Africa Brasil

African vibes I guess

Didn't understand a word but the dude is Funky!

Started well, but blended into a tasteless murmur.

Not a fan. It's samba-y and whatnot, but I'm not a fan

Whilst I appreciate the music and the genre crossing sounds made on this album, I can't get to grips with it.

Brazilian pop that’s not very good. Lackluster songs and delivery.

I enjoy the non-english language albums on this list because I most likely never would've listened to them on my own. This one is vibey in parts, but overall a bit too wacky and over-the-top for me.

Not a bad album. I quite liked the funk vibe at first. But its all blends into one. I do tend to find most s. american music very samey though. Their music seems to follow a repetitive pattern for me. Its almost like they sample some music and just put it on repeat for 4 mins. Some good guitar funk and licks going on at times. No particular stand out tracks to me though on a first listen. Some of it reminds me of that brazilian football tune " o bar, obar obar". Still not enough to save the rating for the album tho. Wow, so many 5/5 ratings for this album. Honestly, they must have been smoking crack. Maybe thats the secret to enjoying it. Rating 2/5.

It was all right

Not for me

It was okay

Not bad for some older Brazilian tunes but I don't see myself listening to it unless I am south of the border

A very well produced album, wish I understood Portuguese. Giving this 2. While I did enjoy the project and liked a few songs, I don’t see myself coming back to this often, if at all.

Besides the fact I couldn't understand the lyrics, I didn't think this was too bad. Made me think of being on a beach drinking a Pina Colada. Some decent music and good sounds, but really just not my thing. About 3-4 songs in, they started using an instrument that sounded like a whistle/flute way too much. It started to annoy me. Not bad, not great and probably won't ever revisit, but I appreciated the listen. 2.5

2.5 I guess Jorge’s fusion of Brazilian samba with American funk music is alright, but it really never got me in that groovy, danceable mood that either genre is known for. I feel like it gets close at times, but never quite to a point to ever fully suck me in or leave much of a lasting impression for that matter. Honestly, I think the only song here that I would really walk away saying I kind of liked was the titular and closing track, África Brasil, mostly because it felt kind of angsty, like he was angrily screaming some of the lyrics. Outside of that, the only other song that stood out to me was Taj Mahal, a really annoying track that is retroactively worsened by the fact that it later inspired/was stolen by Rod Stewart for Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? I don’t really hear it that much, but honestly, I wasn't overly invested in giving either song a long and thorough enough listen to really make that determination. Not bad, but it’s not for me. Though, did anyone else hear him asking about Joe Gatto throughout the album? I don’t know what he’s doing since he left the Impractical Jokers either, man.

Not really my thing

Interesting

Well…thank you for this one! Would never have played anything like this before, and I’m glad I did!

I’m afraid this was just too Brazilian for me. While I can appreciate the genre, I just couldn’t enjoy the music all that much.

Ok not really into this

The 2nd best Brazilian album I’ve listened to this week. Nice happy vibe but I’m not loving his vocal. A low 2.

The cuíca isn't as grating as the electric jug but it's pretty damn close.

Funky but all the memorable.

Samba funk. No está mal, pero no me gusta este estilo de música.

Interesting but gets old fast.

Not for me but we got it done 💪

Very different from what I usually listen to, loved the variety of instruments. The first song was a banger which I actually knew because its about a soccer player. The rest of the songs didn't interest me, not big into samba or how much he "talk-sings". Taj Mahal was really weird - wish I knew what he was singing about.

Fun but not really for me. All kind of blended together

Instrumentals were great! A fun listen of a genre I don’t often listen to

cool foreign sounds to mix things up from western music, but probably mostly a novelty for me

Couple good songs

1.5/5⭐️ Best song: O Plebeu Worst song: Xica Da Silva Comments: Really not my cup of tea, there were a couple good parts here and there but the songs just weren’t something I would listen to again unfortunately

Fun album but I didn’t understand a word of it

Meh

Not my style, I can't relax when listening to this.

During the first tracks of the album, I thought it could be quite interesting. Around the middle, I wasn't interested anymore.

