MC Solaar "Nouveau Western"

The best and most popular French rapper, MC Solaar found success in America among fans of acid jazz and jazz-rap (if not the larger hip-hop community) after guesting on Guru's acclaimed Jazzmatazz project. His fluid phrasing makes up for his lack of English, and the production on his solo work (by DJ Jimmy Jay and Boom Bass of La Funk Mob) surpasses that of most of his hip-hop contemporaries.

Born Claude M'Barali in Senegal, Solaar later moved to Paris and released his first single, "Bouge de La," in 1990. Two later tracks became French hits, prompting the release of his first album, Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo, in 1991. Introduced to the U.S. by way of two compilations (Tommy Boy's Planet Rap and Island's The Rebirth of Cool), MC Solaar recorded "Le Bien, Le Mal" for 1993's Jazzmatazz LP. His second album, Prose Combat, earned an American release on Cohiba by 1994. Paradisiaque followed in 1997, and Solaar returned a year later with a self-titled effort. La Tour de la Question appeared in 1999.

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[Isaacelric1129]

That's it. Now I have to learn french. 

[ButterfingerBB]

He didnt swear or rap about bitches and cars. THIS is what rap SHOULD be

[SteppingRasoir]

@rahuljoban you're mixing things up man, this is MC SOLAAR, nothing to do with SOLAAR and the problems with Guru ! this guy's too wise for anything like that

[corle1]

@rahuljoban Hope you know there is a difference between Solar and MC Solaar.

[cherrylollipopdj1]

je taime mec t magnifique meilleure chanson du mondee

[rahuljoban]

Came here to say FUCK SOLAAR, if u dont know why, read about guru

[maremarebabypanda]

wait. how old is he??

[Ghostrider46286]

@djahok Ahh cool !!! That's sound great ! Thank you for that Info ;)

[djahok]

@Ghostrider46286 I heard in a interview that he is now listening to music and writing. Maybe he will release a new album in one or two years. Keep on hoping

[djahok]

@AnalTittyCum At 1:24 he says "Pas de la chique"."Chique" is not a rude word it means *bad quality tobacco* (or something like that, I'm french...). About the meaning of this song, I guess Solaar uses the metaphor of the American western movies in order to describe the 90's french society. Nowadays (I mean the 1990's), young people are "corrupted" by the american way of life shown in movies, so they've lost the sense of what's right or wrong (1:56). They act with violence it's like a New Western

[cezaryjerseybean]

bring me good memories