Subliminal (album)
Subliminal (French pronunciation: [sybliminal]) is the debut solo album by French-Congolese singer and rapper Maître Gims. The 18-track album was released 20 May 2013 on Wati B and Monstre Marin Corporation (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 great success charting in France (reaching #2), Belgium (reaching #1) as well as charting in Switzerland.
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Released | 20 May 2013 (Standard Edition) 2 December 2013 (La face cachée) | |||
Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, pop, 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) | |||
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Subliminal / La face cachée cover | ||||
Alternative "La face cachée" cover | ||||
Singles from Subliminal | ||||
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On 2 December 2013, it was reissued and titled Subliminal / La face cachée (pronounced [la fas kaʃe], transl. The Dark Side), including 6 additional tracks for a total of 24 tracks.
By 31 August 2015, the album had accumulated a total of more than 1,000,000 copies sold in France.[1]
On 3 January 2020, "Bella" combined 432 million views.
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A series of consecutive releases of unpublished materials called Ceci n'est pas un Clip were released in anticipation: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.
Track list: 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 |
Track list: La face cachée
No. | Title | 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)[5] | 11 |
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 (in French)
- "Ultratop.be – Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- "Ultratop.be – Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in French). Hung Medien.
- "Lescharts.com – Maître Gims – Subliminal". Hung Medien.
- "Swisscharts.com – Maître Gims – Subliminal". Hung Medien.
- http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a