Not my genre. Some songs are good, probably... but the arrangements are not for me. Taj Mahal could definitely become a decent song if it was rock band playing it as a slow ballad.

Reminded me of Lee Scratch Perry. But not as good.

- Not my thing at all but it is insanely groovy and fun

I really wanted to like this album, but I just couldn't get a feel for it.

More bossanova-like Brasilian music.... Not as painful to listen to as the Astrid Gilberto punishment, more variation in rhythm and more lively, but again an hour of utter tropical boredom.

Alright if I was in the mood.

not my typa music

Pretty sure someone was playing a balloon….

Afrikanischer Samba.

2.5

It was enjoyable, but because I couldn't understand the lyrics it just washed over me like instrumental music does.

Ugh

Fun enough, wish I could understand it. Ok.

Meh

I don't like dance music or 70s music or apparently Brazilian music.

One or two good songs, some unexpected N64 sounds tracks but overall uninteresting. Good back ground music.

I do not expect harmonic sophistication from ethnic music, but I do expect it to be rhythmically interesting. This was not.

Not my style but good music.

Not my style.

Altmodischer sound - musste damals alles Rock & Funk sein. Ein Irrtum!

Kinda neat

Ok

different, but not really for me.

Doesn’t offend

Gear: Moondrop Variations Mische: belanglos - bassarm und spitz Mugge: belanglos - aber sicherlich nett als Dinner-Musik Wertung: 2/5

didn't NOT like, but hard to listen to with ADHD

Nicht mein Ding

This is slightly more elevated than a dollar bin album, but not more than a $2 bin album.

Eh

Instrumentals are good, but I'm not a fan of foreign language music that I can't understand at all.

Zou het zelf niet zo snel opzetten, maar wel goed vibe’je!

Ik heb al genoeg schreeuwende Brazilianen op werk. Nee dank

навіть не знаю коли це можна слухати

Not really my style

I didnt finish the album. I can tell it is quality music but yesterday I couldn't get behind it being in Portuguese. I would love to hear it in English but I am sure it would lose some of the magic.

This is the first album on the list that was completely unfamiliar to me. I'm really glad for that - I haven't spent much time learning about music in recent years and I've been missing that. Also, the scant bit of Brazilian music I've heard before I've liked (well known Bossanova type stuff). That said, to me this album was more "a sound" than "songs", in part because I don't speak Portuguese.

Transport me to a movie from the 70s where I'm in a upscale hotel lobby of a foreign country.

Not in English. Good beat though.

Cute but not for me. I liked the monkey sounds though.

Occasionally interesting but not anything I’d ever listen to again

not bad. listenable. quand même des bons bouts instrumentales coté guitare. mais pas mon style 4.5/10

Didn't hit right.

not really my kind of thing, can appreciate some of the funk.

Don't speak Portuguese, so had no comprehension of any of this. Quite enjoyed the sound though. Probably won't be back, hard to give a fair review without understanding any of it but it wasn't bad. 2.5

p362. 1976. 2.5 stars Came cold to this, didn't dislike it but wasn't blown away by it either. Unlikely to listen to it again.

Not bad but not really for me.

Power to those who can find something in this. Just like chilli chocolate, just not for me.

This album has an interesting sound and it's made well, but this style isn't my favorite. There's also an instrument / sound effect that sounds like a tiny little monkey hooting every couple seconds that I can't stand. I don't plan to return to this one. Minus one star for the hooting noise.

Never heard of this guy before! I like the album overall, but ever since The Sims 2, I've had a bit of a dislike for the cuíca :') the sound it makes really grinds of me. So I don't think that this is an album I'll randomly put on again, maybe just a few of the tracks.

África Brasil is Brazilian artist Jorge Ben's - going by Jorge Ben Jor since the 80's - 14th album. This is one of his best-known recordings and it's a milestone in his career because he incorporated African, Brazilian, and American funk genres. This album is popular in Brazil and among soccer fans. It was a great samba funk album, however the lyrics being mostly in another language didn't make it easy to listen to. The musical vibes were good though. I'm sure any Portuguese speaking people would really like this album.

