Artist.......: Orelsan
Album........: Zenith de Paris
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rap
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2013-09-14
Str.date.....: 2012-10-16
Quality......: 223kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.orelsan7th.com/
track title time
1. Zenith de Paris 105:10
* Raelsan
* Les voeux de Raelsan
* Mauvaise idΘe
* 1999
* Changement
* Plus rien ne m'Θtonnes
* Pour le pire
* Double vie
* Finir mal
* Etoiles invisibles
* Trous dans la tΩte
* Interlude chevalier Eddy
* Ils sont cools
* La terre est ronde
* Si seul
* Peur de l'Θchec
* St Valentin
* Le Chant des sirΦnes
* Suicide social
Runtime 105:10
Size 168.13
Release Notes:
Orelsan is a French hardcore rapper whose full-length debut, the hit album Perdu
d'Avance (2009), was the subject of much controversy, with many critics likening
him to Eminem. Born AurΘlien Cotentin on August 1, 1982, in Caen, France, he
listened to rock music as a youth but gravitated toward rap music as he grew
older. He made his recording debut in the mid-2000s with a series of underground
singles released online; in particular, he used the popular video-sharing
websites YouTube and Dailymotion to release early singles such as "Ramen" (2006)
and "Saint-Valentin" (2007). In association with the French rap label 7th
Magnitude, Orelsan made his commercial debut in October 2008 with "Changement,"
the lead single from his full-length album debut, Perdu d'Avance (2009). A Top
20 hit on the French albums chart, Perdu d'Avance spawned a series of follow-up
singles, among them "No Life," "DiffΘrent," and "SoirΘe RatΘe." Produced chiefly
by Skread, the album was an atypical French rap release.
Whereas most French rappers are of immigrant descent, hail from suburban
high-rise ghettos, and rap about social injustice, Orelsan is a white
middle-class rapper from the far northern province of Lower Normandy who raps
about the boredom of his rural locale. Hence the comparisons drawn to not only
Eminem but also Mike Skinner, the British rapper known as the Streets. Shortly
after the release of Perdu d'Avance, Orelsan became the subject of much
controversy when French politicians of both the right and left wing joined
together in their condemnation of the violence and misogyny expressed in his
lyrics, in particular those of the song "Sale Pute" (i.e. "Dirty Slut"). While
the song isn't included on Perdu d'Avance and indeed predates the album, the
controversy garnered lots of publicity, especially once French cultural minister
Christine Albanel tried to get it banned from YouTube, and thereby made Orelsan
something of an outlaw hero. His 2011 effort, Le Chant Des SirΦnes, featured
much less controversial material with many tracks focusing on the artist's rise
to fame.