Customer Reviews

Paradisiaque

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
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Impeccably clean, and supremely tight, Paradisiaque is perhaps Solaar's best release. Elegantly mixes nostalgic rhymes with progressive beats. Highlights include Illico presto -- an amazing anti-romantic love song -- and Dakota.

This album is not as great as "Prose Combat", but all in all this is a good cd. Once again, Solaar's lyrics stand out over everything else. One thing about this album that I did'nt like that much was so many English flares to it. Such as "Wonderbra", "Daydreamin", etc... Best songs on this cd are "Paradisiaque", "Les Pensees sont des flowers", "Protege Tibia". I think American rap artists can learn a thing or two from Solaar and his lyrics, because they're lyrics are very poor and have no feel or meaning to it.

Great CD. Rap and French go together like peanut butter and chocolate. These songs get stuck in your head.

I can't speak French, but MC Solaar makes me feel like I can. French lends itself to the art of rhyme. The fluid rolling words blend nicely with a type of Hip Hop music that is hard to classify. The beats are soft with an almost housey electronica feel. I have to admitt, I dig this album.

Not since Terror X Crew of Greece has a foreign rapper brought so much to the world of American Rap. If everyone listened to Solaar's slow, stoned, and yet wild beats more often, then the world would be a better place

Definitely the best french rap cd of the year. Two thumbs up MC Solaar!!! Chaque mot, chaque phrase dits avec emphase Fait de Claude MC, le commando de la phrase Le tempo est roi, dans l'arene musicale

En fait, Solaar est vraiment le maitre du rap français. Je l'aime mieux que le rap américain.

"Les Temps Changent" est le meilleur!

J'attends le nouvel album avec impatience!

Solaar is the king of French rap. I prefer it over American Rap.

"Les Temps Changent" is the best song on the CD.

I can't wait to hear the new album...

Ah, when Hip Hop wa still intersting! Don't have to understand French to enjoy this album.

THis is my favorite album of his purely for the beats. They are rips of American beats, i know, but he mixes them; combined with his flow, an all-the-way-thruer, rare for hip-hop, although not for Solaar.

I found Paradisiaque relatively light considering the torching protest lyrics of Prose Combat. Alright, it's not verbal violence, but it, musically, is characterized by the same smooth style Solaar always flows. In fact, I find the music on Paradisiaque better than Prose Combat, at some times edgy and quick, at others melodic and entrancing. All in all an excellent album.