There’s some extraordinarily cool beats and music here. It’s not to my taste but I can genuinely say I understand why people would love it even if I didn’t.

Fine!

I don’t know if I really liked this album. I don’t see how it’s influential it just seems like another album? I don’t know if i’m missing something. I see where it could be enjoyed but not really for me.

Not sure if I just didn’t get it, maybe this is one of those albums I’ll like after another listen. But I didn’t dig this too much and at time felt agitated with songs.

Кратко: не моё Хорошечно помыла посуду под него Долго пыталась понять, на каком языке поёт, да и вообще из какого региона Язык как бы похож на испанский, но какой-то картавый Местами вообще восточные мотивы ака Индия (казалось бы, название альбома Africa Brazil) По итогу как минимум одна песня на португальском)) В общем по lyrics ничегошеньки непонятно Если верить Гуглу, одна песня про футболиста Ещё одна про любовь восточных принца и принцессы Автор всё записывал на чилле на расслабоне, такой ровный безмятежный вайб В середине альбома трек тажжь махал понравился Афигела с количества monthly listeners на спотике — 2,7 mln!!!

Allright det her. Føler jeg vandrer gjennom den gode delen av slummen til Rio De Janeiro. Sklir litt ut etter hvert og stemmen blir litt gjentakende.

eh

Samba funk. No está mal, pero no me gusta este estilo de música.

This is slightly more elevated than a dollar bin album, but not more than a $2 bin album.

Not my cup of tea.

T3B 1. Ponta De Lanca Africano 2. Hermes Trismegisto Escreveu 3. Xica Da Silva The monkey drum was almost driving me nuts. Very jarring at times.

Not a fan

I'm not Brazilian and I don't speak the language, so it was a non-starter for me. I did listen to all of it, and the tune was catchy in parts, but it wouldn't have been my choice.

Groovy and Spanish

Veldig masse gnikkelyda

Not my style

I'm too depressed to dance to this tropical nonsense.

Gefällt mir nicht. Ist nicht furchtbar, bleibt aber trotz aller Einflüsse uninteressant.

Not really my taste.

Meh

It was interesting I guess

Africa Brasil is not better than the countless other stuff we've had of a similar ilk. 2/5.

Listen to Samba Esquemo Novo instead, this aint it fam

C'est pas mes 2 pays préférés

Bra sväng men inte mycket mer

This was really not my type of music. By the end I found it grating to the ears.

4/10

Nothing much against it, but not my cup of tea. I like some Sergio Mendez, but this wasn’t quite up to that level.

Kind of boring, found myself drifting off and not really paying attention to the music.

Ook best leuk en vrolijk voor een keer. Werkt wel goed op een feestje lijkt me, maar niet thuis.

Ook niet mijn ding.

October 11, 2021 I liked the first song but it kind of went downhill from there. OK but I didn't get very into it.

This is undoubtedly one of the better attempts to incorporate funk into Brazilian music, but that isn't saying much. It just means that it isn't outright embarrassing like Tony Tornado's output, another James Brown imitator. Actually, that's not quite fair. Jorge Ben is more taking the path of tackling American funk by way of Fela Kuti, which is to say that he's diluted and dumbed down the American funk elements before incorporating them, which probably also accounts for Africa Brasil's appearance on this list. (It also probably doesn't hurt that the opening track from Africa Brasil was included on the David Byrne anthology Beleza Tropical: Brazil Classics 1.) That Fela strategy isn't as difficult as straight imitation and allows for a more balanced fusion as well. There's another reason using Fela as a touchstone makes sense. The call and response elements so central to Fela's music are also central to the Samba-de-Roda style that came out of Bahia, which is explicitly African in origin. That's all well and good, but the unfortunately, the result is rather bland. The funk aspect is generic, and the main thing, aside from Jorge Ben's voice, that gives this music some Brazilian character is prominent use of the Cuica drum, with its characteristic talking squeak. Also, the melodies are undistinguished, even if Ben's singing is fine. All this makes for a pleasant enough, if dull listen. But when you think of of all the absolutely magical Brazilian albums they could have picked for this list, it's a real head scratcher. Well, actually not so much, if you want to be lazy and follow mainstream critical thinking, led by tastemakers like David Byrne (nothing against him). The sad thing is, as weak as Brazilan/funk fusions usually are, there are much better attempts at American funk/Brazilian music that could have been chosen, like Banda Black Rio's Maria Fumaça or Dom Salvador E Abolição's Som, Sangue E Raça. But that would require actual taste and critical thinking

Не нашла альбом, сори

Inoffensive background music. Decent stuff but won't be listening to it again.

