The 45-year-old singer has just released his ninth studio album. Six months later Freedom, Soprano presents Emancipation as the second part of a trilogy. The Marseillais of Comorian origin, who is teeming with projects, had promised a return to rap. And he keeps his word with this ten-track opus.
From the first single “Tour du monde”, we can clearly hear that the Marseillais remains faithful to its humanist and unifying spirit. This hit has everything of an anthem designed to make stadiums dance. The rhythm is energetic, the lyrics benevolent, as if the singer wanted to rekindle the flame of the “1998 Football World Cup” spirit, where we believed in a “black white butter” communion.
And yet, this inaugural title contrasts with the rest of the album. Because this opus, presented as the second part of a trilogy, marks a return to Soprano’s rap sources. It must be said that the previous album, Freedom, released last summer, did not meet with the public: 41,000 sales, far from the scores of its predecessors.
So the 45-year-old singer of Comorian origin returned to the studio. He also announced it on his social networks: “ Do you want rap? Half the album, that’s it ».
Back to rap
Soprano (Saïd M’Roumbaba in the civil registry) proves this in particular with duets recorded with Limsa d’Aulnay (“If you knew”), his comrades from the group Psy 4 de la Rime Alonzo (“We are the champ”) and Vincenzo (“Ghostrider”), or even the titles with PLK (“Faux paradis”) and Red K and Achim (“Balls on measure”).
He who sings his “old Gamberge” proves that he has lost none of his flowand his writing qualities. Soprano can rap. He has the flow without demeaning women or giving in to gangsta rap imagery, even when he mentions the lack of prospects for the children of Marseille and drug trafficking as a horizon.
Soprano may want to remain positive despite everything. He can only deplore the misfortunes which currently overwhelm the world, as well as the rise of racism. In “Bulles on Measure”, he talks about cotton fields and Nazi songs, denounces Abbé Pierre and Depardieu. But he ends this album with a message of hope and resilience: “Whatever happens, it will be okay”, a reference to his father, very religious, who died in 2020 of covid in the Comoros and who transmitted to him this attitude of resilience.
Multiple projects
Soprano is teeming with projects. He has already announced to his fans all his plans for the years to come: he plans to release two albums per year, organize three big tours, reform the Psy 4 de la Rime, plan a big concert at the Champ-de-Mars in Paris for his 50th birthday before retiring in 2030.
The favorite personality of 7-14 year olds will host the evening of December 31 on TF1 from the Château de Chantilly.
And he’s going on tour again next March: the 4 dates in December 2025 at the Accor Arena in Paris are already sold out, with some 100,000 tickets sold out in 24 hours!
