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Ragheb Alama - Musicial Genius or Master of Mockery?

Louis | USA | 11/29/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Well, I found this CD sitting around at work. Obviously, someone had brought it in and used it to listen to one of the stereo systems that we sell. Upon inspection, the artist name didn't ring a bell, so I put it in the CD player. I was very suprised to hear what sounded like east asian music, done completely with synthesizers and synthetic drums. I asked one of my colleagues, who happens to be of Indian descent, and he told me that it was more-or-less a rap version of Indian traditional songs. Regardless, I was very amused that somebody had taken the time to produce an album of traditional east-Asian music with completely synthetic instruments. I would give this album 4 stars, because it its very amusing. Ragheb Alama really has something here -- what it is, I'm not really too sure."