Subliminal (album)
Subliminal | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Maître Gims | ||||||||||
Released |
20 May 2013 (Standard Edition) | |||||||||
Recorded | 2012-2013 | |||||||||
Genre | Rap, R&B | |||||||||
Length |
69:05 (Standard Edition) 82:41 (La face cachée) | |||||||||
Label |
Wati B, MMC (Standard Edition) Wati B, Jive Records (La face cachée) | |||||||||
Maître Gims chronology | ||||||||||
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Singles from Unapologetic | ||||||||||
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Subliminal is the debut solo album of French rapper Maître Gims, member of the French rap group Sexion d'Assaut. The 18-track album was released 20 May 2013 on Wati B and on MMC, the latter founded by Maître Gims himself. The lyrics were all by Maître Gims whereas the music was by Maître Gims, Renaud Rebillaud and Stan-E Music. The album was a big success charting in France (reaching #2), belgium (reaching #1) as well as charting in Switzerland.
On 2 December 2013, he re-released the album with six additional tracks he called La face cachée (the hidden face) for a total of 24 tracks, resulting in further interest in the album.
By 15 December 2013, the album had accumulated a total of more than 380,000 copies sold in France.[1]
Promotion
In 2012, Maître Gims announced through social network that he was preparing for an animated series titled Au cœur du Vortex and in conjunction was developing a clothing line to be named Vortex VX.
The greatly-expected solo album was heavily promoted by Maître Gims in an announcement through his video "Welcome to the Wa Part. 4: La Consécration".
A series of consecutive releases of unpublished materials called Ceci n'est pas un Clip were released in anticipation:
- Ceci n'est pas un Clip I: Teaser of upcoming tracks
- Ceci n'est pas un Clip II: "Tapis dans l'Ombre"
- Ceci n'est pas un Clip III : "De Marseille à Paris" featuring Bedjik (his brother), Dr. Bériz, H Magnum & Soprano
- Ceci n'est pas un Clip IV: "Close Your Eyes" featuring JR O Chrome
- Ceci n'est pas un Clip V: "Sharingan" featuring 1solent, The Shin Sekaï and Orelsan
- Ceci n'est pas un clip VI: Bavon featuring Charly Bell
On 1 March 2013, Maître Gims also released "Meurtre par strangulation" (M.P.S.) as a first pre-release from the Subliminal album.
On 15 March 2013, just two weeks later, he released a second track from the album "J'me tire", that topped the SNEP official French Singles Chart.
Tracklist
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "Intro" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 2:50 | |
2. | "Meurtre par strangulation" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:24 | |
3. | "J'me tire" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:13 | |
4. | "Freedom" | Maître Gims , H-Magnum | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:45 | |
5. | "VQ2PQ" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:42 | |
6. | "Ça décoiffe" | Maître Gims , Black M , JR O'Crom | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:38 | |
7. | "One Shot" | Maître Gims , Dry | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:27 | |
8. | "Où est ton arme ?" | Maître Gims , Maska | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:28 | |
9. | "Interlude" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 1:41 | |
10. | "La chute" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:06 | |
11. | "Ça marche" | Maître Gims , The Shin Sekai | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:43 | |
12. | "Épuisé" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:48 | |
13. | "Laisse Tomber" | Maître Gims , Dr. Beriz , Insolent | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:27 | |
14. | "À la base" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:06 | |
15. | "Pas touché" | Maître Gims , Pitbull | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:41 | |
16. | "Outsider" | Maître Gims , Bedjik , Dadju (The Shin Sekai) , X-Gangs | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 5:00 | |
17. | "Bella" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:47 | |
18. | "Changer" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:32 |
Tracklist: La face cachée
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "You Lose" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:23 | |
2. | "Zombie" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:04 | |
3. | "De Marseille à Paris" | Maître Gims , Bedjik, Dr. Beriz, Soprano, H-Magnum | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:33 | |
4. | "Close Your Eyes" | Maître Gims , JR O'Crom | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 2:39 | |
5. | "Monstre marin" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:30 | |
6. | "Warano Style" | Maître Gims | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:25 |
Charts
Chart (2012–13) | Peak position | |
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scope="row" | Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[ 1] | 47 |
scope="row" | Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[ 1] | 1 |
scope="row" | French Albums (SNEP)[ 1] | 2 |
scope="row" | Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 1] | 11 |