The return of Soprano does not go as planned. Released in June in the middle of the legislative elections, his new album “Freedom”, by turns political and festive, did not meet with the expected success. Very little presence in the media, and while no single really shone in the charts, the record barely exceeds the 35,000 sales mark today. We are very far from its predecessors, which sold between 300,000 and 800,000 copies. However, the Marseille rapper knows that he can count on his audience, whom he will meet again during the major “Freedom Tour” in 2025, for which 100,000 tickets were snapped up in 24 hours. And on social networks, the interpreter of “Easy to Dance” has already planned her busy schedule for the years to come. Like Jul, he plans to release two albums per year, announces two major tours for 2027 and 2029, as well as a few surprises such as a joint album, a major concert at the Champ-de-Mars but also the reformation of his emblematic group, THE PSY 4 of the Rhyme. All before a well-deserved retirement in 2030, for his 51st birthday.
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“Did people want rap there?”
You will have understood, after an album planned for next summer, Soprano will therefore release a new album in December. This is not a surprise since the artist has already announced it on his social networks with a release date: see you on December 13 to discover “Emancipation – pt II”. And we should expect to see him multiply the punchlines. If some purists have criticized its pop and family turn in recent years, Soprano will therefore return to pure rap on this new project, of which he reveals the first extracts on social networks. While filming himself in the studio, the 45-year-old star shares several songs including a duet with rapper Limsa D’Aulnay (” I don’t have a tour bus or Soprano’s career » he proclaims in the extract), a title called “Gamberge d’Ancien” or even a club song shared with Vincenzo from PSY 4 de la Rime, with whom he had already signed the hit “Le coach” in 2019. “ Did people want rap there? Half the album, that’s it » he warns at the start of his video.
In the process, he revealed the album’s tracklist on social networks. “Emancipation” will therefore contain 10 songs, most of them already finished, including duets with Limsa d’Aulnay and Vincenzo, but also with Alonzo on “We are the champ” and the PLK phenomenon on “Faux paradis”. “ Final stretch I almost finished the album friends » he writes. A highly anticipated return therefore. It remains to be seen whether “Emancipation” will have a better commercial reception than “Freedom”…
Tracklist de l’album “Emancipation”
1. Around the world
2. Emancipation
3. False paradise (duet with PLK)
4. We are the champ (en duo avec Alonzo)
5. Tema Love
6. If you knew (duet with Limsa d’Aulnay)
7. Ghostrider (duet with Vincenzo)
8. Redk Achim
9. Ancient Gamberge
10. Whatever happens, it will be okay
