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Great CD -- check out Cameroonian songtress Kaïssa!

Johnny D | 06/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This a great CD I picked up after hearing Kaïssa's Duala version of 'Superstar' from Jazzhole's "Circle of the Sun" album on WERS in Boston. Kaïssa is an immensely talented singer from Cameroon working and performing in New York, sometimes with Jazzhole, sometimes solo. Leave it to Putamayo to compile such a diverse collection of amazing, independent artists! Don't miss this one!"

Nice Change of Pace

Andre M. | Mt. Pleasant, SC United States | 02/22/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This Cd is of a nice change of pace. These are for the most part sweet R&B songs with some hip-hop elements thrown in for good measure from various corners of the globe. The song by Tasha, "Beyond the Ocean" is an especially sweet love song done in Korean with some English thrown in. "Mon Peau" is also quite lovely too, and the bonus is that this collection features English transaltions in the liner notes for th monolingual. Some of the foreign tunes that are heavily hip hop oriented may not be to everyone's taste,but as a whole, this is a worhtwhile purchase for the adventurous."