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Released
  
1994

Wango (1994)
  
Firin' in Fouta (1994)

Artist
  
Baaba Maal

Label
  
Mango Records

Genre
  
World music

Length
  
55:04

Firin' in Fouta (1994)
  
Gorel (1995)

Release date
  
1994

Producer
  
Simon Emmerson

Firin' in Fouta httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenbbeFir

Similar
  
Baaba Maal albums, World music albums

Baaba maal firin in fouta jelatininde cd


Firin' in Fouta is an album by Senegalese singer Baaba Maal. It was released in 1994, and is his fourth release on Mango Records, including one with Mansour Seck (Seck provides backing vocals on this album). It was produced and engineered by Afro Celts Simon Emmerson and Martin Russell, respectively.

Contents

While largely classified as world music, it features beats and melodies and vocals associated with many genres, such as: hip hop, pop and, occasionally salsa.

The album features a large number of guest musicians such as Andy Sheppard, Didier Awadi and Amadou Barry of Positive Black Soul, Michael Brook, Dave Bottrill, and Jah Wobble.

Track listing

  1. "Sidiki" – 4:53
  2. "African Woman" – 6:05
  3. "Swing Yela" – 4:24
  4. "Mbaye" – 5:01
  5. "Njilou" – 5:30
  6. "Gorel" – 5:28
  7. "Sama Duniya" – 5:19
  8. "Salimoun" (Funky Kora) – 5:02
  9. "Ba" – 7:14
  10. "Tiedo" – 6:08

Songs

1Sidiki4:53
2African Woman6:06
3Swing Yela4:24

References

Firin' in Fouta Wikipedia
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