Prose Combat

{{Infobox album

| name = Prose Combat

| type = Album

| artist = MC Solaar

| cover = Prosecombat.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1994|02|09|df=yes}}

| recorded = 1993–1994

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz rap

| length = 55:52

| label = Cohiba

| producer = Jimmy Jay

| prev_title = Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Paradisiaque

| next_year = 1997

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prose-combat-mw0000116111|title=Prose Combat – MC Solaar|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=1 June 2020|last=Love|first=Bret}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|title=MC Solaar: Prose Combat (Talkin' Loud/Phonogram)|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 December 1994|last=Glanvill|first=Rick}}

| rev3 = Music Week

| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-12-03.pdf#page=35|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=Music Week|date=3 December 1994|page=23|access-date=17 June 2025}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 8.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mc-solaar-prose-combat/|title=MC Solaar: Prose Combat|website=Pitchfork|date=5 October 2021|access-date=7 October 2021|last=Cardew|first=Ben}}

| rev5 = Q

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=MC Solaar: Prose Combat|magazine=Q|issue=100|date=January 1995|last=Roberts|first=David|page=257}}

| rev6 = Record Collector

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=MC Solaar: Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo / Prose Combat / Paradisiaque|magazine=Record Collector|issue=526|date=Christmas 2021|last=Allen|first=Jeremy|page=119}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/223372/mcsolaar|title=MC Solaar: Prose Combat|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=15 December 1994|access-date=7 October 2021|last=Ehrlich|first=Dimitri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050914195127/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/223372/mcsolaar|archive-date=14 September 2005|url-status=dead}}

}}

Prose Combat is the second studio album by French rapper MC Solaar, released in 1994 by Cohiba Records. Its success propelled him to international fame.

An outtake from the album sessions was "Comme dans un film" (falsely known as "John Woo"). This song was featured on the album La Haine – musique inspirees du film (La Haine – music inspired by the film).