If Marie Paul never pushed Mande Chante out of Wenge El Paris, they could have managed on just as popular Masion Mere and BCBG. That polemique between Mande and Marie took the attention away from the good albums they were releasing.
I heard they spent too much time touring in Europe like QL Academia did for Viagra, so when they returned to Kinshasa the response to them was passive.
I suspect he wasn't taking good care of himself. A lot of our musicans still move around like they're in their 20s and 30s, too much drink and smoke with an aggressive work ethic. Sometimes you have to slow down to check yourself before life checks you...
No wonder a lot of classic leaders of Congolese music are so greedy, because they endured a lot of humiliation before they became major stars! What about Ferre and Fally Ipupa with their own bands? Do they pay them decently compared to their old bosses?
Why did everyone hate King Kester so much? Koffi didn't like him, Werrason and Wemba flirted with the idea of friendship but quickly went cold on him? As of today, I hear that Koffi and Werrason STILL haven't made up even though Koffi played a big brother role to him after Wenge 4×4 split. Is it competitive nature that keeps them from coming together or is it deeper?
Why did Adolphe block Papillion, Fiston, Chibida, Gianfranco and Spino La Djatence from having songs on Mouna? Was his plan to unsettle them or did their fallout result from a lack of payment?
I remember Wenge and Quartier Latin were recieving cars and seeing a change in lifestyle after European tours. I remember you told me that Kester's band briefly broke apart because they got jealous of other bands for those reasons.
As a complete project, Monde Arabe was the last album where the generiques were just as inspired as the rhumbas. BEK had good rhumbas, but you could tell that Koffi hadn't the same confidence in the creative team that he had with QL.
I've been a loyalist to Fally Ipupa since Droit Chemin, but I do enjoy Ferre and a little bit of Fabregas. Heritier should be bigger than what he currently is, but he doesn't promote his music with the same aggression that Fally, Ferre, and even Werra do.
My main issue is that these guys don't give their band the opportunity to shine like groups leaders did from 2005 and the years before. Everyone wants to go solo after a couple memorable vocals and are shocked when their album flops, that's what disappoints me.
Will Fally actually bring F'Victeam to Bercy or will he hire mostly musicians settled in Europe as a backing band? He seems to be rehearsing with them a lot on instagram, but I worry that they won't return to Kinshasa after the concert.
I hope Kabuya stays clean, because he is the best atalaku that Fally has. I hope he joins the group for Bercy!
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