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  • Release Date: 09/22/1998
  • Sales Rank: 25,700
  • Label: HIGHER OCTAVE
  • UPC: 724384599720

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Princesses Nubiennes

1LISTENDemain (Jazz) 3:50
2LISTENLes Portes du Souvenir 4:58
3LISTENAbbeylude (Interlude) 0:28
4LISTENMakeda 4:53
5LISTENSourire 2:36
6LISTENPrincesse Nubienne 5:19
7LISTENTabou 4:28
8LISTENMystic (Interlude) 0:22
9LISTENEmbrasse-Moi 4:38
10LISTENSugar Cane 4:36
11LISTENBebela 4:46
12LISTENSi Je T'Avais Ecoute 4:14
13LISTENHymne Nubien (Interlude) 1:11
14LISTENVoyager 4:27
15LISTENDesolee 8:32

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Editorial Reviews

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, All Music Guide

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Princesses Nubiennesby Anonymous

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August 10, 2004: I just bought this CD, and while I can appreciate the other reviews that go into complex musical assessment of the tracks, the entire CD is quite simply BEAUTIFUL. The music reminds me of the music played in Sephora stores. Upon entering you automatically feel sexy, international, and culturally hip. A glass of wine, Vogue magazine, and this CD- instantly unwinds. Most lovely.

Princesses Nubiennesby Anonymous

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April 13, 2003: I bought this CD and I put somewhere and i forgot about it. recntly i found it,and i luve it! the music is so catchy. sometimes i end up singing the songs in class and my friends look and me and think wat the hell is she saying. its great because i am french so i no wat there are saying.


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