809|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}

Skread was on stage during the worldwide sold-out tour that hits 50 festivals, 28 arenas in Europe, including 4 Accor Hotel Arenas in Paris.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

On this project Skread especially produced the tracks "Basique" (certified diamond with more than 50M streams and 82M views),{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjk26RwjyU |title=Video |website=www.youtube.com |date=20 September 2017 |accessdate=2020-12-09}} "Reves Bizarres" featuring Damso (certified platinum and 47M views){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXzBdNjpYw0 |title=Video |website=www.youtube.com |date=14 November 2018 |accessdate=2020-12-09}} co-produced « Tout va bien » with Stromae as well as 5 other certified platinums singles.{{cite web | title=Les certifications | website=SNEP | date=2019-08-27 | url=https://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/ | language=fr | access-date=2020-12-09}} He also produced "Tout ce que je sais" featuring YBN Cordae. The same year, he executive produced the album "Afro Trap Volume 1" hosted by MHD, that features Aya Nakamura, Dj Arafat, Sidiki Diabaté, Sarkodie and Kiff no beat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.booska-p.com/new-afro-trap-volume-1-la-tracklist-de-la-compile-evenement-n76163.html|title=Afro Trap Volume 1 : la tracklist de la compile événement !|website=www.booska-p.com}}

In 2018, Skread produced the tracks "Alhadji baller" and "Pepperdem" on Shirazee's EP Home and away which featured Saint Jhn and Eugy released on 7th Magnitude and Juss different.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clique.tv/coup-de-coeur-shirazee-lafro-pop-du-futur/|title=COUP DE COEUR : Shirazee, l'afro-pop du futur|date=15 June 2018|website=Clique.tv}}

In 2020, Skread has produced "23" from Burna Boy's new album Twice as Tall {{Cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/8/burna-boy-twice-as-tall-release-date-tracklist-info|title=Burna Boy Announces New Record 'TWICE AS TALL'|website=HYPEBEAST|date=8 August 2020 }} and is announced on a track featuring himself and Chris Brown and Dadju on the No limit album.{{Cite web|url=https://rapunchline.fr/rap-francais/rapgame/orelsan-en-feat-avec-ninho-dadju-avec-chris-brown-skread-etc-le-projet-fou-no-limit-photo.html|title=Orelsan en feat avec Ninho, Dadju avec Chris Brown & Skread, etc. : le projet fou " No Limit " ! (Photo)|date=25 July 2020}}

Discography

=Compilation albums=

2005 – Instrus
2013 – Instrus 2.0

=Singles=

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%"\| FRA
scope="row"\| "A.V.S.D." {{small\|(with Gazo and Tiakola)}} \| 2023 \| 16 \| La Mélo est Gangx

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%"| FRA

scope="row"| "A.V.S.D."
{{small|(with Gazo and Tiakola)}}

| 2023

| 16

| La Mélo est Gangx

=Production=

The following is a list of albums in which Skread has produced as either producer or co-producer, showing year released, performing artists and album name.

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! Year !! Artist !! Album

rowspan="4" align="center" | 2004

| Booba

| Panthéon

rowspan="2" | Nysay

| L'asphaltape

Starting Blocks

Street Lourd

| Street Lourd Hall Stars

rowspan="7" align="center" | 2005

| Booba