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Let Me Be

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Rasha has proven to able to do a lot better (Sudaniyat). Every time I play Let me be I eventually switch of the cd player. A true disappointment. Buy Sudaniyat instead, and you won't regret it.

yes, Let me be is not the wonderful magic of Rasha's debut, Sudaniyat, but is not bad, dont mind. Surely a singer cannot be martyred for only a disc that wasnt that brilliant... an incredible debut as Sudaniyat is very complicated to surpass, but i believe in her talent and just cannot leave her wonderful voice... i'm gonna wait for her next album and still love Rasha's work.

What a relief it is for us Rasha fans to hear her voice again on a new album after the stellar success of Sudaniyat! Let Me Be, however is not in that league. A plethora of musical mixes, sometimes mismatched but enchantingly fine tuned by Patxi Pascual (the saxophonist from Azar Alhai in Sudainyat), Let Me Be lacks the traditional richness of Sudaniyat. With lyrics full of longing and indifference, all passionately melancholy Rasha's soulful voice singing in 3 languages is a real treat. Let's hope that Rasha will get back to the drawing board and devise another work of genius and beauty similar to Sudaniyat.

I and my son, brother and other family members listened to this CD last year while driving from Sacramento to Las Vigas. Upon return to Rome Italy I listened sevral other times and I do once in a while. Yes the mix is too diverse - Rasha should avoid if she wants the traditional sudanese market, but each song on its own right is realy good. As Rasha is not very well known, I suggest that she works on some Nubian songs like to nice song in Sudaneyat and get on CD out. As for arabic spoken.. some of the oldies, some mostafa Sidahmed, and coaching by people like Wardi, Hamzaeldin and MElamin will do her lots of good training.