Customer Reviews

President Alien

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I caught this group performing on the "Orlando Jones Show" in August 2003 and couldn't wait to buy the album. All I heard was "Guajira (Ilove you too much)". That's all it took. I bought the album on Amazon and I haven't taken it out of my CD player since. All the songs are different and original. I never ealized how much I like salsa till now.
I'm so excited that now I'm going to be checking out some Celia Cruz and Tito Puente albums preferbly the ones they made together. A whole new world has opened up to me.
Thank you, Yerba Buena for that.

Wow! That is all I could say after listening to this album for the first time. I first heard Yerba Buena on the Orlando Jones show when they performed "Guajira (I Love U 2 Much)" I dont normally buy CDs but I liked that song so much I went ahead and ordered it. Turns out, the song that made me buy the album is one of the weakest on the album. With sweet latin sounds, this album just makes you want to shake your hips. Buy this album! You wont be sorry!

Thumbs up for the Yerba Buena Team, this CD (my first one) is GOOD, excelent mix of rhythms afro, caribbean and hi-hop all at once, well done. Love the mix of the traditional with the modern that still can be enjoyable and danceable. I think Yerba Buena, could take more advantage of Xiomara's really nice voice and make the instruments arrangement more "contagious" that what the disc really is, and, please do not undestand me - the CD is REALLY GOOD - is just a way of thinking. Going for more Yerba Buena...

Stop reading this review and buy this CD. Do yourself a favor and find out where they are performing near you too so you can catch them live.

I love the CD, the jams on it are great. If you love afro-beat, salsa, son and other latin music, you'll love Yerba Buena. i pump it in my car when i wanna have my own little party!

so....have you bought it yet?

I am originally from Africa so my taste varies musically from hip-hop,jazz,classical through african rhythms.Getting this Cd introduced me to a whole new vibe especially if you are african in the diaspora.President alien is soulful,infectious and has an earthy afro-freshness to it.To all the new initiates this CD is a must for all people.YERBA BUENA!!!!!!!!!

This has got to be the new sound of Latin music . . . or, should I say world music . . . or, maybe just some GREAT get of your A.. and shake that thang music!

Yerba Buena (translation: Good Herb) has captured so many different influences that it's hard to pin-point exactly where it's roots are . . . but, that doesn't really matter . . . once you listen to songs such as Guajira (I love U 2 Much), La Gringa, Solito Me Quede, Electric Boogaloo, Wassamatter Baby?, Follow Me and Rompe el Cuero, you forget exactly where you are yourself, and you realize that you have entered "Planeta Yerba" . . . a soulful, funky, spiritual space . . . Where the voice of Xiomara Laugart and the sax of Ron Blake carry you higher than the highest highs . . . Where the bass grooves of Sebastian Steinberg and guitar licks of Andres Levin make you dig your heels a bit deeper . . . and where Yerba Buena serves you a dish-full of some of the tastiest , meatiest music since . . . well, no one really!

This album is great! Every song is enjoyable. The beats are fun and make you want to dance. A great CD for keeping yourself entertained on long car rides or on the way to the clubs. A great mix of many influences which smack of infectious Latin-Afro flavor. Beware if you don't have tinted windows in your car- this CD can make you look like an idiot to other drivers because it will make you dance and belt out the songs in your seat!!!

I had never heard of Yerba Buena, but last Saturday I saw them live in concert and they were outstanding--! I am sold on Yerba Buena!

I have not been this excited about a record in YEARS !!!! Just when I was going to give up on the recorded music industry, this came out. Run, dont walk, to the record store. I was so impressed, I went and saw the group in concert at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC, and they were FANTASTIC!

Tad Hendrickson left only one thing out of his review. Yerba Buena is the S---!! Normally I try to present some sort of reasoned analysis in a review, but this album simply defies reason. Hits as hard as a Mack truck is right. It's the best thing I've heard in years.