Work through the twenty-one-track GRAND CRU edition, its few guests and the artist’s explanation of how the album was conceived.
Keros-N on building Grand Cru as one album
In The Link Fwi’s Rencontre Avec interview, published on December 12, 2024, Keros-N explained the title as know-how refined and assembled so the result would not age badly, with themes he expected to still speak to listeners in ten years. He said earlier projects were selections of his strongest songs, often prompted by his production side, whereas for Grand Cru he wanted the album to tell a story from first track to last. He said he deliberately kept collaborations few so that listeners would hear Keros-N himself. He added that he had written the hooks for his duets with Jean-Pierre Coquerel and Fanswa Ladrezeau years before approaching them.
Navigate the edition and its versions
INTRO opens the sequence and FWANSÉ follows; The Link Fwi introduced Fwansé as a freestyle that announced the album. Keros-N described LOVE with Warped as their first collaboration and said Nicy, Miky Ding La and Shaba, credited on PLISS MONEY, were friends since 2006. LIFE names Boy Boy, whom he called a Trinidad and Tobago artist originally planned for a promotional track before the album. He said TI BATO contrasts how a boy and an adult think, and that JOLI BATO, the closing duet with Fanswa Ladrezeau, addresses food self-sufficiency. Separate single editions of FWANSÉ and LOVE also appear in the catalog; no recording equivalence is asserted.
Edition at a glance
- Edition title
- GRAND CRU
- Displayed artist credit
- Keros-N
- Storefront
- us
- Listed edition date
- 2024-10-30
- Tracks in this edition
- 21
- Opening track
- INTRO
- Closing track
- JOLI BATO (feat. Fanswa Ladrezeau)
- Rights notice supplied by the catalog
- ℗ 97115 RECORDS & JUTSU MEDIA GROUP
Listen to this edition
Tracks and performer credits
| Disc / track | Recording | Credited performer | Duration | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 / 1 | INTRO | Keros-N | 1:56 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 2 | FWANSÉ | Keros-N | 3:46 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 3 | TWO LOW | Keros-N | 2:29 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 4 | VIZÉ PI LWEN | Keros-N | 3:09 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 5 | ZANNIMO | Keros-N | 3:34 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 6 | ESKIV (feat. Gato) | Keros-N | 3:16 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 7 | KING KONG | Keros-N | 2:56 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 8 | RÈD | Keros-N | 3:38 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 9 | TWANBLÉ | Keros-N | 3:21 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 10 | LOVE (feat. warped) | Keros-N | 3:15 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 11 | TI BATO | Keros-N | 2:27 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 12 | PLISS MONEY (feat. Nicy, Miky Ding La & shaba squall) | Keros-N | 3:37 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 13 | INTERLUDE : BAD | Keros-N | 2:33 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 14 | PÈD LA BOUL | Keros-N | 3:24 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 15 | AN KOUPLE | Keros-N | 3:08 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 16 | PÓKÓ PÈD | Keros-N | 2:40 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 17 | LIFE (feat. Boy Boy) | Keros-N | 3:07 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 18 | KONTINIYÉ KOUWI | Keros-N | 2:53 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 19 | TOUT' LANMOU (feat. Nicy) | Keros-N | 2:58 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 20 | DE PÈRE EN FILS (feat. Jean-Pierre Coquerel) | Keros-N | 3:12 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
| 1 / 21 | JOLI BATO (feat. Fanswa Ladrezeau) | Keros-N | 3:08 | Open recording (opens in a new tab) |
About the date and version
US provider edition date; not asserted first worldwide release. This date is not used as an article publication date. 21 tracks are listed in this captured edition. Earlier releases, writer credits, producer credits and recording versions remain unclaimed unless separately documented.
Sources and edition details
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/grand-cru/1775727599 (opens in a new tab) · Catalog observed 2026-10-22