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Beninese singer, songwriter, and activist Angélique Kidjo has always showcased the indelible influence of the African continent's varied musical traditions on global popular music. Recent examples include her 2018 track-for-track remake of the Talking Heads' Remain in Light, and 2019's Celia, her tribute to salsa goddess Celia Cruz, who spent her career celebrating the primacy of African sources in Cuban music. Mother Nature goes further than either of those records. Kidjo's first album of original music in years, it was created with a host of -- mostly -- younger collaborators from several countries.
Opener "Choose Love" was co-written by Zimbabwean-American songwriter Shungudzo Kuyimba and Nigerian-born songwriter/music executive Adeniyi "Synematik" Adelekan. A rousing chant sung in rounds, it features Benin countryman Lionel Loueke's guitar as the only instrumental accompaniment; Kidjo and Kuyimba meld their euphoric voices in the chorus. The original "Dignity" is a massively funky duet with Nigerian Afro-pop singer and co-composer Yemi Alade. It's an anthem of resistance inspired by the Nigerian youth movement's attempt to disband the country's notoriously corrupt Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The inspiring "Africa, One of a Kind" features Nigerian singer/songwriter and producer Mr Eazi. Amid the bumping, bouncing, string-heavy mix fueled by the Malian guitar/bass trio of Joshua Moszi, Djessou Mory Kanté, and Ijomone Emmanuel is a familiar voice lifting up the other singers: Salif Keita's classic "Africa" is amply sampled here as the tune's core. Other highlights include the title track, co-written by Kidjo, her husband, keyboardist and producer Jean Hébrail, and British songwriter Jenn Decilveo, and performed with Kidjo's road band. Its meld of reggae, highlife, and Afrobeat offers both an homage to the planet and a warning to those who would refuse to honor and protect her. Other highlights include the bumping groover "Do Yourself" with Nigerian singer/songwriter/rapper (and Grammy winner) Burna Boy. Co-produced by Chisom Ezeh and Rexxie, it's a joyous number built for the dancefloor, offering intricate vocal lines and soaring choruses atop layers of percussion, guitars, keyboards, and abundantly layered loops. Kidjo and Kuyimba re-team on "Meant for Me," an infectiously danceable testament to acceptance with Synematik handling the instrumentation and samples. Kidjo joins Zambian singer/songwriter Sampa the Great on the breezy, skittering, poignant empowerment manifesto "Free & Equal," and on "Take It or Leave It" she teams with Atlanta hip-hop duo EarthGang, with Kuyimba on backing vocals and production by the Roots' James Poyser. Brit jazz-hop duo Blue Lab Beats and Ghetto Boy assist on the simmering club banger "Fired Up," slamming hip-hop and West African rhythms under guitarist Dominic James, who crisscrosses through juju and highlife with Malian blues runs and spidery funk. Kidjo delves into dramatic pop chanson on "Mycelium" with French singer and guitarist -M- (Mathieu Chédid), a frequent collaborator of Malian pop singing duo Amadou & Mariam. On Mother Nature, Kidjo delivers not only an infectious, danceable transcontinental showcase for the African continent's musical influence on global traditions, but emphatically proclaims it a primary engine in pop's future.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Jean Hebrail, Producer - Lionel Loueke, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Angelique Kidjo, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eli Wolf, Producer, Executive Producer - Brad Thomas Ackley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Adeniyi Adelekan, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo Kuyimba, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, ComposerLyricist - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Yemi Alade, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naima Hebrail, ComposerLyricist - Victor Tareware Kpoudosu, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, ComposerLyricist - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Salif Keita, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leandro Hidalgo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Faridah Demola-Seriki, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fati Kouyaté, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mr Eazi, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, ComposerLyricist - Killertunes, Producer - Kel-P, Producer - Daniel Otaniyen-Uwa, ComposerLyricist - Kante Djessou, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Moszi, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ijomone Emmanuel, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aïcha Marikio, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Kouyate, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Decilveo, ComposerLyricist - Leandro Hidalgo, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julien Raffin, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Kel-P, Producer
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Angelique Kidjo, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Burna Boy, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Damini Ogulu, Author - Chisom Ezeh, Composer, Producer - Jesse Ray Ernster, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Miles Walker, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eli Wolf, Producer, Executive Producer - Synematik, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adeniyi Adelekan, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo Kuyimba, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, Producer - Lionel Loueke, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Angelique Kidjo, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Thomas Ackley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zeynab, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oloukémi Zeynab ABIBOU, ComposerLyricist - Dègbogbahoun Kamarou, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Djidonou Robert, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Poyser, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eli Wolf, Producer, Executive Producer - Joao Mota, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Riley Bell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sampa the Great, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sampa Tembo, ComposerLyricist - Shungudzo Kuyimba, Vocal Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naima