Youssou N'Dour - Birth of a Star: 11 Giant Dakar Hits (2001)
Youssou N'Dour - Birth of a Star: 11 Giant Dakar Hits (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 446 Mb | Total time: 72:17 | Scans included
Folk, World & Country | Label: Manteca | # MANTCD025
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 446 Mb | Total time: 72:17 | Scans included
Folk, World & Country | Label: Manteca | # MANTCD025
Taken from material released in the '80s by the French Melodie label, these pieces were recorded before N'Dour became a major international star (as the title indicates). As such, he was making music for the home market, which wanted its mbalax sound hard – and that's what he gave them. He was still putting the elements together, but the basic components were in place – the rhythm and that remarkable high griot voice, then at its raw best. It's interesting to compare "Alboury" in this version to the one on Set, several years later. There's a pumping energy here that has become channeled on the later recording – maybe not as focused, but with a flavor of youth that's undeniable. And that energy transmits itself through all these tracks. There's a sense of adventure and daring that only comes with the discovery of a sound or style, and the eagerness to explore it to the limits. The recording quality isn't as good as it would be in a few years, but in some respects that hardly matters. The music shines, and demands attention and dancing. At times a Cuban influence appears (natural, really, given its previous prevalence in Senegalese popular music), but N'Dour keeps it pushed down as he's finding himself.–Chris Nickson
Track List:
01. Mane Kouma Khol Thi Yao
02. Alboury
03. Ndar
04. Bekoor
05. Soula Sadoome Toogne
06. Djino
07. Youssou
08. Jalo
09. Yalaye Dogal
10. Bes
11. Wagane Faye
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Youssou N'Dour - Birth of a Star: 11 Giant Dakar Hits (2001)
