Yousou N?Dour - Hey You

A PROMINENT WORLD MUSIC MAGAZINE RECENTLY DUBBED YOUSSOU N'DOUR THE "AFRICAN ARTIST OF THE CENTURY" - ON THE FACE OF IT A BOLD STATEMENT, BUT ONE THAT RAISES LITTLE ARGUMENT. THESE RECORDINGS FROM 1988 TO 1990 REPRESENT THE BEGINNINGS OF YOUSSOU AS AN INTERNATIONAL ARTIST AND WERE HIS FIRST RECORDINGS FOR A MAJOR LABEL, VIRGIN. THE ALBUMS THESE TRACKS CAME FROM CAN NOW BE REASSESSED TODAY AS BRILLIANTLY INNOVATIVE, GROUNDBREAKING MUSICAL MANIFESTOS THAT REFLECT THE HUGE VARIETY OF MUSICAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES YOUSSOU HAD EMBRACED SINCE HIS ARRIVAL ON THE GLOBAL WORLD MUSIC STAGE. YOUSSOU - TRULY THE GREATEST AFRICAN ARTIST OF THE CENTURY. NO CONTEST.