Editing MC Solaar (section)

===2005–present: ''Chapitre 7'' and international acclaim===
"Da Vinci Claude", the first single from Solaar's album ''[[Chapitre 7]]'', was launched in March 2007. The album was released on 18 June 2007. MC Solaar is best known outside France for his work on Guru's ''[[Jazzmatazz]]'' project and as a featured artist on the [[Missy Elliott]] track "[[All N My Grill]]". His collaboration with her propelled him to higher popularity in the U.S market. The single "Le Bien, Le Mal" (The Good, The Bad) has been a hip hop/dance crossover hit and has received playtime on [[Music Television|MTV]], which characterizes his work this way: "His fluid phrasing makes up for his lack of English, and the production on his solo work (by DJ Jimmy Jay and Boom Bass of La Funk Mob) surpasses that of most of his hip-hop contemporaries."<ref name="MTV bio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060416040054/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mc_solaar/artist.jhtml#bio MC Solaar biography] at MTV.com</ref>

MC Solaar is one of the few French rappers having success in the English-dominated American hip hop culture. American rapper [[will.i.am]] admitted he prefers MC Solaar to American rapper [[Tupac Shakur]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.greenroom.fr/110898-fallait-preferer-mc-solaar-a-tupac-pour-etre-branche-a-l-a-dans-les-90s-2/|title=Fallait préférer MC Solaar à Tupac pour être branché à L.A. dans les 90's - Greenroom|date=2016-11-01|work=Greenroom|access-date=2017-02-26|language=fr-FR}}</ref>