Blitz The Ambassador / Native Sun
Album: Native Sun   Collection:World
Artist:Blitz The Ambassador   Added:Aug 2011
Label:Fat Beats  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-01-01 Pull Date: 2012-03-04 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Feb 26 Feb 19 Feb 12 Feb 5 Jan 29 Jan 22 Jan 15 Jan 8
Airplays: 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 08, 2021: Draupadi's Half-Hidden Garden
En-Trance, Wahala
4. Mar 09, 2013: Music Casserole
En-Trance
2. Jun 28, 2017: At the Cafe Bohemian
Dear Africa
5. Jul 10, 2012: Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon
Accra City Blues, Instrumentalude
3. Nov 05, 2016: Clean Copper Radio
En-Trance
6. Apr 24, 2012: No Longer at Ease
Wahala

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2012-01-01
Ghanaian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer unleashes psychedelic Afrobeat and triple-time rap. ALL TRACKS are GREAT, No FCCs detected.
****1: 4:14 lone trumpet intro then great percussion with a collage of sounds, at 2:00 min fast hip hop rap with funky wah wah e guitar
****2: 4:51 mid tempo hip hop rap, fem chorus (Les Nubians), fast instrumental section, locked rhythm section, airport arrivals announcement.
****3: 2:46 fast fast rap, great percussion & brass
***4: 4:16 slow swirl electronics intro. then fast fast male rap
***5: 1:18 Instrumental, big kick drum, nice sax
****6: 5:40 mid tempo, bluesy, some great sounds here
***7: 4:18 slow start then almost a brass drone, male vocal, fem chorus, fast fast male rap.
***8: 4:57 a Fela Kuti sound, MCs Baloji and BNegão from the Congo & Brazil, fast rap
****9: 1:11 mostly percussion interlude, wish this was many minutes longer
****10: 2:31 fast fast rap, scratching.
****11: 5:50 mid tempo rap to a Latin clave rhythm, fem chorus
***12: 2:33 swirl electronics brass slower vocal, 1 min. kora plucking fade D  Farrell 12/2011

Track Listing
1. En-Trance   7. Free Your Mind
2. Dear Africa   8. Wahala
3. Akwaaba   9. The Oracle
4. Best I Can   10. Victory
5. Instrumentalude   11. Native Sun
6. Accra City Blues   12. Ex-Trance