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 Subliminal | ||||||||||
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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 31 August 2015, the album had accumulated a total of more than 1,000,000 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A series of consecutive releases of unpublished materials called Ceci n'est pas un Clip were released in anticipation: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. Beriz, 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: Subliminal
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 2:50 | |
2. | "Meurtre par strangulation" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:24 | |
3. | "J'me tire" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:13 | |
4. | "Freedom" (H-Magnum) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:45 | |
5. | "VQ2PQ" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:42 | |
6. | "Ça décoiffe" (Black M , JR O'Crom) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:38 | |
7. | "One Shot" (Dry) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:27 | |
8. | "Où est ton arme ?" (Maska) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:28 | |
9. | "Interlude" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 1:41 | |
10. | "La chute" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:06 | |
11. | "Ça marche" (The Shin Sekai) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:43 | |
12. | "Épuisé" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:48 | |
13. | "Laisse Tomber" (Dr. Beriz , Insolent) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:27 | |
14. | "À la base" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:06 | |
15. | "Pas touché" (Pitbull) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:41 | |
16. | "Outsider" (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 , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:32 |
Tracklist: La face cachée
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Lose" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:23 | |
2. | "Zombie" | Maître | ||
3. | "De Marseille à Paris" (Bedjik, Dr. Beriz, Soprano, H-Magnum) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:33 | |
4. | "Close Your Eyes" (JR O Crom) | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 2:39 | |
5. | "Monstre marin" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 3:30 | |
6. | "Warano Style" | Maître Gims , Renaud Rebillaud | 4:25 |
Charts
Chart (2012–13) | Peak position | |
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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 |
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Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] | 16 |
References
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in French). Hung Medien.
- 1 2 "Lescharts.com – Maître Gims – Subliminal". Hung Medien.
- ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a