| Blitz The Ambassador / Native Sun |
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| Album: | Native Sun | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Blitz The Ambassador | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Fat Beats | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| 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 |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2012-01-01 | ||
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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 |
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| 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 |