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Fans of Zap Mama, Sade and/or Soul II Soul will probably flip for this sister duo from Bordeaux, France. Though they tend to get billed as a hip-hop act, their music is much more complex than that: it's smooth like Sade (but much more melodically interesting), bass-heavy like Soul II Soul (but much more lyrically interesting), and "Afropean" like Zap Mama (but much less interesting; sorry ladies). "Demain," the lead-off track on Princesses Nubiennes, is a smooth jazz groove that is more tasty than nourishing, but there's a fair amount of both textural and lyrical complexity to "Makeda." "Tabou" is actually an adapted (and, frankly, much improved) version of Sade's "Sweetest Taboo" that features some excellent French rapping. "Embrasse-Moi" is both excruciatingly sexy and highly rhythmically sophisticated. Sure, they have a mildly distressing tendency to layer everything with an ultra-smooth surface sheen, but it's forgivable; chances are good that they'll rough things up a bit as they mature. In the meantime, just give up and wallow in the succulent loveliness of tracks like "Demain" and "Les Portes du Souvenir."
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Tim Latham, Mixer - Mounir Belkhir, Producer, Arranger - Les Nubians, Producer, MainArtist - Pascal Garnon, Engineer - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Lee Hamblin, Arranger - Everton Nelson, Arranger - Les Nubians, MainArtist - Hélène Faussart, Composer - Célia Faussart, Composer - Lee Hamblin For Z Management, Producer, Mixer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Mounir Belkhir, Composer, Writer - Les Nubians, Vocals, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Tim Latham, Mixer - Mounir Belkhir, Composer, Producer, Arranger - Les Nubians, Producer, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Pascal Garnon, Engineer - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Mounir Belkhir, Composer, Producer, Arranger - Les Nubians, Producer, MainArtist - Pascal Garnon, Engineer - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
souleymane diamanka, Writer - Les Nubians, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer - Lee Hamblin For Z Management, Producer, Mixer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Sade Adu, Composer, Writer - M. Ditcham, Composer - Casey, Vocals - S. Adu, Lyricist - Les Nubians, Lead Vocals, MainArtist, Compilation Artist - Lee Hamblin For Z Management, Producer, Mixer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Les Nubians, Vocals, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Mounir Belkhir, Composer, Producer - Princess Erika, Composer, Writer - Les Nubians, Producer, MainArtist - Sophie Masson, Mixer, Engineer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Lee Hamblin, Producer - Les Nubians, Producer, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Pascal Garnon, Engineer - Shy Laye Mane, Vocals - Thierry Nicolas Mane, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Les Nubians, Vocals, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Les Nubians, MainArtist - Pascal Garnon, Engineer - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer - Lee Hamblin For Z Management, Producer, Mixer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Les Nubians, Vocals, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Jean-Louis Aubert, Guitar - Les Nubians, Producer, MainArtist - Sophie Masson, Mixer, Engineer - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Percussion, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Les Nubians, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer - Lee Hamblin For Z Management, Producer, Mixer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Sade Adu, Writer - Martin Ditcham, Composer - Les Nubians, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Les Nubians, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - C.Lia Faussart, Composer, Writer - LN Faussart, Composer, Writer
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Fans of Zap Mama, Sade and/or Soul II Soul will probably flip for this sister duo from Bordeaux, France. Though they tend to get billed as a hip-hop act, their music is much more complex than that: it's smooth like Sade (but much more melodically interesting), bass-heavy like Soul II Soul (but much more lyrically interesting), and "Afropean" like Zap Mama (but much less interesting; sorry ladies). "Demain," the lead-off track on Princesses Nubiennes, is a smooth jazz groove that is more tasty than nourishing, but there's a fair amount of both textural and lyrical complexity to "Makeda." "Tabou" is actually an adapted (and, frankly, much improved) version of Sade's "Sweetest Taboo" that features some excellent French rapping. "Embrasse-Moi" is both excruciatingly sexy and highly rhythmically sophisticated. Sure, they have a mildly distressing tendency to layer everything with an ultra-smooth surface sheen, but it's forgivable; chances are good that they'll rough things up a bit as they mature. In the meantime, just give up and wallow in the succulent loveliness of tracks like "Demain" and "Les Portes du Souvenir."
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:25
- Main artists: Les Nubians
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone France
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
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