IAM

iam iambic - one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. The iam is the most common pattern in poetry. One fifth of an Elizabethan sonnet. Synonymous with a foot five feet a sonnet, or a ?beat?. Five feet of iams is also referred to as a meter.

Related terms:

• Trochee (trochaic) - 1 stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable.
• Anapest (anapestic) - 2 unstressed syllables followed by 2 stressed syllable.
• Dactyl (dactylic) - 2 stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables.
• Spondee (spondaic) - 2 stressed syllables; often used as a substitute for an iamb or trochee.

IAM is a French rap band from Marseille, created in 1989.

Members of the band:

• Philippe Fragione (Chill or Akhenaton)
• Eric Mazel (Khéops)
• Geoffroy Mussard (Shurik'n)
• Pascal Perez (Imothep)
• Malek Brahimi (Freeman)
• François Mendy (Kephren)

"IAM" has several meanings, including "Invasion Arrivée de Mars" (Invasion Arrived from Mars). "Mars" is frequently used as a metaphor for Marseille in IAM's songs.

Discography:

• 2003 Revoir un printemps
• 2000 Original soundtrack of the movie Taxi 2
• 1998 Original soundtrack of the movie Taxi
• 1997 L'Ecole du Micro d'Argent
• 1993-94 Ombre est Lumière (single or double album)
• 1993 Planète Mars
• 1991 De la planète Mars