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  • Artist: MC Solaar
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: May 31, 1994
  • Total Time: 55:52
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rap

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After his high-profile duet with Guru on the first Jazzmatazz project, French rapper MC Solaar proved himself a major contender for international rap stardom with his U.S. debut. With the rapid-fire rhyme flow of Souls of Mischief and the smooth delivery of Q-Tip, the young MC conveys more moods in French than most rappers can in English. The extremely subtle grooves supplied by DJ/producer Jimmy Jay provide velvety smooth cushions that wrap around Solaar's warm voice tighter than O.J Simpson's glove, with jazzy, funky samples that prove perfectly suited for the fluid rhymes. One of the few bright spots in a year when the alternative rap scene was largely devoid of originality, MC Solaar came across as refreshing as a cool Parisian breeze. ~ Bret Love, Rovi

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Prose Combat
Studio album by MC Solaar
Released February 9, 1994
Recorded 1993-1994
Genre Jazz rap
Length 55:52
Label Cohiba
Producer Jimmy Jay
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Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
MC Solaar chronology
Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo
(1991)		 Prose Combat
(1994)		 Paradisiaque
(1997)

Prose Combat was the second studio album released by MC Solaar. Its success propelled him to international fame. An outtake from the album sessions was "Comme dans un film" (falsely known as "John Woo"). This song was featured on the album La Haine – musique inspirees du film (La Haine – music inspired by the film).

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Track listing

French and US editions

  1. "Aubade" (Jimmy Jay, MC Solaar) - 0:35
  2. "Obsolète" (Jay) – 3:02
  3. "Nouveau western" (Gainsbourg, MC Solaar) – 4:34
  4. "A la claire fontaine" (Jay, M'Barali) – 2:59
  5. "Superstarr" (MC Solaar) – 3:03
  6. "La concubine de l'hémoglobine" (Jay, M'Barali) – 4:49
  7. "Dévotion" (MC Solaar) – 4:26
  8. "Temps Mort" (Jay, MC Solaar) – 3:41
  9. "L'NMIACCd'HTCK72KPDP" (Les Sages Poetes De La Rue) – 5:04
  10. "Séquelles" (Barali, Jay) – 3:37
  11. "Dieu ait son âme" (Barali, Pigale Boom Bass) – 4:46
  12. "A dix de mes disciples" (MC Solaar) – 3:45
  13. "La fin justifie les moyens" (MC Solaar) – 4:57
  14. "Relations humaines" (Bambi, MC Solaar) – 3:28
  15. "Prose combat" (Jay, M'Barali) – 3:06

UK edition

The UK edition replaces "Obsolète", "L'NMIACCd'HTCK72KPDP", and "Dieu ait son âme" with "Le free style d'obsolète", "Solaar Power", and "I'm Doin' Fine", respectively. The sequence of the tracks was also altered.

  1. "Aubade" (Jimmy Jay, MC Solaar) - 0:35
  2. "Le free style d'obsolète" (Jimmy Jay, MC Solaar) - 6:00
  3. "A la claire fontaine" (Jay, M'Barali) – 2:59
  4. "Superstarr" (MC Solaar) – 3:03
  5. "Solaar Power" (JP "Bluey" Maunick, MC Solaar) – 4:51
  6. "Relations humaines" (Bambi, MC Solaar) – 3:28
  7. "Nouveau western" (Gainsbourg, MC Solaar) – 4:34
  8. "La concubine de l'hémoglobine" (Jay, M'Barali) – 4:49
  9. "Dévotion" (MC Solaar) – 4:26
  10. "Séquelles" (Barali, Jay) – 3:37
  11. "I'm Doin' Fine" (Storch, Thompson, Malik, Trotter, Hubbard) – 8:19
  12. "A dix de mes disciples" (MC Solaar) – 3:45
  13. "La fin justifie les moyens" (MC Solaar) – 4:57
  14. "Temps mort" (Jay, MC Solaar) – 3:41
  15. "Prose combat" (Jay, M'Barali) – 3:06

Personnel

  • Boom Bass – Scratching, Sampling
  • Jimmy Jay – Scratching, Producer
  • Kiwi – Voices
  • MC Solaar – Vocals
  • Sinclair – Harmony Vocals
  • Laurent Vernerey – Bass
  • Derin Young – Vocals, Harmony Vocals
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Albums
Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo (1991)  | Prose Combat (1994)  | Paradisiaque (1997)  | MC Solaar (1998)  | Le Tour de la Question (1998)  | Cinquième As (2001)  | Mach 6 (2003)  | Chapitre 7 (2007)
Singles
"Bouge de là"  | "La Belle et le Bad Boy"  | "Solaar pleure"  | "Hasta la vista"  | "RMI"  | "La La La, la"  | "Inch'Allah"  | "Hijo de Africa"  | "Au Pays de Gandhi"  | "Mollah Solaar"  | "Da Vinci Claude"  | "Clic-Clic"  | "Carpe Diem"  | "Le rabbi muffin"

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