Alpatchino was key to wembas sebenes. Without him, weak generics and sebenes. MHSRIP.
There was nothing special about Alpacino's animation, am sure had he still been alive today and doing animation for Papa Wemba you would have been calling him an old fart like you do with Kibens and company since he was not a youngster.
Music changes with time so Papa Wemba upgraded like everyone else, his atalukus led by Biscuits des Ecoliers and Bob Djamusket and others have been defending molokai for years and Alpacino couldn't match their creativity that's why he went to singing full time just like Tutu Kaludji did when youngsters like Genta came.
Viva's generiques may not be as powerful as those of Wenge and it's deliberate, Viva's music is more traditional like that of Swede Swede and other traditional congolese bands otherwise, Biscuits Des Ecoliers and Bob Djamusket beat most of these atalukus in some of the big bands we support. I will do a compilation of sebenes by Viva and post here.