| Oihid, Jimmy / Oriental Roots |
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| Album: | Oriental Roots | Collection: | Reggae | |
| Artist: | Oihid, Jimmy | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
| Label: | Www.Jimmyoihid.Net | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-10-07 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-09 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Nov 4 | Oct 28 | Oct 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 02, 2010: | New World Disorder Ya Chaab | 4. | Dec 02, 2007: | New World Disorder Ya Chaab | |
| 2. | May 03, 2008: | New World Disorderly Peace Paix Freedom | 5. | Nov 25, 2007: | New World Disorder Paix Freedom | |
| 3. | Feb 02, 2008: | New World Disorder Ya Chaab | 6. | Nov 21, 2007: | Erin is Disorderly Ya Chaab |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-10-08 | ||
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Jimmy Oihid – Oriental Roots Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/2/07 Terrific Arabian Reggae by the “Algerian James Brown” – I assume he got that name from energetic live performances rather than vocal style. The music is delicious – energetic Reggae with lots of North African elements; a very successful mashup, IMO. Oihid’s vocals are strong, and there’s female chorus on all tracks. Songs are very positive in content, as far as I can tell. No FCCs detected. It’s all great (well, you can skip the skit…) 1. 1:05 skit – car starting, people talking in Arabic and French, a bit of Mahgrebi drums and strings. 2. 4:02 ***mellow intro, then pretty but forceful midtempo bubble with piano. 3. 3:42 ***downtempo bubble with interesting instrumentation and electronics and very cool syncopation. Singing in French and bit of “rap” in English, very sweet. 4. 3:39 ****Arabian instrumentation, upbeat skank. Energetic, fun musical mashup. 5. 3:43 ****strong midtempo bubble with fat bass sound. Long fade with just singing. 6. 3:47 ***midtempo relaxed skank, but builds a lot in energy. “Lah” is “no” in Arabic, FWIW. 7. 3:42 ****wave sounds intro, then uptempo forceful bubble – another really cool combo of Arabic music and Reggae. “Fikr fi” is NOT an FCC, BTW. It means “think about”… Hopefully everyone knows “mon frere”… 8. 3:38 ****uptempo bubble – “Get Up Stand Up” – in French, with chorus of “Freedom”… (Aston “Familyman” Barrett on bass) 9. 3:41 ****bit of radio noises intro, upbeat skank, a real hip-shaker, great feel. 10. 3:24 ***uptempo skank, interesting vocal stylings. 11. 3:46 ***hand drums and acoustic guitar intro, downtempo bubble with lots of bellydance groove. There’s a really lovely solo – the mandolin, I think? Long hand drum fade. 12. 3:36 ***very uptempo skank with great syncopation. 13. 3:42 ***track 3, in Arabic rather than French. Song is a love song “to our daughters”… | ||
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