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 | Title : Princesses Nubiennes
Author : Les Nubians
Release Date : 19980922
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $16.98
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Editorial Reviews :
This gorgeous pair of African princesses are the latest artists with Mother Continent roots--including Baaba Maal, Ray Lema, Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita, Zap Mama, and Angelique Kidjo--to infuse French music with the soul it would otherwise lack. Unlike those who cut their deep African funk with the cloying sugar of French pop, Helene and Celia Faussart, sisters from Bordeaux, don't give it all up to La Belle France. In clear, warmly intimate, and, yes, Parisian-sexy voices, they snake in and out of each other's way, often coming together to build glorious harmonies, always singing universally uplifting messages [translations in the CD booklet, except for their American-sounding English in 'Sugar Cane']. It's all set in clean-edged, ultrahip, sensitively calibrated tracks that draw on lush soul, steamy funk, beat-driven hip-hop and cool, flowing jazz. But this album is no pastiche of sounds looking to gobble up many demographics. Recorded in France and London, Princesses Nubiennes plays like an extended single--better yet, like a dreamy musical journey through the sounds of the modern-day African diaspora.
Buyer Reviews :
I finally found this CD at the local virgin megastore and had to purchase it right away! I could'nt listen to it on the way home cause I forgot the CD cartridge for my car. It was sure the wait, however. Every song had my head moving to the beats as well as the lyrics(even though I don't understand a word of french) My favorite songs so far are Makeda and the Sade remake Tabou. The sisters Faussart music and lyrical style is unlike any hip-hop group out at the present time. I hope this,their debut album Princesses Nubiennes opens minds as well as hearts in our present world of chaos in the hip-hop industry, it sure did mine! and will yours if you buy it.
(by Ronald K. Chan(ronaldchan@worldnet.att.net)
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