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KOMPA! MAGAZINE The site for Haitian Music News as it happens, debates & more.
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Starman
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 42 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL & Southampton, NY |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Mr KM well put,greattttt review,agree a 1000% with you.St Valentin is also my favorite. |
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Sanrick
Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 12483 Location: Everett-MA |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: |
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SIROMYEL wrote: |
You guys are starting to make me think that there' something wrong with my ears.
jean, I went and listened and listened...
I am not saying this album is not good...musically it is very good.
But I still maintain that it does not have the commercial sound that will appeal to the mass of kompa listeners. |
Syro, Like JVJ said, retire bagay commercial la nan tete ou so you can enjoy this cd to the fullest.
I noticed you're not the only one to say that because a lot of people were expecting a commercial sound that every band is playing out there. Ritchie went the other way.
St Valentin, A Lanve, Suk Sale & MMS are my favorites
Good job on the review Pat. _________________ _______________________________________
“Cultural change is hard, but cultures do change after major traumas.” Samuel P. Huntington
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wallywal
Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 5012 Location: montreal |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:50 am Post subject: |
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i just can't get enough of that track 'a lanve' the whole cd is tha bomb just like i said it would be.All the B.S talkers that was talking about GRACIA beeing OVERATED i bet ya eating your words out now. |
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jeancelestin
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 12591 Location: BOSTON - EN LAS TODAS PARTES |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Masterpice by richie again! " Du bon bagay"! That is all i can say.
Papa is a bomb! A l'envers, that is how kompa used to be played.
Bon bagay! _________________ AUX PAS, AVEC LE KOMPAS! |
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Jay Brooklyn
Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 21884 Location: Brooklyn, USA |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Patrick Desvarieux, se ave'w map mache
Excellent review. There's nothing for me to add.
Mwen we ke'w konten pou bel travay R&G lage ate... _________________ BAT CHIEN AN, TANN MET LI! |
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Haitianone
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 16180 Location: BOSTON,MA |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:21 am Post subject: |
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6) PRAN PLEZI NOU (DP EXPRESS): I don't recall this DP Express song, maybe because I was a SCORPIO fan, so I blocked everything that had to do with DP out of my mind. Having said that, the track is very well put together. Pardon me if I am a bit lukewarm towards the adaption songs on this cd. I will tell you why later in the review. |
Pat, this version of this classic was in my view very weak. It would have been adviseable to not done it. A classic song should never be a filler in a remake. It shows lack of respect in my view. Other then that the CD is excellent. |
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jeanVALjean
Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 9356 Location: Florida |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: |
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You're right H1..After listening to the original, this version is slightly weaker...
However,
It's placement behind " A lanve" and just before "St. Valentin" is good for me...it gives you two faster paced songs before the ballad...Personally, I like the song and don't have a big problem with it... _________________ Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach |
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BABYFACE
Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 6100 Location: QUEENS, N.Y. (km) |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: |
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PAT, very good review. You've taken the right time to listen to the album. _________________
HARMONIKER FOR LIFE |
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Kremas
Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 162 Location: BK, New York |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent review. The album is everything that you said and more. I won't comment on the pertinent positive since you have meticulously covered all of them.`However
I will side with you on the issue of the adaptation. the album has 3 adaptations and two intro (1 & 5) which left it with as little as 6 original compositions. This is a bit below the mark. That is the second time Richie has produced a short handed album. Just for the sake of history, I will mention that richie's previous album had about the same number of original composition. But, compare tho this album, the adpatation were masterpeices and somehow were percived as original. In all honesty, they were the closest you can come to an original song.
The adpatation in this Richie and Gracia's album should not have been signed Richie. As far as i'm concerned they were just straigt up rendition of the original. The were not adapted to fit any special musical genre or purpose as one would expect from an adaptation. These 3 song should have been credited to the original composers, Richie should not have signed them.
Why so many interlude, intro and adptations?
Simple, lack of composition from Gracia Delva. I was disappointed to see that there were no composition from Gracia Delva on the album. As someone who wrote 3/4 of Mass sompas latest CD, I felt like Gracia should have put more on the album. Gracia's lack of involvement beside the singing made the album more like a Richie project to which Gracia was invited. _________________ Artist will shine and stumble after their prime,
Band will rise and disappear after their time.
"Do your band a favor, be a fan of good music" |
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maraboute
Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 385 Location: your heart baby! |
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Nice breakdown...
I can't wait to listen to the CD...I knew this would be a masterpiece. Anyway, CD was sold out in my area(good sign I guess). I will check again.... _________________ Jazz la chanje couleur mais li pas chanje temperament....GC |
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