''Sélection naturelle'' is the fourth

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by French rapper

Nessbeal Nabil Sahli (born 16 August 1978), better known by his stage name Nessbeal, is a French rapper. Nessbeal started earlier as NessBeal under which he released his debut studio album ''La mélodie des briques''. At times he has also used NE2S or ju ...

. It was released on November 21, 2011 by

7th Magnitude 7th Magnitude () is a record label founded by French record producer Matthieu "Skread" Le Carpentier and co-founder Abdoulaye "Ablaye" Doucouré. The label is known for having signed French rappers Orelsan and Nessbeal. Activity 7th Magnitude ha ...

and Sony Music France on

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. The album entered and peaked the French Albums Charts at number 27.

Concept

The album was conceived in 3 months during the summer of 2011. In an interview with ''

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'', Nessbeal explained that he was preparing an "

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" with his producer

Skread Matthieu Le Carpentier (; born September 22, 1981, Hérouville-Saint-Clair), known professionally as Skread (), 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 " ...

. This operation consisted of releasing three consecutive albums:

Orelsan Aurélien Cotentin (; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan (; sometimes stylized as OrelSan), is a French rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and director. He has released four studio albums: his debut ''Perdu d'av ...

's ''

Le chant des sirènes ''Le chant des sirènes'' is the second studio album by French rapper Orelsan, released on 26 September 2011 by 3ème Bureau, 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music. The album entered the French Albums Chart in third place with 15,529 copies sold in its ...

'' in September, ''Sélection naturelle'' in November and Isleym's '' Où ça nous mène'' later on. Skread would therefore provide majority of the production for the three albums. In the same interview, Nessbeal revealed the origin of the title of his fourth album.

Singles

''Sélection naturelle'' produced 3 singles: * "L'histoire d'un mec qui coule" was released as the album's

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on 16 August 2011, but did not chart. * " Force et honneur" was released as the album's second single on 6 October 2011. It peaked at number 58 on the French Singles Chart. * "Gunshot" was released as the album's third single on 14 October 2011, but did not chart.

Track listing

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selection naturelle 2011 albums Nessbeal albums 7th Magnitude albums Albums produced by Skread