Review From the Global Village Idiot: Once one of the major forces in Gambia's great Super Eagles, Njie decided to rework some of the old material over two volumes of Faateleku. The best tracks have been condensed onto this disc, and it's a reminder [+]Review From the Global Village Idiot: Once one of the major forces in Gambia's great Super Eagles, Njie decided to rework some of the old material over two volumes of Faateleku. The best tracks have been condensed onto this disc, and it's a reminder of a classic West African (although strongly Western-influenced) sound. He's still got a killer voice, and with the rise of African music, he no longer needs to dilute his sound to find an Occidental audience. Is it great? Not completely, it could have been rawer, but as a reminder of how things were, and how they can be tastefully updated, it's excellent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I thank Allah The Almighty (S.W.T.) for giving me the chance to make people happy. I also thank my late father Modou Njie Beachmaster (who left us very early). My dear mother Adji Sainabou Jobarteh for taking care of us - since and still. To my brothers and sisters, Dawooda, Mammy, Yandeh, Shiek Omar, Pa Njie Shorty, Lamin, Sally, Sira, Aunty Mary and Yazid Bensouda. To all my relatives, friends, fans, well-wishers, supporters and especially to those who helped me in my musical career. To my mother particularly, who initially never wanted me to become a musician, but later on gave her blessing. And to these fine people who in so many ways helped me down the line, B.B. Njie, Daddy Njie, Solomon Baba Preirra, Ola Coker (Jazz), John Thomas (Teacher), Alh. Babou Sowe, Jimmy Coron, Modou Cham, Sogi Sock, Badou Jobe, Paps Touray, Pa Lamin Drammeh, Laba Sosseh (El Maestro), Joseph Marcellin Kwa, Malick Secka, Sammy Ndame, Arnadou Bah, Femi Peters, Kaba (Mi) Jallow, Mousthafa Ndiaye (Gomis), Annie Dixon-Belle, Adji Awa Saho-Savage. Adji Bada Toure, to my management team George and Obiozor. To Aunty Haddy Njie and Ousainou Jobe of Faateleku, my friends and family in the U.S.A. especially to Katirn-Rohey for his extraordinary help. To master Habib Touray, my look-alike. To the Coker family in Hartford, Tom Ola, Bev, Lemu and Nerissa, Pastor Joseph E. Jackson, Brothers Vassell and Tyrell, Sisters Rhone, Nelly, Tyrell and Elsa Smith and the rest of the congregation. To Elie Nachif (Ello) of Yellow Gate, I say as usual, a big "Thank You!" To Elie's dad, family, friends and staff, I say it's been wonderful, "Let's do it again."
Last but not the least, to
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