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.