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Producer/MC Spoek Mathambo presents a new kind of African music on Mshini Wam, an album that mixes hip-hop, dubstep, and Afro-pop, but that hyperkinetic, exciting sound is only half the reason this 2010 effort triumphs. Mathambo’s cheeky and sometimes sleazy attitude is the other, telling “all you doo doo talkers” that they “can eat my ass out” on “Don’t Mean to be Rude” or slaying the competition with “If you need a helping hand, let me know/My Grammy used to work with the mentally slow” on the space dub highlight “Out the Box.” “Control” does a great job messing with Joy Division (“And he’s clinging to the nearest skirt in sight/In fear, he’s lost control”) but there’s also a complex, political side to this revolutionary artist, referenced by the machine gun on the cover and a title that roughly translates into English as “My Machine.” It comes to the forefront on serious tracks like “Au” or the tense, tech-house closer “Tonite,” which warns the listener of “the very last good night of your life” since once a soldier has tasted blood, everything changes. For Mathambo, porn and politics aren’t at odds with one another, and they both deserve funky backbeats along with bold lyrics. Think of him as the African dubstep Prince, and the daring Mshini Wam as his Controversy.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer, Producer - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher - Avuyile Tosa, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Yolanda Fyrus Xashi, Producer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer, Producer - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher - Avuyile Tosa, FeaturedArtist - Yolanda Fyrus Xashi, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Zaki Ibrahim, FeaturedArtist - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer - Simon Williams, Producer - Gervase Gordon, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Zaki Ibrahim, FeaturedArtist - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer - Simon Williams, Composer, Producer - Gervase Gordon, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher - William Horrocks, Composer, Producer
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer - Affie Yusuf, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Ian Curtis, Composer - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Richard Rumney, Producer - Universal Music Publishing Group, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer, Producer - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher - Oscar Julius Marmelstein, Composer, Producer - Jeff Fressco Sapulettey, Composer, Producer
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Spoek Mathambo, MainArtist - Nthato Mokgata, Composer, Producer - Richard Rumney, Composer, Producer - Jake Lipman, Composer, Producer - BBE Music Publishing Ltd t/a FreeSpirit Songs, MusicPublisher
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
Album review
Producer/MC Spoek Mathambo presents a new kind of African music on Mshini Wam, an album that mixes hip-hop, dubstep, and Afro-pop, but that hyperkinetic, exciting sound is only half the reason this 2010 effort triumphs. Mathambo’s cheeky and sometimes sleazy attitude is the other, telling “all you doo doo talkers” that they “can eat my ass out” on “Don’t Mean to be Rude” or slaying the competition with “If you need a helping hand, let me know/My Grammy used to work with the mentally slow” on the space dub highlight “Out the Box.” “Control” does a great job messing with Joy Division (“And he’s clinging to the nearest skirt in sight/In fear, he’s lost control”) but there’s also a complex, political side to this revolutionary artist, referenced by the machine gun on the cover and a title that roughly translates into English as “My Machine.” It comes to the forefront on serious tracks like “Au” or the tense, tech-house closer “Tonite,” which warns the listener of “the very last good night of your life” since once a soldier has tasted blood, everything changes. For Mathambo, porn and politics aren’t at odds with one another, and they both deserve funky backbeats along with bold lyrics. Think of him as the African dubstep Prince, and the daring Mshini Wam as his Controversy.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:40
- Main artists: Spoek Mathambo
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BBE Music
- Genre: Electronic
(C) 2010 BBE Music (P) 2010 BBE Music
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