For one thing I admire Roga Roga for, in connection with this album: he respects the rules of rumba. There is only one theme in Coeur de Mwene, just the way Franco did it in the 80's, the way it should be in case of a Congolese rumba. I don't like when artists change themes in the rumba, that is not the traditional approach.
I like Patati Patata and Coeur de Mwene but the other two did not really impress me. And the rumbas have a strong demo feel, in certain songs the rhythm section programming is quite low quality. The need to release this in a rush left its mark on this production. But there are some good melodies indeed. Though this whole stuff is still very far from Trop Cest Trop, and this recent lineup of singers doesn't really impress me. Roga needs to take his time and start recruiting some other singers to make the lineup stronger.
So far I thoght combattants are angry with musicians because they praise corrupt politicans back home. But seeing the Zairean flag behind the guy, I am thinking about maybe the fact that they are angry is because the musicians who remained at home are not loyal to Mobutu and the Zairean clan any more but to the new president, Kabila and his successor. So what is the situation actually? Are they motivated by humanitarian or political reasons?
I saw the trailer of this album back in 2014/15, but forgot about it afterwards, I thought these songs haven't been released in the end. But I have just checked Dany's Spotify library, and it was there. So this album is called Le Baobab, and it has some really nice sebens. Check them out if you haven't done so:
I guess the solo was played by Diblo Dibala. The quality is much better on Spotify.
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