Only music already born out of a cultural collision–the gospel tradition of Ghana–could produce the strange, entrancing hybrid of this Esther Smith cassette, where the sophisticated sounds of mid-80s synth-pop meld with gorgeous Ghanaian vocal acrobatics. T-Pain could take lessons from the way Smith incorporates unearthly processing into her loosely woven harmonies. Course it helps that she can really sing. [Awesome Tapes From Africa]

 
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  1. Little White Earbuds  |   Posted on Oct 24th, 2007

    Is there any way this site (hell, a lot of the Gawker sites these days) could have a more confusing and obscured layout? Seriously, what is all that shit lurking at the top of the page? Whatever happened to the simple layouts which accompanied Gawker’s rise to power?

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