| Nsimbi / Nsimbi |
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| Album: | Nsimbi | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Nsimbi | Added: | Jun 2018 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-06-18 | Pull Date: | 2018-08-20 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 19 | Aug 12 | Aug 5 | Jul 29 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 04, 2021: | ad hoc variety show (rebroadcast from Jul 17, 2018) Koona, Forsaken | 4. | Aug 02, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Forsaken | |
| 2. | Aug 17, 2018: | Old Fart at Play Leo Ni Leo | 5. | Jul 26, 2018: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Omugga | |
| 3. | Aug 09, 2018: | ad hoc variety show Flower Of The Heart | 6. | Jul 25, 2018: | Soft-Biz Dunia Ni Matembezi |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2018-06-14 | ||
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Nsimbi is a collaboration between Zamba, Ugandan hip-hop artist, and Tamar, an American singer-songwriter, recording engineer; using English and Swahili as well as other African languages and instruments they produce a very pleasing, rhythmic sound No FCC's; Favorite tracks: 2, 5, 12 1-- Dunia ni matembezi – 4:02 – nice rhythm – Zamba and Tamar trade lyrics and languages with chorus *2—Leo ni Leo –4:29 – pretty marimba backing chorus and solos 3—Mujje –4:51 – light calypso-like rhythm with English lyrics and African hiphop interlude as well as a bit of ululation at end 4—Omugga –4:45 – Zamba speaks in English and African language with rhythmic musical background; Tamar chimes in with English *5 –Forsaken – 6:31 – devastating story with beautiful music 6 –Koona –4:04 – calypso-like with African lyrics 7 –Acholi Boy –2:15 – touching spoken story-poem in English with lovely marimba background 8 – Gonna Be Alright –2:03 – Tamar sings this gently rocking song in English with asides from Zamba 9 –Flower of the Heart – 4:28-- syncopated song in English and African language with chorus 10- Kulusozi- :37 – spoken word with stringed instrument 11—Moonglow –5:31-catchy music with chorus and singer in African language *12—Sokota ft jaja basgengezi –4:13 – interesting sounds over pretty percussion 13—Amaka – 4:05-- slower paced with dreamier accompaniment; history given in English | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Dunia Ni Matembezi | 7. | Acholi Boy | |||
| 2. | Leo Ni Leo | 8. | Gonna Be Alright | |||
| 3. | Mujje | 9. | Flower Of The Heart | |||
| 4. | Omugga | 10. | Kulusozi | |||
| 5. | Forsaken | 11. | Moonglow | |||
| 6. | Koona | 12. | Sokota Ft Jaja Basgengezi | |||
| 13. | Amaka | |||||