also one factor jb about the sound jb was never recording in ndiaye over suspicion of "kisi trap"until the primus generiques where he had no choice after them not being happy with the sound of first primus ad(and the horrendous drum sound of studio ica and meko making seguin sound like he was playing on a chair ) look at the big difference in kipe ya yo and quel est ton probleme done in ndiayejb had no choice but to give them songs as he was on his weakest ever possibly on artistic and personal period so he was "held hostage" somehow by the old guard jb should not have followed kibens' idea of having singers to complete 5 years of formation before singing on cd,smartly using the argument of chorus which is something jb does not play with and showing jb that most of the young guys of the fudji generation were not able to do chorus the bcbg waythis time they have allowed new singers faster though but too little too late,some even left already
JB Mpiana is a faux leader, he could have done like Koffi Olomide, Papa Wemba or the late Luambo Makiadi to say "no this song isn't good, come back with another one" like they were doing with their musicians which made them often releasing excellent songs. JB always like to blame others, but he has to look to himself in the mirror.
After wacthing JDL's interview, him saying that songs like Djodjo Ngonda don't exist anymore and that his next song would be like a Wenge 4x4-song, I went to listen Le Baron and immediatly also whole Anti Terro. Something that I haven't done since 2004, always skipping all songs, except Plainte A, Doleance and the songs JB Mpiana put. But after listening the whole album, I was asking myself if it wasn't a waste of JB to give JDL, Alba, Sunda, Fi-Carre and Gentamicine the opportunity to put songs on Anti Terro ? I'm not saying that the songs are bad, they are ok, but there is something missing. It's like those songs don't have a soul. Back at that time most albums had were topnotch from the start to the end and there was any presence of a skippable song. Anti Terro is very diffrent from Internet. On Internet almost all songs were excellent, but on Anti Terro most songs were ok-songs.I wasn't feeling Kibens and Rio, they were both 'produit fini", JB Mpiana had to give the PPU's of Kinshasa (Sakoko, Djino and co) the opportunity to put vocals on those songs instead of them. Also why had Kibens and Rio to complicate himself by imitating Malian/Senegalese singers in a few songs ? From Anti Terro, I only like Bikou le Brun's Plainte A, the six songs of JB Mpiana, Doleance and BK Le Senateur. Temperature came close, but I didn't like the way JB Mpiana sung on that song, it sounded like he tried to imitate Rio. BK Le Senateur is good, but Richard Mukena isn't a singer to sing lead, more for vocals. Richard is a cool guy, but JB hadn't to recruit him. I don't understand why JB ordered in 1999 Djolina Mandudila to recruit 12 singers, knowing that he would never give them a chance and with the years recruiting more and more singers and guitarists. Most of them rotting in the reserves.
Quote from: Mfumu Vata on March 21, 2021, 23:34After wacthing JDL's interview, him saying that songs like Djodjo Ngonda don't exist anymore and that his next song would be like a Wenge 4x4-song, I went to listen Le Baron and immediatly also whole Anti Terro. Something that I haven't done since 2004, always skipping all songs, except Plainte A, Doleance and the songs JB Mpiana put. But after listening the whole album, I was asking myself if it wasn't a waste of JB to give JDL, Alba, Sunda, Fi-Carre and Gentamicine the opportunity to put songs on Anti Terro ? I'm not saying that the songs are bad, they are ok, but there is something missing. It's like those songs don't have a soul. Back at that time most albums had were topnotch from the start to the end and there was any presence of a skippable song. Anti Terro is very diffrent from Internet. On Internet almost all songs were excellent, but on Anti Terro most songs were ok-songs.I wasn't feeling Kibens and Rio, they were both 'produit fini", JB Mpiana had to give the PPU's of Kinshasa (Sakoko, Djino and co) the opportunity to put vocals on those songs instead of them. Also why had Kibens and Rio to complicate himself by imitating Malian/Senegalese singers in a few songs ? From Anti Terro, I only like Bikou le Brun's Plainte A, the six songs of JB Mpiana, Doleance and BK Le Senateur. Temperature came close, but I didn't like the way JB Mpiana sung on that song, it sounded like he tried to imitate Rio. BK Le Senateur is good, but Richard Mukena isn't a singer to sing lead, more for vocals. Richard is a cool guy, but JB hadn't to recruit him. I don't understand why JB ordered in 1999 Djolina Mandudila to recruit 12 singers, knowing that he would never give them a chance and with the years recruiting more and more singers and guitarists. Most of them rotting in the reserves.Bro ypu are too harsh Anti Terro might not be internet but bro songs like Le Baron like Lekasopo, like BK Le Senateur both The Rhumba Part and The Sebenes are really top notch the sound quality is crazy good and I don't know the whole CD had this rich Congolese homme d'affaire vibe that I really.liked when I was 10 and the albim came out I love the album and except some song like Clin D'Oeil (Useless song) Ezau (Miziki elemba) Nungu Nungu (the idea was good but here they failed to make a Cuban Rhumba in the proper way too much lame for being a pure Cuban Rumba) Doleance (Never lobed the song) and Guy Mbuala (never liked the song) but bro J'Suis Là is pure art Aaaah Nzambe only listen to that song I feel I am more close to heaven people give Kibens hell but there he really showcased his talent in a good wayLekasopo has also that Malian/Senegalese/Zaiko influx that almost all Genta song haveEveb zala Zala remind me too much of Zaiko