Kwaito: South Africa Urban Beats [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B0000C6J5O
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #723,642 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Godoba

2. Phalaphala

3. Kaffir

4. Waar Was Jy

5. Magasman

6. Thobela

7. 50/50

8. Ghetto Fabulous

9. Nyaka Nyaka

10. Pantsula 4 Life

11. Klaimar

12. Nkalakatha

13. Izinja

14. Sekhukona Bani

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Better Intro To "Tsotsi"-style Kwaito, March 30, 2006

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Xolani (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kwaito: South Africa Urban Beats (Audio CD)

For those people who've seen the movie "Tsotsi" and are looking for more Kwaito music, this collection is much more representative of the Kwaito sound that Zola delivers in the movie than Amazon's other Kwaito collection, "Kwaito - South African Hip Hop". The latter collection showcases an earlier brand of Kwaito from the mid-90s that still retained the 80's shebeen-pop sensiblities that, along with Mbaqanga, House, Rap and mulitiple township sub-genres, informed Kwaito's origins.

The "Kwaito: SA Urban Beats" collection charts the territory that Zola currently inhabits: the Kwaito of the late 90's and early-mid naughties, with its rougher edges, more sophisticated instrumentation and greater lyrical savvy.