I might be biased because I'm French and I grew up with MC Solaar work, but this is a great hip-hop record. It perfectly blend high quality old school hip-hop with French elements, a sense of poetry, a way of cleverly playing with words. He is an amazing word-carver, and he knows how to rap. I've always loved how he can rap in a very laid-back fashion, or with an amazing flow, throwing tens of words per second at your face.
French hip-hop was probably the last thing I was expecting today, but this hooked me straight away. My schoolboy French is pretty rusty, so he could have been rapping about his cat throwing up on the carpet or going down the shops, but whatever it was sounded effortlessly cool. MC Solaar himself is of Senegalese origin, so the beats mix in some Afrobeat with soul, jazz and a certain Gallic Je ne sais quoi. C’est fantastique!