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MC Solaar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Msi Music Corp
• ASIN: B0000DEOUY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,796,606 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something To Learn From, May 6, 2005

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Ross Grindlay "X-Cali" (London,UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cinquieme As (Audio CD)

US rap has dominated the ages and has never come up against any sort of competition. The UK (where im from) doesnt even come close with Dizzee Rascal the biggest emcee. The 90s was the peak of rap with 2pac and The Outlawz Death Row assualt but to date rap is struggling with 50cent's Massacre being a real massacre in the fact that it was prehaps one of the most commercial rap cds of all time. France must be doing something right because MC Solaar is rap at its best. You do not need to know your French to enjoy this CD. The beats are amazing their are none like it at his rhymes are on top of the game. The CD has everything a rap CD should have, it has fantastic chorus, the best beats ever and the French rapping becomes suprisingly catchy, i got half way through the CD and forgot it was in French good way to learn the language too. A must have for all true hip hop fans.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Return Effort, March 19, 2001

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Empyreal Boy (Yale State U.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cinquieme As (Audio CD)

Well, after a somewhat disappointing (at least length-wise) studio album and a vaguely confusing live album, MC Solaar has returned to the formidable level he achieved with the dashing "Paradisiaque" back in 1997. Here, as the drum fill crashes into the first verse of "Solaar Pleure," one can sense a new urgency and excitement w/in the music - the rest of this album's first single does not disappoint, building towards a powerful climax, leaving the listener in disbelief that only a single track has passed. The rest of the album maintains Solaar's artistic integrity, the beats always solid and the rhymes never misplaced. Additionally, he even takes the time to move amongst other langues romantiques, from the various english interjections that seem to pervade all french hip-hop these days, to his en espanol "Hasta la Vista," which actually isn't nearly as cracked out as one might imagine. All in all, a very solid buy.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hip Hop classic, September 10, 2002

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A. Kenney "andrewdeluxe" (lawrenceville, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cinquieme As (Audio CD)

Here in the states international hip hop is near non-exsistent. Which is a shame because this CD is better than most of the stuff being released in America today. Truely international, the Senegal-born rapper raps fludily and beautifully in French and at times Spanish. Very high well-thought out production values show the effort put into this album. The text is not the usual "check out my money, women, and cars" fare of most other rappers at this time. His lyrics have relgious and political implications. I esp like the first track, solaar pleure.