Idk man.
The high points on this album are washed out by the fact that this is over an hour long and has no real consistency. I certainly enjoyed a fair bit of this but there were some real head scratching moments
Honestly I was impressed with the album before the Welsh but after I heard verses in Welsh I was sold...
(First listen, may update with more detail)
Update: Unfortunately it's not an 89... It's still good, works great as a gym album and I love the Welsh on the album but other than that there's too few moments where it doesn't sound like a generic dance album, Still good but not AOTYworthy: 70
Rating is higher than I initially was gonna give it, but I happened to read the Spotify artist description and wow- for context: "Africa Express brings together musicians from different cultures, genres and generations to break boundaries and offer a new perspective on Africa and its music. Each event is unique, based upon on-the-spot collaboration and filled with unique moments of magic. [The UK-based nonprofit] was founded in 2006....then came the first public event: a legendary ... read more