Santa Yalla

The album Santa Yalla is the first opus from Natty Jean. All of the titles were recorded by Manjul, a reggae producer well known for his « Dub to Mali » series of albums. This album gives Natty Jean the opportunity to show the extent his talent in connecting roots riddims like on the track « I Believe » or « Bouma Sagnone », the acoustic tracks with a background of traditional instruments such as « Yow Rek », and also dancehall and flow given rhythms like on the tracks « Jump Up » or « Money ». We find also a collaboration with Balik, lead singer of the french reggae group Danakil.
Across this album rich in contents, emotion and musical diversity,he make his testament from a generation of young Africans who privilege a positive approach with the hope of a better future. Most of the lyrics sung in wolof, english and french, gives us a panoramic view of west-african youth, their preoccupations, their dreams, and their opening on the world, a far cry from miserabilist stereotypes to often portrayed in the Western countries.