Bamba J Fall – Gën Gui Dëk

I thought this would be a straightforward Senegalese rap tape, but it moves constantly between hooky pop, dancehall and hip-hop. Rap-reggae-dancehall music in Senegal is so firmly entrenched at this point that perhaps it’s all one in the same to the ears of the current generation of artists. OK, it can’t be that simple….but there’s something interesting to me about how flexible and genre-inclusive the current urban musics across Africa tend to be, from bongo flava to hiplife to kuduro. Diverse musical approaches, sources and influences intermingle, things are rarely as box-able as we think, etc, etc.

Face A
Gën Gui Dëk
Djirim
Yabi Door
Free Naya

Face B
Caddu Baycat
Yaay
Ndiangane
Remembering