Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

Cool album, really enjoyed the production.

Hip hop is hard to rate generally because it feels out of date almost as soon as it comes out. Add that this is on French I don't even really know if he has a good flow as French generally has a good flow spoken. There are places where the music wouldn't sound out of place in sesame street, but I think it's pretty sexual so I don't know. For 1992 this is pretty advanced. Its good until you hit that reggae song. It was so so very bad.

Flowed really well. I’m actually such a fan of French media

Hip hop isn't music. Not even in French. Hip hop is like being forced to listen to a stranger's monologue in a bar with monotonous background music. The language doesn't change that. At least MC Solaar's sermon wasn't as aggressive as is usually the case in this genre. 1/5

Favorite songs: A Temps Partiel, Quartier Nord, Caroline, Matiere Grasse Contre Matiere Grise, Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo, L'histoire de L'art, La Devise

Least favorite songs: Funky Dreamer, Intro, Interlude, Bouge De La (Pts. 1 & 2)

4/5

Fast technical rap over great, jazzy beats. Mc Solaar's got skills that would make Eminem blush.

Loved the funky beats. Sounded at some points very similar to some other artist but not sure who. Low 4

This is pretty decent, if not exactly my thing. There's some good variation in beats and production, and some interesting little notes of difference in there. It feels ahead of its time a bit considering this is very early 90's. It's quite funky at times, and there's some nice smooth rhymes in there, even if I don't understand what he's saying.

Very cool album - great grooves, impressive smooth rapping (and occasionally crazy fast, e.g., Ragga Jam). No clue what he's saying but it was simply really fun to listen to. Favorite tracks (these are tracks that caught my attention every time - again, no clue what they mean): Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo, Victime de la mode, Armand est mort.

I was a french immersion student through elementary and high school. We were all pretty terrible students and didn't really take it seriously, but one of my favourite projects that was frequently assigned was exploring french media. This would have been a wicked album to bring to class had I known about it back then (and if I could have seen past my classic rock blinders). Honestly, this was a great album and it might go into my regular rotation just for some exposure and practice with my french because I am very out of practice.

I have a feeling that if I understood French, it wouldn't sound as good. However, I have no clue what any of it meant, and all I knew was that a foreign language sounded cool with the hip hop beats. It had some swagger to it and gave my Saturday afternoon a cool mood.

I don’t know, it was ok? It’s hard to rate as it’s old, and it’s in a language I don’t understand. I didn’t dislike it, and it had some decent beats, so I’ll give it a 3. Maybe a 2.5 if there were half stars.

3.5/5.0: Very Good

this was interesting. normally with rap id be focused on the lyrics but that wasnt possible since i dont speak french. the delivery and the beats were good though

The Good: We’ve got prophecy!
The Bad: Looking at the artist is like looking at the sun…
The Ugly: it is rap…

Even in French rap remains rap… I mean crap…

However, holy crap towards the end, Ragga Jam… that was amazing, and I will dish out an additional star just for that.

2*

I'm sure it's great when you can understand it, but I can't.

That’s a 5.

Color me pleasantly surprised at how damn nice French hip-hop feels to listen to; the amount of extra syllables & nuance in the language allows for some really mesmerizing flows to pop in & out without ever once breaking the rhythm of each track. MC Solaar runs through a myriad of styles here, hopping from Snoop Dogg to Phife Dawg to College Dropout-era Kanye to Shaggy, & he makes it work every time, & it’s really, really pleasing to listen to, even without understanding a single word of French.

Instrumentally, this album jumps all over the place: some mid-2000s soul sampling, a little trip-hop, some shit that sounds like Sonic Adventure 2, some Grandmaster Flash-style funk, some ‘90s West Coast, a little bit of Nas, some N.W.A.-esque record-scratching heavy stuff, a little bit of Jamaican / reggae influence… it’s a lot, but it all sounds great. That’s a rough overview of styles, but there’s really not a definitive production style this album ever goes for. It’s certainly limited by the technology of 1991, but it feels really fresh & really cool all the same. Honestly, I’m impressed that this is 1991, because it does feel like a general amalgamation of styles that would really define the decade. Is this ahead of its time? Hell, maybe.

Since I can’t exactly speak to the lyricism itself too much, save for translating a few songs just to get a better sense of the vibe, all I can really compliment is that the instrumentals tend to really match the lyrics. It’s truly an album that needs to be heard to understand, but it’s a very good rap album for 1991, and especially so for a French rap album. I liked it a lot, and I’ll absolutely bump this a few more times. It’s a pretty good 5.

I hate french, but this sounded pretty cool. Somehow a jazzy kind of hip hop

Nope

3,5