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- Record Label: Soundway
- Release Date: May 10, 2024
- Summary: The compilation features 18 highlife, electronic Afrobeat and reggae tracks released between 1980 and 1993.
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- Record Label: Soundway
- Genre(s): International, West African, Afro-beat, Highlife, Ghanaian
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MojoMay 21, 2024While it's true you can often hear what upset the highlife connoisseurs, the bulk of this collection of outsider art holds up 30-plus years on. [Jun 2024, p.98]
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May 21, 2024The lyrics of Dadadi's carnival-ready "Jigi Jigi" acknowledge the sounds of several disparate lands, and Nana Budjei's "Asobrachie" has a strong digital reggae rhythm. Best of all is "Barima Nsu" by Kwasi Afari Minta, an equally hypnotic and haunting ten-minute whirlwind that instantly feels like a lost classic.
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May 21, 2024Over four decades have passed since the earliest piece here, and it feels like just long enough for these songs to sound fresh, fun, and ready for your worldliest summer block party.
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UncutMay 21, 2024“MC Mambo” by the mixed-heritage German-Ghanaian collective Pepper, Onion, Ginger Salt is aborderline novelty quasirap number that oozes wonky DIY charm, like much of this uneven but absorbing collection. [Jun 2024, p.50]