NRJ Hip Hop RNB Hits

NRJ's hip hop and R&B spin-off knows exactly what it is: a hits machine tuned to what's charting in France right now. The rotation leans on Aya Nakamura, Dadju, Tayc and Ninho, with a few American names (SZA, Drake) slipped in for texture. It's polished. Very polished. That's the appeal, and also the limit. Anything too raw or experimental won't survive here. Pop radio France at its most efficient means big hooks, autotuned melodies, choruses built for a car stereo on the ring road. Want French rap's underground? Look elsewhere. This isn't a station for crate diggers. What it gets right is tim…