Subliminal (album)

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Singles from Subliminal
	"Meurtre par strangulation"; Released: March 1, 2013; "J'me tire"; Released: March 15, 2013; "Bella"; Released: May 6, 2013; "One Shot"; Released: June 10, 2013; "Ça marche"; Released: August 5, 2013; "Changer"; Released: October 17, 2013; "You Lose"; Released: November 1, 2014; "Zombie"; Released: November 25, 2013; "Warano Style"; Released: November 27, 2014;

Subliminal is the debut solo album of French rapper Maître Gims, member of the French rap group Sexion d'Assaut. The 18-track album was released 20 May 2013 on Wati B and on 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 big success charting in France (reaching #2), Belgium (reaching #1) as well as charting in Switzerland.

On 2 December 2013, he re-released the album with six additional tracks he called La face cachée (the hidden face) for a total of 24 tracks, resulting in further interest in the album.

By 31 August 2015, the album had accumulated a total of more than 1,000,000 copies sold in France.^[1]

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A series of consecutive releases of unpublished materials called Ceci n'est pas un Clip were released in anticipation: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
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
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
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[2]	47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[3]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[4]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[5]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	16

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 Template:Fr icon
^ "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

[1] Maître Gims : "Subliminal" franchit le cap des 600.000 ventesEn savoir plus sur http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Maitre-Gims/news-90719.html#BsCIDKbcBgEuAA0o.99 Template:Fr icon

[bel-vl-2] "Ultratop.be – Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.

[bel-wa-3] "Ultratop.be – Maître Gims – Subliminal" (in French). Hung Medien.

[fr-4] "Lescharts.com – Maître Gims – Subliminal". Hung Medien.

[sw-5] "Swisscharts.com – Maître Gims – Subliminal". Hung Medien.

[6] ttp://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a

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