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MC Solaar
MC Solaar in 2009
Background information
Birth name
Claude Honoré M'Barali
Born
(1969-03-05) 5 March 1969 (age 55) Dakar, Senegal
Origin
Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
Genres
French hip hop
jazz-rap
Years active
1988–present
Labels
Phonogram
Elektra
Musical artist
Claude Honoré M'Barali (French pronunciation:[klodɔnɔʁeɛmbaʁali]; born 5 March 1969), professionally known as MC Solaar (pronounced[ɛmsisɔˈlaʁ]), is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him the best French rapper of all time.[1][2]
MC Solaar is known for his complex lyrics and distinctive flows, which rely on word play, lyricism, and inquiry. He is one of the best in France. In the English-speaking world, Solaar was signed by London-based acid jazz record label Talkin' Loud and recorded with British band Urban Species and rapper Guru, who was a member of New York-based rap band Gang Starr. Solaar has released eight studio albums and one live album. His eighth studio album, Géopoétique, produced by Alain Etchart and mixed by sound engineer David Gnozzi, won best album of the year at the Victoires de la Musique awards in 2018.
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pronunciation: [klod ɔnɔʁe ɛmbaʁali]; born 5 March 1969), professionally known as MCSolaar (pronounced [ɛm si sɔˈlaʁ]), is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian...
version of the song featuring French rapper MCSolaar was released adding French rap lyrics performed by MCSolaar. This bilingual English/French version became...
"Solaar pleure" ("Solaar weeps") is the 2nd song on the 2001 album Cinquième As by French hip hop artist MCSolaar, and the 1st single. The song is dubbed...
dance and music career as a vocal artist with the French hip hop singer MCSolaar, singing on the song "La La, La La" on his album Cinquième As. In 2003...
Prose Combat is the second studio album by French rapper MCSolaar, released in 1994 by Cohiba Records. Its success propelled him to international fame...
concert by Senegalese-French rapper MCSolaar. At that concert, the crew H2O performed a Fon language-cover of Solaar's "Bouge de là". H2O are known for...
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and the Rock Steady Crew. The first major star of French hip hop was MCSolaar. Born Claude M'Barali in Dakar, Senegal, he moved as a child to France...
Paradisiaque is the third album by the French musician MCSolaar, released in 1997. The Guardian called the album an "erudite but musically uneven variation...
Eve, Eminem, Lady Saw, Da Brat, Aaliyah, Big Boi of Outkast, Lil' Kim, MCSolaar, and Redman. The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart...
Garrett and Lonnie Liston Smith, and hip hop performers such as Kool Keith, MCSolaar, Common, and Guru's Gang Starr colleague DJ Premier. Madlib's 2003 release...
Pine, Branford Marsalis, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Lonnie Liston Smith, MCSolaar, Dee C Lee and Chaka Khan. The term Jazzmatazz is also used as a slang...
Africa. Some of the first Senegalese rappers were Munyaradzi Nhidza Lida, M.C. Solaar, and Positive Black Soul. There also have been groups in Tanzania and...
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describe rappers affiliated with Cash Money Records "Cash Money", a song by MCSolaar from the 2003 album Mach 6 "Cashmoney", a 2019 song by No Rome DJ Cash...
Nicola Sirkis (band: Indochine) Slimane Nebchi (better known as Slimane) MCSolaar (born in Senegal, with a singing career in France) Stromae Belgian singer-songwriter...
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