Saïan Supa Crew (/ˈsaɪən/, SY-ən) was a French hip hop collective that was composed of three bands: Explicit Samouraï, OFX and Simple Spirit.
[1] Saïan Supa Crew produced a very musical style of hip hop with hints of chanting, reggae, dancehall, zouk and ragga.
Beat boxing also was an integral part of their music, as well as classic disco, for example, "Ring My Bell" was partially revisited on its album KLR; bossa nova, as heard on the song KLR, salsa, in À Demi Nue, and even bits of classical music, in La Preuve par 3 and intros of various other songs.
Their first album released in 1999, KLR, bears the name of one of its members who died in a car crash in April 1998, a few months after the collective had formed and before they would achieve success.
Saïan Supa Crew contributed a short rap section on the song "Flight Tonight" by the Avalanches, which appears on their 2000 debut album, Since I Left You.