Interesting... he used to be very protective and not publicize his family. He has all his buddies involved of course. Controversies aside, its rare a musician stays on top this long, in any genre.


13eme Apotre is on the charts for World music at the moment. Selfie on pace to be a bigger single than Original and Mascara. Tough times for us enthusiasts of the good stuff.



Maybe with the cash raked in he can get himself a real Rolls.

Don't think its Olivier "Flash". He got to showcase for Awilo and BCBG. 



This guy can been seen at 6:40 here:

Not sure what you guys are talking about... There are 9 songs that can classified as sebene (for today's standards) and one sebene song at the end of Vol. 4. Whether they're up to par or not is subjective. Tueur des Lions is the most decent, the rest are better that what has been released in the Cindy era. Honestly, like Abracadabra, I'll never listen to this album in its entirety.

We're critical because his albums of yesteryear were miles, eons better than this album, but the album is selling in big numbers. His tricks to stay relevant work. If anything, this album is an exercise on how to market and release an album (Koffi Central and Studio N'diaye); other artists should follow.

I must say the release of this album has been better managed than any other Congolese album to date. No leaks and immediacy of availability on all formats.

Does Tutu intend on installing himself in Kin? An unsung musical hero of the 90s.

I used to always ponder what a killer combo Tutu & Bill Clinton would be.

Effrakata was the Zenith of Koffi's career. As you've stated, the album offered the best of everything. Lots of experienced heads went into this album and production quality was superb. The album was a breath of fresh air but, as we now know, it set the bar too high. Affaire d'Etat was even better from an acoustic standpoint (well ahead of its time) but it was a group album and it was not as well promoted. Same case with Emeneya's Longue Histoire versus Nouvel Ordre.

I've listened to Effrakata hundreds of times and was fortunate to have my CD signed by Koffi. Also got to perview some songs like Washington when he was here in NYC with QL back in Summer '01.

What I will say is that the massive success of Effrakata went to head, much more so than his previous successes, and the accolades (Quadra Kora Man and others) gradually led to the Koffi (or is it Kofffi ) we have today. This was once a shy man who spent years in the 80's trying to make a name for himself. 

Best Congolese album of all time is very subjective.... Lots of great albums.

Man what fun the soukous era was in the late 80s early 90s....

Yes, there's a weird occurence of signers passing before album releases. Pepe Ndombe, Emeneya, Madilu, among other. So far only Madilu "La Bonne Humeur" has been release posthumously.