Blitz The Ambassador / Native Sun
| Album: | Native Sun | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Blitz The Ambassador | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Fat Beats | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-01-01 | Pull Date: | 2012-03-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 26 | Feb 19 | Feb 12 | Feb 5 | Jan 29 | Jan 22 | Jan 15 | Jan 8 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 08, 2021: | Draupadi's Half-Hidden Garden
En-Trance, Wahala |
4. | Mar 09, 2013: | Music Casserole
En-Trance |
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| 2. | Jun 28, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Dear Africa |
5. | Jul 10, 2012: | Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon
Accra City Blues, Instrumentalude |
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| 3. | Nov 05, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio
En-Trance |
6. | Apr 24, 2012: | No Longer at Ease
Wahala |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2012-01-01
Reviewed 2012-01-01
Ghanaian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer unleashes psychedelic Afrobeat and triple-time rap. ALL TRACKS are GREAT, No FCCs detected.
****1: 4:14 lone trumpet intro then great percussion with a collage of sounds, at 2:00 min fast hip hop rap with funky wah wah e guitar
****2: 4:51 mid tempo hip hop rap, fem chorus (Les Nubians), fast instrumental section, locked rhythm section, airport arrivals announcement.
****3: 2:46 fast fast rap, great percussion & brass
***4: 4:16 slow swirl electronics intro. then fast fast male rap
***5: 1:18 Instrumental, big kick drum, nice sax
****6: 5:40 mid tempo, bluesy, some great sounds here
***7: 4:18 slow start then almost a brass drone, male vocal, fem chorus, fast fast male rap.
***8: 4:57 a Fela Kuti sound, MCs Baloji and BNegão from the Congo & Brazil, fast rap
****9: 1:11 mostly percussion interlude, wish this was many minutes longer
****10: 2:31 fast fast rap, scratching.
****11: 5:50 mid tempo rap to a Latin clave rhythm, fem chorus
***12: 2:33 swirl electronics brass slower vocal, 1 min. kora plucking fade D Farrell 12/2011
****1: 4:14 lone trumpet intro then great percussion with a collage of sounds, at 2:00 min fast hip hop rap with funky wah wah e guitar
****2: 4:51 mid tempo hip hop rap, fem chorus (Les Nubians), fast instrumental section, locked rhythm section, airport arrivals announcement.
****3: 2:46 fast fast rap, great percussion & brass
***4: 4:16 slow swirl electronics intro. then fast fast male rap
***5: 1:18 Instrumental, big kick drum, nice sax
****6: 5:40 mid tempo, bluesy, some great sounds here
***7: 4:18 slow start then almost a brass drone, male vocal, fem chorus, fast fast male rap.
***8: 4:57 a Fela Kuti sound, MCs Baloji and BNegão from the Congo & Brazil, fast rap
****9: 1:11 mostly percussion interlude, wish this was many minutes longer
****10: 2:31 fast fast rap, scratching.
****11: 5:50 mid tempo rap to a Latin clave rhythm, fem chorus
***12: 2:33 swirl electronics brass slower vocal, 1 min. kora plucking fade D Farrell 12/2011
Track Listing
| 1. | En-Trance | 7. | Free Your Mind | |||
| 2. | Dear Africa | 8. | Wahala | |||
| 3. | Akwaaba | 9. | The Oracle | |||
| 4. | Best I Can | 10. | Victory | |||
| 5. | Instrumentalude | 11. | Native Sun | |||
| 6. | Accra City Blues | 12. | Ex-Trance |