tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post4589147188216787769..comments2023-05-19T01:23:40.474-07:00Comments on W A S S O U L O U: K7-12: Wa FlashTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13067134970119384235noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post-64546069658428412712017-03-24T16:16:06.614-07:002017-03-24T16:16:06.614-07:00It's a great tape whom I used to like back the...It's a great tape whom I used to like back then. People have fifferent tastes I guessMouhamadouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173606488396312295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post-32203489312947679652010-03-26T13:53:53.885-07:002010-03-26T13:53:53.885-07:00This tape really sat well with me. Great work Wass...This tape really sat well with me. Great work Wassoulou, much obliged!kreismyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15965034513976990184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post-49070711744319936892010-03-25T08:16:49.988-07:002010-03-25T08:16:49.988-07:00thx for sharing, waflash kicks solid butt, speakin...thx for sharing, waflash kicks solid butt, speaking of that I'm in love with masane's, lolkardaboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post-6715445210332466552010-03-24T06:37:05.418-07:002010-03-24T06:37:05.418-07:00Normally not comment on when an album disappoints ...Normally not comment on when an album disappoints me.<br /><br />I personally like all kinds of mbalax, even some without much quality.<br /><br />I wanted to give my opinion,for the case if someone does not know the mbalax music was not disappointed and so dismiss in their menu this kind of music.<br /><br />The term soft is not derogatory, I have compared with Pop-music,that is music to eat all day, other than the mbalax of wild dancing.<br /><br />I love OUZA but in the case of Wa Flash, some cassette of Viviane and some new singers want to make a French or American style to sell more abroad, and only manages to change the taste of young people in Senegal.<br /><br />But I recognize that even Wa Flash, have great moments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post-2458431335058423092010-03-24T01:44:52.928-07:002010-03-24T01:44:52.928-07:00I've been considering your comment and decided...I've been considering your comment and decided that in my opinion, most if not all mbalax today sounds like what you call "soft" mbalax, such as this tape.<br /><br />I don't think Wa Flash or Ouza are any sort of outliers in Senegalese music, as your distinction of 'soft' suggests. Rather, I think they're right in the middle of it. If one were to step into Dakar now, these two groups would get lost in the shuffle of hundreds of others that sound quite similar, which is to say they all sound like mbalax.<br /><br />I definitely don't think they're adopting a Western sound. I think they're playing music specifically for Wolof people the way the Wolof people want to hear it (including the multitude of other ethnicities in Senegal who understand Wolof), and that this music uses keyboards and drumset, etc, to achieve that. I only think this based on the videos playing everyday and night on RTS and the packed nightclubs, which are presumably seen only by Senegalese and a few travelers. <br /><br />Whether or not you like it is a different point that shouldn't be challenged by anyone, but I only want to say that I think these two examples are as mbalax as any other group in Senegal today.<br /><br />That's only my long-winded opinion. Anyone else out there have any thoughts? I see quite a few people downloaded it.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067134970119384235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977943071369886927.post-48273403139169212442010-03-23T05:20:10.436-07:002010-03-23T05:20:10.436-07:00You put two examples of soft Mbalax(something like...You put two examples of soft Mbalax(something like the Anglo-speaking called pop-music), Wa Flash based in mbalax mixed with Western sound (the wrong way) and The Master Ouza, creating from tradition (the road to modernize the sound but Senegal to 100%.)<br /><br />Now I'm listening to Masane but I don't like anything,thank you for bringing mbalax to the blog, but this time we do not agree.<br />Jajeef.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com