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- Summary: Manu Chao produced the third album for the Mali rap group. The band name stands for the original members of the band (Sam, Ousco, Dronsky, and former member Mouzy).
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- Record Label: Nacional Records
- Genre(s): Rap
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UncutJun 17, 2011Even if you can't understand the radical message, you can at least revel in the kind of freewheeling summer backpacking soundtrack at which Chao excels. [Jul 2011, p.94]
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Jun 7, 2011As on A&M's albums, he's captured the trio's charm and lightness of spirit within infectious grooves built around Sam's cyclical acoustic guitar riffs, with the individual raps supported by their warm, uplifting harmonies.
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Jun 7, 2011It's an intriguing, varied and highly original fusion set, matching Sam's confident acoustic guitar work against slinky harmony vocals and bursts of rap.
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Jun 7, 2011Maybe it's not fair to blame the producer, but certain signatures of his influence--the songs bleeding into one another, the similarities in length (every track but one is between three and four minutes), the almost mechanical percussion--add up to a general absence of raggedness and a certain harmonious blandness. That's the bad news. The good news is that, once again, the musicians at times rise above the homogenizing production.
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Jun 7, 2011U.S. fans may not understand a word beyond the "Yes!" shouted out repeatedly on "Les Dirigeants Africains." But musically, that sentiment pretty much sums it up.
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Q MagazineJun 29, 2011The language barrier may prove too much for English-speakers, but the typically sunny, genre-blending production from world-pop maven Manu Chao should win them a place on the summer festival circuit. [Jul 2011, p.111]
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MojoDec 12, 2011It makes for perfect summer listening. [Aug. 2011, p. 101]