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Timbuktu - En high 5 & 1 falafelTimbuktu
En high 5 & 1 falafel
JuJu Records

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Timbuktu is back with his new record "En high 5 & 1 falafel" and it starts off with a few words from the new President Barack Obama before continuing with no surprise, in its political ways. That is also the theme for this new creation of Timbuktu's, no surprise. There are a few differences when compared to previous releases though and one is that Timbuktu has incorporated a lot more different genres and has created a modified sound, but it isn't enough to get the listener interested. Timbuktu became one of Sweden's most loved artists and with both "W.D.M.D" and "The botten is nåd" in his back pocket for good reason, but when "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö" was released you could sense that Timbuktu's steam was running out and with this new album there wasn't any left. Still though, Timbuktu is a good musician and even though this isn't his best release it still has some reasonable level of quality.
- Morten Frisch

Fri, Jan 9th, 2009 11:14:10

Timbuktu
Alla vill till himmelen
JuJu Records

I'd say that Swedish hip-hop had its commercial peak 6 years ago with the release of Petter's second album "Bananrepubliken", but it has yet to reach its creative zenith. The only two acts that really interest me anymore are Looptroop (who got a new album coming out soon) and, to some extent, Timbuktu who has been enjoying critical acclaim and large records sales since his second album "W.D.M.D.". It's been written a lot in the Swedish press about this latest offering from Timbuktu, and how the album is supposedly inspired by a car crash that Jason Diakité (Timbuktu's real name) miraculously survived, but the album hasn't got as good reviews as his last two. For once, the press is right – this album is not as good as Timbuktu's older material but still it contains some swinging tracks.
- Simon Tagestam

Tue, May 3rd, 2005 00:00:00