One of MC Solaar's first claims to fame was the rap he did on a level one French language education tape: "Comment t'appelles-tu?".
MC Solaar's first single, Bouge de là, was a French hit in 1990 that went platinum, as was his first album, Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo. His second album, Prose Combat, may be his most acclaimed.
As a rapper MC Solaar is known for the complexity and poetry of his songs, which rely on wordplay, lyricism, and philosophical inquiry. The music is based on dance rhythms and sensual grooves. In the English-speaking world, Solaar was signed by London acid jazz label Talkin' Loud and invited to record with British group Urban Species and Guru, a member of the famous and highly-acclaimed New York group Gang Starr.
MC Solaar gained new fans in North America in early 2004, when his 2001 song La Belle Et Le Bad Boy was featured on the final episode of the popular television series Sex and the City. MC Solaar remains best-known outside of France for his work on Guru's Jazzmatazz project and as a guest rapper on the Missy Elliott track All N My Grill. Out of Guru and Solaar's collaboration, the single Le Bien, Le Mal (The Good, The Bad) was a popular Hip Hop/Dance crossover hit receiving playtime on MTV.
La Venue du MC
MC Solaar Lyrics
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Des barbelés, des VBL, des barrages, des panneaux "halte"
Des forces de police, des cow-boys, des milices armées
L'armée a faux clergé chargé de dénaturer les versets
Leurs télés évangélistes ont un nouvel évangile
Donc on nous prie de prier, courbés sous des étoiles de ceinturons
Iconoclaste c'est dans des blasts que nous les brisons
Parce que nous serons le plexiglas, cela nous le jurons
Maintenant y a des fils de furoncles qui se battent pour des peaux de vison
J'ai vu des faux bergers depuis Tolbiac au temps du biactol
Abreuver le troupeau aux abattoirs près du fleuve pactole
Y a Matobo pape en place de pseudo-pope en Papouasie
Pipeau tend des hérésies, pour stopper la parosie
Mais sachez que sachets de came ou de cachets bien cachés dans des camions bâchés
Arrivent à passer par les sentiers Apaches
"À vos arcs", il est temps de les flécher
Tâché de nettoyer la place pour la venue du messie
Il est dit qu'un jour arrivera la venue du messie
Qui sera précédée par la venue du messie
Elle-même précédée par la venue du MC
MC Solaar
MC Solaar
In the song "La Venue du MC" by MC Solaar, the lyrics depict a dystopian and oppressive world. The first verse describes a scene where black-clad groups are stationed on the asphalt, with barbed wires, military vehicles, checkpoints, and signs of warning. There are police forces, cowboys, and armed militias, all representing different forms of authority and control. The army is portrayed as a fake clergy, manipulating religious verses. The evangelist TV stations promote a new gospel, and people are urged to pray, forced to bow down beneath the belts of power. MC Solaar and his fellow rebels are iconoclasts, breaking down the system with blasts and declaring to be the plexiglass that cannot be shattered. The lyrics reference the historical mistreatment of Native Americans by the European settlers, mentioning the deprivation of buffalo as a means to exterminate the Huron Indians. The sons of boils, a metaphor for corruption, now fight over mink fur. The false shepherds, from Tolbiac to the time of Biactol (a brand of acne skincare product), feed the flock with lies, leading them to slaughterhouses near the Pactolus River, which is associated with wealth in Greek mythology. Matobo, a reference to a fictional character, holds the papal position in Papua New Guinea, but his teachings are deceitful and aim to suppress the dissidence. However, the lyrics emphasize that despite the attempts of the oppressive forces, drugs and hidden pills still manage to infiltrate through the Apache paths (a metaphor for secret routes). The chorus states that before the arrival of the Messiah, there will be the coming of the Messiah, which will be preceded by the arrival of the MC.
Line by Line Meaning
Il y a des groupes en treillis noirs en faction là sur l'asphalte
There are groups of black-clad individuals on duty right there on the asphalt
Des barbelés, des VBL, des barrages, des panneaux 'halte'
Barbed wire, armored vehicles, checkpoints, and 'stop' signs
Des forces de police, des cow-boys, des milices armées
Police forces, cowboys, armed militias
L'armée a faux clergé chargé de dénaturer les versets
The army has a false clergy charged with distorting verses
Leurs télés évangélistes ont un nouvel évangile
Their televangelists have a new gospel
Donc on nous prie de prier, courbés sous des étoiles de ceinturons
So we are asked to pray, bending under belt stars
Iconoclaste c'est dans des blasts que nous les brisons
Iconoclast, it is in blasts that we break them
Parce que nous serons le plexiglas, cela nous le jurons
Because we will be the plexiglass, we swear it
Fallait les priver de bisons pour flinguer les indiens hurons
They had to be deprived of bison to shoot the Huron Indians
Maintenant y a des fils de furoncles qui se battent pour des peaux de vison
Now there are sons of boils fighting over mink skins
J'ai vu des faux bergers depuis Tolbiac au temps du biactol
I have seen false shepherds since Tolbiac in the time of Biactol
Abreuver le troupeau aux abattoirs près du fleuve pactole
Watering the herd at slaughterhouses near the Pactolus River
Y a Matobo pape en place de pseudo-pope en Papouasie
There's Matobo Pope replacing a pseudo-pope in Papua
Pipeau tend des hérésies, pour stopper la parosie
Pipeau spreads heresies to stop the arrival of the messiah
Mais sachez que sachets de came ou de cachets bien cachés dans des camions bâchés
But know that bags of drugs or pills well hidden in covered trucks
Arrivent à passer par les sentiers Apaches
Manage to pass through Apache trails
'À vos arcs', il est temps de les flécher
'To your bows', it is time to shoot them down
Tâché de nettoyer la place pour la venue du messie
Tasked with clearing the way for the coming of the messiah
Il est dit qu'un jour arrivera la venue du messie
It is said that one day the coming of the messiah will arrive
Qui sera précédée par la venue du messie
Which will be preceded by the coming of the messiah
Elle-même précédée par la venue du MC
Itself preceded by the coming of the MC
MC Solaar
MC Solaar
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Claude M'Barali
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