MC Solaar

Claude M'Barali, secara profesional dikenal sebagai MC Solaar (lahir 5 Maret 1969), adalah seorang rapper Perancis asal Senegal dan Chad. Dia adalah salah satu artis hip hop paling terkenal dan berpengaruh di Perancis. Beberapa orang menganggapnya sebagai rapper Prancis terbaik sepanjang masa. MC Solaar dikenal dengan liriknya yang kompleks dan alurnya yang khas, yang mengandalkan permainan kata, lirik, dan penyelidikan. Di dunia berbahasa Inggris, Solaar ditandatangani oleh label rekaman acid jazz yang berbasis di London, Talkin' Loud dan direkam dengan grup Inggris Urban Species dan mendiang rapper Guru, yang merupakan anggota grup rap yang berbasis di New York, Gang Starr. Solaar telah merilis delapan album studio dan satu album live. Album studio kedelapannya, Géopoétique, diproduksi oleh Alain Etchart dan di-mix oleh sound engineer David Gnozzi, memenangkan album terbaik tahun ini di penghargaan Victoires de la Musique pada tahun 2018. Claude M'Barali lahir di Dakar, Senegal, dari orang tua Chad. Ketika dia berumur enam bulan, orang tuanya berimigrasi ke Prancis dan menetap di pinggiran kota Paris; awalnya di Saint-Denis, kemudian Maisons-Alfort dan akhirnya Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. Ketika dia berumur dua belas tahun, dia tinggal bersama pamannya di Kairo, Mesir selama sembilan bulan di mana dia menemukan Universal Zulu Nation dan menjadi terpesona dengan gaya rap Afrika Bambaataa. Sekembalinya ke Prancis, dia lulus sarjana muda. Dukungan terus-menerus dari ibunya menjadi salah satu alasan ia mampu lulus sarjana muda dan tetap bermusik. Dia menciptakan nama panggung "MC Solaar" selama masa remajanya dari tag grafitinya "SOAR" dan "SOLAAR". Ia belajar bahasa di kampus universitas Jussieu dan merupakan lulusan pascasarjana dalam bidang filsafat. Dia merilis single pertamanya pada tahun 1990. MC Solaar pergi ke Paris pada musim panas 1991 bersama temannya Jimmy Jay dengan harapan bisa sukses di industri musik. Kesuksesan datang dengan cepat ketika single pertamanya, "Bouge de là" ("Get Out of There"), berdasarkan sampel dari lagu Cymande "The Message" (1973) menjadi hit di awal tahun 1990-an. Banyak rapper yang keluar dari Afrika pada saat itu berbicara banyak tentang perbudakan dan topik lainnya untuk mengungkap sejarah masyarakatnya. Meski demikian, lagu tersebut meraih platinum di Prancis dan mencapai nomor 5 di chart nasional. Setelah kesuksesan "Bouge de là", Solaar melanjutkan untuk mendukung grup rap Amerika De La Soul ketika mereka tampil di Olympia di Paris pada bulan September 1991. Pada akhir tahun 1991, Solaar merilis Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo yang kemudian terjual lebih dari 400.000 eksemplar di Prancis. Dengan kesuksesan album debutnya di Prancis, Solaar memulai tur ekstensif ke Polandia dan Rusia. Pada bulan Desember 1992, dia tampil di dua belas negara di Afrika Barat, di mana gaya rap Perancisnya terbukti populer di kalangan penggemar musik Afrika. ... Sumber: Artikel "MC Solaar" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA.

Claude M'Barali, professionally known as MC Solaar (born 5 March 1969), 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 as the best French rapper of all time. MC Solaar is known for his complex lyrics and distinctive flows, which rely on word play, lyricism, and inquiry. In the English-speaking world, Solaar was signed by London-based acid jazz record label Talkin' Loud and recorded with British group Urban Species and the late rapper Guru, who was a member of the critically acclaimed New York-based rap group Gang Starr. Solaar has since 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. Claude M'Barali was born in Dakar, Senegal, to parents from Chad. When he was six months old, his parents immigrated to France where they settled in the Parisian suburbs; initially in Saint-Denis, subsequently Maisons-Alfort and finally Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. When he was twelve, he went to live with an uncle in Cairo, Egypt for nine months where he discovered the Universal Zulu Nation and became fascinated with the rapping styles of Afrika Bambaataa. Upon his return to France, he passed the baccalauréat. The constant support from his mother was one of the reasons that he was able to pass the baccalauréat and still make music. He coined the stage name "MC Solaar" during his adolescence from his graffiti tags "SOAR" and "SOLAAR". He studied languages at the Jussieu university campus and was a postgraduate in philosophy. He released his first single in 1990. MC Solaar went to Paris in the summer of 1991 with his friend Jimmy Jay in hopes of succeeding in the music industry. Success came quickly when his first single, "Bouge de là" ("Get Out of There"), based on a sample from Cymande's song "The Message" (1973) became a hit in the early 1990s. Many rappers who came out of Africa at the time spoke a lot about slavery and other topics in order to bring the history of their people into light. Nevertheless, the song went platinum in France and reached number 5 on the national chart. After the success of "Bouge de là", Solaar went on to support the American rap group De La Soul when they performed at the Olympia in Paris in September 1991. At the close of 1991, Solaar released Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo which went on to sell over 400,000 copies in France. With the success of his debut album in France, Solaar embarked upon extensive tours of Poland and Russia. In December 1992, he performed in twelve countries across West Africa, where his French rap style proved popular with African music fans. ... Source: Article "MC Solaar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.