This was different. I wasn't a huge fan, but it's good for what it is.

Not really doing much for me

Not my favorite style of Brazilian.

Cant understand but still good, Brazilian. 5/10

Taj Mahal and Xica da Silva are the only slightly memorable songs. Taj Mahal was the basis for Do Ya Think I'm Sexy by Rod Stewart.

not my thing

Funky Brasilian/Latin American beats. Not really my jam, but in the right setting this could be a cracker album. Definitely think the back half of the album is better than the front. Had to re-listen to Rod Stewart's 'Da Ya think I'm sexy' to hear the similarities in 'Taj Mahal' that would constitute a settlement. Best: Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro; África Brasil Worst: O Plebeu

The horns are ridiculous. It sounds like Donkey Kong level music. But it also has funky upstroke guitar.

first song is good. so far it’s good three songs in but it’s not something i would listen to. kinda repetitive but not too annoying. average i like the fast pace though. 2/5

nah

Viel besser als gestern aber glücklich macht mich das nicht

Ok lads we’re up to 1000 albums. We just need one more and we’re done We got a foreign language album in there yet? Nope? You know of one? My cousin Anthony knows a guy. He’s like Mexican or Puerto Rican or some shit. Ok I think we got our book.

Bit boring

Smooth sounds but nothing standout. Won't revisit.

Not as bad as expected - decent rhythms and guitar throughout but can’t see me looking this one out again

Didn’t fully listen cuz not in the mood

Alright

nice but completely forgettable like all those brasilla ones. 2.

It was alright

Con ritmo. Bastante desconocido.

What in the world? Is Taj Mahal a cover of "If you think I'm sexy"...? It's upbeat and weird.

1st track is great, rest are a bit meh

Inte för mig riktigt!

Too much for me

Only half listened

Not sure how good this is, being unfamiliar with this type of music.

This just isn't my music taste. Took a while to get through

Blaaah, ekassa biisissä soitanta tuntu jaksavan kantaa mielenkiintoa, mutta lopputulos vahva "meh".

An interesting sound and a few diverting enough tracks but not something I'd choose to listen to again.

Kun kuvitteli itsensä Apollon afro-sundayhin, niin toimi, mut muuten ei

Yikes

meh

Did not like it

I don't really care for samba or rock

Not my thing at all

Meh

Zeitraubend! Nein, will ich nicht hören!

i dont know

Maybe it’s the language barrier but I did not like it

Best Song: Cavaleiro Do Cavalo Imaculado

Not for me

Didn't find

Thought I might enjoy this, but sadly not, Brazilian beats are always upbeat, but this didn’t hit any heights

The first ten tracks are the same song, Pink Floyd would be proud. The last song is the only one that sounds different. No.

Not a bad album, I didn't understand any of the lyrics but I liked the cuica sounds. It's a very Brazilian album and a fun listen. 3/10

Meh

Did not like

An album I would technically fine and be okay with, if it wasn't for an incessantly annoying squeaky flute on every song that completely ruins it.

Spotify mentions this Brazillian composer as "infusing samba with soul music" Thanks. No. Bye.

-It's a little hokey when you don't understand the language. it reminds me of a parody.

Pros - Just one - it has a song about Zico on it. Cons - no song about Carlos a Alberto who scored one of the best goals in history. 1/5 4/11/25

Nop. Nonononono.

Ponta de Lança Africano Taj Mahal

dont like :(

Not good.