Hebrail, Author - Tio Nason, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, ComposerLyricist - ROB CHIARELLI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dominic James, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Namali Kwaten, ComposerLyricist - David Mrakpor, ComposerLyricist - NK-OK, Drums, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Lab Beats, Producer, Programming, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Naima Hebrail, Author - Mr DM, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Kameni, ComposerLyricist - Ghetto Boy, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ROB CHIARELLI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Poyser, Producer, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eli Wolf, Producer, Executive Producer - Joao Mota, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shungudzo Kuyimba, Author, Vocal Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - EarthGang, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Naima Hebrail, Author - Olu Fann, Author
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
ROB CHIARELLI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Rouger, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rémy Galichet, Horn Arranger, Strings Director, AssociatedPerformer - Thierry Vaton, Rhodes , AssociatedPerformer - Matthieu Chedid, Composer - Gregoire Korniluk, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - -M-, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Thomas Ackley, Producer, Co-Arranger, Guitar, Percussion, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Elodie Michalakakos, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Cynthia Perrin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Antoine Degremont, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Feuillas, Author
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Daoud, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - ROB CHIARELLI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Xavier Tribolet, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Angelique Kidjo, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Amen Viana, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Thierry Jasmin Banaré, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Donatien, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Synthesizer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Kabaselé, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Jean Hebrail, Author - Jonah, Composer - Angelique Kidjo, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dany Synthé, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremie Tuil, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kouny Mestre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Decca Records France
Resenha do Álbum
Beninese singer, songwriter, and activist Angélique Kidjo has always showcased the indelible influence of the African continent's varied musical traditions on global popular music. Recent examples include her 2018 track-for-track remake of the Talking Heads' Remain in Light, and 2019's Celia, her tribute to salsa goddess Celia Cruz, who spent her career celebrating the primacy of African sources in Cuban music. Mother Nature goes further than either of those records. Kidjo's first album of original music in years, it was created with a host of -- mostly -- younger collaborators from several countries.
Opener "Choose Love" was co-written by Zimbabwean-American songwriter Shungudzo Kuyimba and Nigerian-born songwriter/music executive Adeniyi "Synematik" Adelekan. A rousing chant sung in rounds, it features Benin countryman Lionel Loueke's guitar as the only instrumental accompaniment; Kidjo and Kuyimba meld their euphoric voices in the chorus. The original "Dignity" is a massively funky duet with Nigerian Afro-pop singer and co-composer Yemi Alade. It's an anthem of resistance inspired by the Nigerian youth movement's attempt to disband the country's notoriously corrupt Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The inspiring "Africa, One of a Kind" features Nigerian singer/songwriter and producer Mr Eazi. Amid the bumping, bouncing, string-heavy mix fueled by the Malian guitar/bass trio of Joshua Moszi, Djessou Mory Kanté, and Ijomone Emmanuel is a familiar voice lifting up the other singers: Salif Keita's classic "Africa" is amply sampled here as the tune's core. Other highlights include the title track, co-written by Kidjo, her husband, keyboardist and producer Jean Hébrail, and British songwriter Jenn Decilveo, and performed with Kidjo's road band. Its meld of reggae, highlife, and Afrobeat offers both an homage to the planet and a warning to those who would refuse to honor and protect her. Other highlights include the bumping groover "Do Yourself" with Nigerian singer/songwriter/rapper (and Grammy winner) Burna Boy. Co-produced by Chisom Ezeh and Rexxie, it's a joyous number built for the dancefloor, offering intricate vocal lines and soaring choruses atop layers of percussion, guitars, keyboards, and abundantly layered loops. Kidjo and Kuyimba re-team on "Meant for Me," an infectiously danceable testament to acceptance with Synematik handling the instrumentation and samples. Kidjo joins Zambian singer/songwriter Sampa the Great on the breezy, skittering, poignant empowerment manifesto "Free & Equal," and on "Take It or Leave It" she teams with Atlanta hip-hop duo EarthGang, with Kuyimba on backing vocals and production by the Roots' James Poyser. Brit jazz-hop duo Blue Lab Beats and Ghetto Boy assist on the simmering club banger "Fired Up," slamming hip-hop and West African rhythms under guitarist Dominic James, who crisscrosses through juju and highlife with Malian blues runs and spidery funk. Kidjo delves into dramatic pop chanson on "Mycelium" with French singer and guitarist -M- (Mathieu Chédid), a frequent collaborator of Malian pop singing duo Amadou & Mariam. On Mother Nature, Kidjo delivers not only an infectious, danceable transcontinental showcase for the African continent's musical influence on global traditions, but emphatically proclaims it a primary engine in pop's future.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Sobre o álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 13 faixa(s)
- Duração total: 00:40:13
- Artistas principais: Angélique Kidjo
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Gravadora: Universal Music Division Decca Records France
- Género: World music África
© 2021 Decca Records France ℗ 2021 Decca Records France
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