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    Coldplay "sampling" Kraftwerk.

    Well then it's not the first time. "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" has a few weird similarities with one of the songs of Badden Powell's "Os Afro Samba" I don't remember wich one though
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    french rejection of EU constitution

    nope. the debate was about the 3rd part of the contstitution, the one that incorporates the previous treaties and kinda defines a policy.. most french voters thought it wasn't "social" enough and it wasn't their first chance..
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    M.I.A. what is the big deal?

    Ukraine is much better... Sound of a new revolution New found freedom and stuff.. "this what the youth started to make in underground clubs at night between 2 protests" plus i'm ukrainian and i can help y'all with fake names and location and stuff...
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    which country is responsible for the worst music?

    someone who lives in France. And who keeps forgetting the Versailles Boys are french. Someone mentionned Plastic Bertrand though !!!!!!! I mean...
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    which country is responsible for the worst music?

    France ? Belgium ? Switzerland ? or even worse: The whole Eastern Europe.
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    is saying "i'm into world music" a good enough reason for me to dislike someone

    i talk about genres, countries, artists... depends
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    is saying "i'm into world music" a good enough reason for me to dislike someone

    what happenned here ?
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    More MIA

    because one is white and the other is not.
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    More MIA

    this is entertainning.. i still have to hear more than 1 song from her... so i'll keep reading
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    Code-switching

    I did this too... And I do code-switch a lot. And I actually can't (not that i even want to) speak African French Slangs around people that don't.
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    congotronics

    and they're right ! lol @ my nationalism but like I said before, the competition comes from Ivory Coast mostly.
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    congotronics

    The thing is.. except Papa Wemba and Kanda Bongo Man (or Ray Lema is a very different way), congolese musicians don't cross over like ..hmm.. Youssou N'Dour for instance does. Few of them have released albums FOR the West.. And if most of the Congolese superstars live and record in Paris and...
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    congotronics

    i hate you
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    congotronics

    oh yeah about Konono... There are 2 or 3 compilations called "Zaire Classics: Roots Of Rumba Rock" (i wonder where the hell the word "rock" came from) so they're basically congolese tracks from the 50's.. and truthfully... i don't see what Konono does that those guys didn't do. and if...
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    congotronics

    Thank you Redcrescent i couldn't have explained it better
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