Ofege - Try and Love
A fairly busy sounding African funk experience, which swings between working well ('It Ain't Easy') and just being "meh" (the wah-wahs don't mix well with the drums on 'Nobody Fails') depending on the song. As others have pointed out, the guitar work is generally fantastic and the overall atmosphere is pretty nice...like a more chilled out Fela Kuti.
What surprised me the most is how everything is sung in English, which isn't a bad thing but I'm guessing that means these guys were shooting for an international audience at one point. Like if you go back to the early 70's and look at the R&b/soul/funk coming out of Hungary or parts of Indonesia very little of it was sung in English. It works in this case, but I still found it interesting.
6 out of 10
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