Option - "...Evokes...all-night sections of Paris depicted in the somber and grainy images Of French New Wave cinema, where cool jazz riffs and impressionistic horn playing echo off of rain-slick streets, and night city travellers speak low and smooth on street corners..."
Q - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...PROSE COMBAT is an appropriate title for a beautifully fluid album of rich, jazz-based musical styles deliciously adorned by Solaar's dense, deftly rhyming word play..."
Rolling Stone - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...[MC Solaar] delivers his sleepwalking raps in a voice that exudes such sensual pleasure you hardly notice he's not rapping in English..."
Rovi
After his high-profile duet with Guru on the first Jazzmatazz project, French rapper MC Solaar proved himself a major contender for international rap stardom with his U.S. debut. With the rapid-fire rhyme flow of Souls of Mischief and the smooth delivery of Q-Tip, the young MC conveys more moods in French than most rappers can in English. The extremely subtle grooves supplied by DJ/producer Jimmy Jay provide velvety smooth cushions that wrap around Solaar's warm voice tighter than O.J Simpson's glove, with jazzy, funky samples that prove perfectly suited for the fluid rhymes. One of the few bright spots in a year when the alternative rap scene was largely devoid of originality, MC Solaar came across as refreshing as a cool Parisian breeze. ~ Bret Love|
Rovi