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Title: Beats me
Review: I've been a fan of Carlinhos Brown since even before Alfagamabetizado-- still his masterpiece IMHO--and I guess I'd buy pretty much anything he writes, performs, or produces. Saw this double CD in Spain this summer but I figured it would be easy to get in the states so I passed. It wasn't. Finally tracked it down through Amazon, though I had to wait a while. It wasn't worth the wait, with a couple of exceptions. Most of this album is "carnavalesque"--party beats, in other words, without much at all in the form of lyrical or musical depth. I guess the title "Candyall Beat" is truth in advertising. There are a couple of cool tracks though: Sambadream, Mariacaipirinha, and the remix of Bocarriba will get your Brazilian caipirinha party going wild. Other than that, this "experiment," I'm sorry to say, is pretty much a flop.
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