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Title: Rai ain't what it used to be
Review: Even 'cheb' (which means young and is hardly an adequate descritpion of the singer's age or the music) pushes the limits.This is reasonably competant pop music, executed with enough "ethnic" flair to pass, but hardly a major step away from the tons of Euro-pop out there. Good thing you can't understand the lyrics, because you might as well be listening to Brittany Spears if you could.With rai pioneers like Khaled (whose recent work is still passable and whose first few recordings from the early 80s were brilliant) and 'le pere du rai' Bellamou Messaoud readily available on CD, why waste your money on this studio-generated pop?
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