MC Solaar

16.12.02

I promised myself at the beginning of this MP3 page (aka yesterday) that I would make sure to include a variety of all styles. And while this is true, I just can't get enough of this MC Solaar song at the moment. So I am continuing the hip hop train.

Ok, ok, I know what you're all thinking: "God, Lee's in France and she listens to the only French rapper known outside of that Texan-sized speckle of a country? Isn't there anybody else? France's rap scene must really suck." And you know what? You're right. It pretty much does. But while I was swayed away from MC Solaar by some off-hand comment that a Corsican friend of mine made about him being a sell-out before ever having listened to him, I have learned to change my ways.

There is something pop-y about the guy, and if you're one of those hip hop people who says they hate commercial crap (but still manage to own every Jay-Z album - huh?) well, maybe you won't dig his style. But I find the majority of his songs - and it's a weird adjective to put with rap - pleasant. Solaar has a comfortable and soothing voice, and his music is, in general, unabrasive.

Plus, how many rappers do you know that can wear button-down high-collar shirts with long, snazy deep red velvet pants? (Side note: if anyone knows my boy, this is the man he gets mistaken for in public. I can live with that. Although I don't think my boyf would be caught dead in overalls, no matter how dated I think this photo might be.)

This song is particularly fabulous because the lyrics are a great combination of French and Spanish. So for anybody that speaks both (or even just a mild amount of Spanish - most of the words are commonly known), it is exciting to realize how quickly your brain adjusts to just accepting the words that come flowing in once the allotted processing time is forced into overdrive.

Ex: J'ai compris pourquoi cuando la fille m'a dit te quiero.

I urge everybody - Spanish-speaking, French-speaking, and particularly open-minded English-speaking, and even more especially those that speak all three - to test it out.

Download it here: download no longer available, contact me to find out how to get it.