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Hah! Yeah you might wanna skip the MC Solaar recommendation, it's a bit fast. Like IAM. Learning a language thru hip-hop is always a challenge.
Anyway, being a native french speaker (not from france though, thank god :-p I would second Edith Piaf, Gainsbourg, as well as these old-skool french singers like Aznavour, Trenet, Bécaud, Lama, it's terribly cheezy most of the time,but sometimes there are these magical moments... At least it's slow-paced, easier for the beginner's ears.
But some I would definitely recommend - in addition to the ones in the previous posts - would be Leo Ferré and Felix Leclerc.
But for a more far-out sound, Brigitte Fontaine (who collaborated w. sy on her last album) and Les Reines Prochaines would be good choices. And for some classic fucked up new-wave french-belgian gibberish, check out Plastic Bertrand - SY even did a cover of his "Ca plane pour moi", in "french" nonetheless!!!
Edit: Wow! How could I ever forget Jacques Brel???!!!!!
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