M'bemba

Keita, Salif
Universal Music (France)
World | Feb 2006

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2006-03-13
The Golden Voice of Mali/ Africa. Born in Mali moved to Ivory Coast and now lives in Paris. Using African rhythms with African pop and both African and modern instruments. GREAT Vocals and lovely sounding female chorus, very nice guitars and bass.
1: 1: 5:57 mid tempo guitar, percussion, male vocal almost a wail.
***2: 7:28 nice mellow perc., cool female chorus, percussion, male vocal almost a wail, picks up tempo as track goes on.
**3: 4:17 upbeat high energy, fast perc, fem chorus, male vocal.
**4: 5:18 very nice mid tempo male vocal, minimum fem chorus. perc, guitar.
5: 5:08 mid to faster male vocal/wail, with chorus. guitar, percussion Nice sound. Buju Banton vocal
6: 5:03 faster male vocal/wail with chorus guitar, percussion
***7: 6:15 high energy, upbeat male vocal/wail. Fem chorus nice perc & guitars.
8: 5:50 slow to mid male vocal. Minimal guitar perc.
***9: 8:49 mid tempo cool vocal and great chorus call & response.
***10: 6:30 male vocal/wail slow to mid tempo, with chorus. Goes to slow & low Vocals + chorus are GREAT, cool minimal violin D Farrell 03/2006

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Charting

2006-03-12 — 2006-05-14 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
May 14 1
Apr 30 1
Apr 23 1
Apr 16 1
Apr 9 2
Apr 2 3
Mar 26 1
Mar 19 3

Track listing

1. Bobo
2. Laban
3. Calculer
4. Dery
5. Ladji
6. Kamoukie
7. Yambo
8. Tu Vas Me Manquer
9. M'bemba
10. Moriba