Artiste inconnu. Trop de chant à mon gout, et accompagnement pas très intéressant. Je n'ai pas pu aller au bout. =>1/5

Fuuuuuuuck me. I’m sure there’s a market where this music is very much appreciated- but I ain’t it.

This one wasn't for me. Perhaps if I had been in a more high-energy mood...

Um....

Not for me…

Not my cup of tea. All respects.

Interesting, but not for me.

Not for me.

I'm reading all the reviews and amazed at how highly rated people are finding this.

Not to my taste at all but it had good vibes. It's just a matter of my personal taste with this one.

Not for me

Nie ten klimat

do not like it

This was the longest 40 minutes of my life. Every song sounded the same bar O Plebeu and Taj Mahal which were the only ones I slightly enjoyed. Had to listen to Robbie afterwards to calm down. It did not make me want to samba it wanted me to put on something else.

Too much bossa nova. Thank you. bye

Crap

Cannot connect if song isn't in English unfortunately

What this album taught me is that I apparently dislike the Cuica. The sound grates my ears and I can't stop focusing on it to the detriment of everything else in the songs. And so often it feels like it follows its own arbitrary rhythm regardless of what else is going on Standouts Xica da Silva África Brasil (Zumbi) "Wuuv Wuuv Wuuv Weee"/5 (1/5)

Did not listen

this is boring and garbled

I don't like it because I can't understand the lyrics, and I like to listen to songs that I can understand. I also don't like it because it lasts so long. Lastly I don't like it because I don't like the background instruments.

The only way you would like this album is if you speak Portuguese. In my opinion, I don't like this song in general, except for the beat. The only thing I like about this album is the beat. I wouldn't say I like this album. I highly recommend that you don't listen to this album.

Nope, not for me !

Not really my type of music. Couldn't finish the album

Meh.

That's it. It's got the beat.

not my cup of tea

Horrible

1. africano - 1 2. hermez - 1 3. filozofo - 1 4. tezouro - 1.5 5. plebeu - 1 6. mahal - 1 7. zica - 1 8. jorge - 1 9. gavea - 1 10. imaculado - 0 11. africa - 0

Neat

Ennen kun kuolee on koettava kiinalainen vesikidutus. Hyvin epämiellyttåvä kokemus.. Ei somaattista hermostoa helli tuo ääniefekti... Meikäläisellä sentään lääkkeet.. Ilman lääkkeitä olisin Koira joka juoksisi lelun perään... Rakkinakin... Narisevalta lelulta pää poikki...

That was a tough one to get through

Portuguese, the devil's tongue! Cursed is that language, and damned are all creations of it. Every note was a lick of hellfire on my soul. Every screech of the monkey instrument made me scream. It's too late for me, dear reader, but you can still save yourself. Avoid Portuguese at all costs.

Apple Music does not have this album.

Not for me, samba elevator music

I don't prefer this kind of music

isso é uma merda

Lasted three songs

Why am I listening to this? It's awful. Whoever put this album on this list either needs their ears checked or is a troll. I'm not finishing this. This is terrible.

All time great

よくわかんない…圧倒的スキルで黙らせられてる感じ…つかれる…

Did not enjoy, does not help indont underrstand it

Sounds harsh but all this brasil shit just ends up sounding the same to me. Nice enough if you're by a beach but very unremarkable beyond that.

Not available in my country

jorge ben jor? more like borge bor bore !!1!1!1!1!

didn't enjoy it :/

I like the world music thing more on stuff like Remain in Light. Tried to like it but couldn’t follow along. Extra star for real drums and instruments.

Some interesting songs, some nice grooves, but overall not terribly exciting.

Too loud

One song of the repetitious everything was enough.

Meh

Narrhhh… don’t get it

Idk didnt like it

Not my cuppa tea

1.75

Brazilie en Afrika heb ik muzikaal beide weinig mee en een combinatie daarvan wordt er blijkbaar niet beter op.

false

Такое бездарное дерьмище, возмутительно. Оскорбительно!

Not my cup of tea.

they sing portuguese .. can't listen to it. the music sounds good i'd like it if it was in spanish or english

Sounds like Sims loading music. Pretty catchy, but mostly background songs