Cinquieme As: Fifth Ace [Enhanced] [Import]

Product Description
2001 studio album from this veteran of conscious, poetic, French rap. 19 tracks including the first single, 'Solaar Pleure'. Standard jewel case.

Cinquieme As: Fifth Ace,MC Solaar,Wea International,Foreign Language Rap,Hip-Hop,Jazz-Rap,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/R & B,World Music

Average customer rating: fabulous misguided fools Great even though I don't speak french nice Awesome all the way through

Cinquieme As: Fifth Ace MC Solaar Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music International Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mach 6 Prose Combat Paradisiaque Princesses Nubiennes ASIN: B000062TAK Release Date: 2002-03-05

Tracks:

1. Introdiction
2. Solaar Pleure
3. Leve-Toi Et Rap
4. Les Colonies
5. Hasta La Vista Mi Amor (Spanish version)
6. La Belle Et Le Bad Boy
7. La, La, La, La
8. Arkansas
9. Le Cinquieme As
10. Baby Love
11. Degats Collateraux
12. RMI
13. L'Aigle Ne Chasse Pas Les
14. Mouches
15. Playmate
16. Si Je Meurs Ce Soir
17. Solaar Pleure (Symphonic version)
18. Hasta La Vista
19. Solaar Weeps
20. Samedi Soir

Customer Reviews:

fabulous.......2006-12-01

Actually, I didn't hear about this CD from "Sex and the City." I originally became familiar with his music three years (at age 18) ago while I was with some French friends camping in the French Alps. MC Solaar is a gifted and widely respected musician who has wonderful music. This CD has a little something for everyone-- nice and slow or good to get that groove on to. I'm glad that "Sex and the City" helped raise people's awareness of him.

misguided fools.......2006-03-10

Deltron Z? Automator? Kook Keith? Hip-hop in the U.S. is alive and kicking. "Intelligent" rap won't find itself on the dancefloor, which is why mainstream rap exists, whereby Tupac, Biggie Small, Emimem, Ice Cube, etc... dominate. If you want to hear about social issues, listen to Ice Cube while growing up in South Central and you'll understand. The fact is that all of you "worldly cultivated" pantsies are too lazy to look further than what the mainstream media or the Top Billboard is feeding you. Of course, you were introduced to MC Solaar by "Sex in the City". I rest my case. Nuff said.

Great even though I don't speak french.......2005-08-27

I have been in love with MC Solaar ever since I heard him on Sex and the City. This CD did not let me down.

nice.......2005-07-11

alright people, i almost NEVER listen to hip-hop, but apparently i might if i was from france. this is a really good sounding cd. i almost wish i could speak french because ive heard how much better this guy is lyrically compared to commercialized rap in the US. really smooth and melodic for the most part, as far as hip-hop goes in my mind, this is really good. dont care what language its in.

Awesome all the way through.......2005-05-21

This cd is really awesome. it's so much better than American rap, it's more true to what rap is all about- and the way it used to be. They lyrics (i speak french) are really great and the tunes are just amazing. I don't even listen to rap music and i absolutely love this cd. i reccomend it to ANYONE!

Average customer rating: A Masterpiece c'est cool ca Don't speak a word of French....? Prose Combat Keeps getting better

Cinquieme As: Fifth Ace MC Solaar Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music International Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mach 6 You Got the Love Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo Prose Combat ASIN: B000059M7N Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

1. Introdiction
2. Solaar Pleure
3. L-Toi et Rap
4. Colonies - Michel Alibo, MC Solaar, Nicole Neret
5. Hasta la Vista Mi Amor! (Intro)
6. Hasta la Vista Mi Amor! - MC Solaar, Jean-Marc Miro
7. Belle et le Bad Boy
8. La la, La
9. Arkansas
10. Baby Love
11. Dts Collatux
12. Rmi
13. C'Est Que Les Gens Veulent
14. Aigle Ne Chasse Pas Les Mouches
15. Hiphopaloorap
16. Cinqui As
17. Playmate
18. Homme Qui Voulait Trois Milliards - Bambi Cruz, MC Solaar
19. Si Je Meurs Ce Soir - Black Jack, MC Solaar

Album Description

2001 studio album from this veteran of conscious, poetic, French rap. 19 tracks including the first single, 'Solaar Pleure'. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

The original French rapper returns in 2001 with his new, highly anticipated debut album for WEA. 'Cinquieme As - the Fifth Ace' is a great album and a return to what MC Solaar does best: mixing jazzy hip hop beats with smooth lyrics that flow effortlessly

Customer Reviews:

A Masterpiece.......2006-04-17

I listen to this recording again and again. I know just enough French and Spanish to catch occasional words and phrases but I think the music and intensity would appeal even without this.

c'est cool ca.......2004-02-25

qu'il soit cool!! j'aime bien mc solaar, un vrai .
il est le meilleur rappeur francais du monde

Don't speak a word of French....?.......2002-10-19

Don't speak a word of French? Don't worry, nor do I and I have all of Mc Solaar's CDs. I heard a track on NPR (of all things). They talked about how French hip-hop (or rap as they said) was making in-roads into the US. OK, maybe a bold statement, but Mc Solaar combines laid back beats, sexy French vocals with, well, just damn coolness. If you are reading this then buy it - you're already interested and you won't be disapointed.

Prose Combat.......2002-08-07

This album unveils the inner essence of French culture.
Lovely dazzling like Paris lights.But please, don't mix your astrological signs yet. The music flows as tasty a dated wine that makes you want to sip and sip without pause.
So for those who like exotic fine stuffs, this is an initiation journey.
The esoteric master of metaphor will introduce you to an inner circle of brainstorming, forming, and performing, where rare beats and well-delivered dictions coexist with the simplicity of uncut jazz and the fervor of rap.

Also be prepared to keep focus through the back alleys and twists of improvisation that Solaar aKa Mbarali has inherited from African story-telling sublimation.

Welcome to the World of refinement!

Keeps getting better.......2001-10-31

I first listened to MC Solaar when I was in France in 1992. The album "Qui s'eme le vent" was getting airtime. I purchased that album and enjoyed it quite immensely. It was a number of year before I purchased "Prose Combat" and then "Paradisiaque". After whcih I listened to his self-titled 1998 import album which is on par with "Paradisiaque". Solaar is like fine wine - he gets better with age.

Now we have "Cinquieme AS". Solaar just keeps getting better. His mixes are diverse, at times political, and more modern on some tracks. Fortunately, the same silky smoothness permeates the album. Even if you can't understand French this guy is a must if you enjoy higher-conscious rap. You'll feel his message even if you can't fully understand it.

Vive le Solaar

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