Paradisiaque Explained

Paradisiaque
Type:Album
Artist:MC Solaar
Cover:Paradisiaque.jpg
Released:June 17, 1997
Recorded:1996–1997
Genre:Rap
Length:59:53
Label:Polydor[1]
Producer:Boom Bass
Philippe Zdar
DJ Mehdi
Prev Title:Prose Combat
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:MC Solaar (album)
Next Year:1998

Paradisiaque is the third album by the French musician MC Solaar, released in 1997.[2] [3]

Critical reception

The Guardian called the album an "erudite but musically uneven variation on le rap francais."[4] The Daily Mirror deemed it "one of the funkiest albums you'll ever hear." Skiing concluded that "Solaar mounts a ferocious lyrical attack, arguably stringing together more rhyming syllables than any other MC at work today."[5]

AllMusic wrote that Solaar's "good sense of melody turns the best moments of the album into fine pop-rap that is entertaining even if you don't understand French."

Track listing

  1. Intro - :32
  2. Paradisiaque - 3:12
  3. Gangster Moderne - 4:05
  4. Tournicoti - 3:49
  5. Zoom - 3:53
  6. Le Sens De La Vie - 4:05
  7. Dakota - 3:58
  8. Illico Presto - 4:23
  9. Les Temps Changent - 3:18
  10. Daydreamin' - 4:51
  11. Les Boys Bandent - 3:18
  12. Les Pensées Sont Des Flowers - 4:02
  13. Wonderbra (featuring Bambi Cruz) - 4:02
  14. Le 11 Choc - 3:33
  15. Protège-Tibia - 4:12
  16. Quand Le Soleil Devient Froid - 3:51
  17. Outro - :34

Notes and References

  1. Bouton . Remi . French language 'hinders int'l sales' . Billboard . Jan 24, 1998 . 110 . 4 . 71, 73.
  2. Web site: MC Solaar Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years. Raquel. Cepeda. September 29, 2004. Macmillan. Google Books.
  4. News: Glaister . Dan . MC Solaar Paradisiaque . The Guardian . 11 July 1997 . T16.
  5. Glass . Charles . Show tunes . Skiing . Mar 1998 . 50 . 7 . 47.