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Le Grand Bal

Youssou N'DourAudio CD
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Bringing unity to the African continent has been his priority for a long time; the key (along with love, opinions and a great festive sense) lay in the professional practise of music for some thirty-seven years. Yet his career was bound to lead to a form o

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Youssou N’Dour and his reggae thing

After countless forays into the western world, Youssou N’Dour chose Dakar as a base from which to lead his geopolitical campaign in music.
His strategy is pan-African: "What all of us Africans share is much more important than what we don't share," says this elegant, fifty-year old youngster, who grew up in the Medina in Senegal's capital city, Dakar. Bringing… Read more in Amazon's Youssou N'Dour Store

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  • Audio CD (December 5, 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Jololi Records
  • ASIN: B0000560SH
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,146,410 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal Live Mbalax album, December 4, 2002
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D. McDavitt "dsmcdavi" (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Le Grand Bal (Audio CD)
This essential recording captures Youssou & Etoile De Dakar in top form, performing unadalterated mbalax (not watered-down for Western sensibilies). Among Youssou's best 3 albums (along with Best of 80's& Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Etoile De Dakar). Thrilling sabar, bubbling tama, wonderful vocal interludes by lead sabar drummer M'baye Dieye Faye, sparkling solos by guitarist Jimi Mbaye!
Very exciting, complex, polyrhythmic, propulsive, infectious- what great Afropop is all about! Solid live acoustics, nice balance, pleasing sound, strong song selections. Dance you will! Look for VHS recordings of this "Gran Bal" tour as well (imports)! Also recommended- Thione Seck & Raam Daan's "Live Aniversary"
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5.0 out of 5 stars a Toubaab fan!!, June 15, 2003
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This review is from: Le Grand Bal (Audio CD)
You!
If you really want to make it in record sales, please produce more albums such as le Grand Bal. (Maybe english or french translations in the booklets would be nice). Also please release albums that you make in Senegal for the Senegalese population such as Baa Taay, which you cannot find on the internet. I had to buy it at one of your concert. Those are truly superior. You are cheating your public. Stop the watered down crap. And please Pascal Obispo duets... ... never again... ... at least leave the music arrangements alone and let him sing and play YOUR music not HIS.
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3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars un gran regreso, December 14, 2000
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pablo rossi (BUENOS AIRES, BUENOS AIRES Argentina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Le Grand Bal (Audio CD)
despues de varios años de ausencia en el mercado youssoun'dour vuelve con un cd realmente magnifico. En mi opinion superior a toda su produccion previa. Este cd envuelve con su ritmo, su cadencia, la hermosa vos, y ese ritmo tan peculiar a que nos tiene acostumbrados. Lo he escuchado en 15 dias una y otra vez y cada vez me atrae y valorizo mas. Para quienes gustan de youssou N'dour o de una musica diferente y hechizante.
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