Subliminal (album)

Subliminal
Studio album by Maître Gims
Released

20 May 2013 (Standard Edition)

2 December 2013 (La face cachée)
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

Pour ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts
(2006)		 Subliminal
(2013)
Subliminal / La face cachée cover
Alternative "La face cachée" cover
Singles from Unapologetic
  1. "Meurtre par strangulation"
    Released: March 1, 2013
  2. "J'me tire"
    Released: March 15, 2013
  3. "Bella"
    Released: May 6, 2013
  4. "One Shot"
    Released: June 10, 2013
  5. "Ça marche"
    Released: August 5, 2013
  6. "Changer"
    Released: October 17, 2013
  7. "You Lose"
    Released: November 1, 2014
  8. "Zombie"
    Released: November 25, 2013
  9. "Warano Style"
    Released: November 27, 2014

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 25 February 2014, the album had accumulated a total of more than 600,000 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A series of consecutive releases of unpublished materials called Ceci n'est pas un Clip were released in anticipation:

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: Subliminal

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Intro"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 2:50
2. "Meurtre par strangulation"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:24
3. "J'me tire"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:13
4. "Freedom"  Maître Gims , H-MagnumMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:45
5. "VQ2PQ"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:42
6. "Ça décoiffe"  Maître Gims , Black M , JR O'CromMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:38
7. "One Shot"  Maître Gims , DryMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:27
8. "Où est ton arme ?"  Maître Gims , MaskaMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:28
9. "Interlude"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 1:41
10. "La chute"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:06
11. "Ça marche"  Maître Gims , The Shin SekaiMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:43
12. "Épuisé"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:48
13. "Laisse Tomber"  Maître Gims , Dr. Beriz , InsolentMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:27
14. "À la base"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:06
15. "Pas touché"  Maître Gims , PitbullMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:41
16. "Outsider"  Maître Gims , Bedjik , Dadju (The Shin Sekai) , X-GangsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 5:00
17. "Bella"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:47
18. "Changer"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:32

Tracklist: La face cachée

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "You Lose"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:23
2. "Zombie"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:04
3. "De Marseille à Paris"  Maître Gims , Bedjik, Dr. Beriz, Soprano, H-MagnumMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:33
4. "Close Your Eyes"  Maître Gims , JR O'CromMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 2:39
5. "Monstre marin"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 3:30
6. "Warano Style"  Maître GimsMaître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud 4:25

Charts

Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2] 47
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] 1
scope="row" French Albums (SNEP)[4] 2
scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] 16

References

  1. ↑ Maître Gims : "Subliminal" franchit le cap des 600.000 ventesEn savoir plus sur http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Maitre-Gims/news-90719.html#BsCIDKbcBgEuAA0o.99 (French)
  2. ↑ "Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  3. ↑ "Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Maître Gims – Subliminal". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien.
  5. ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a