![]() That pop warmth, radiating from low to upper register with echoes of Pete Tosh and Jimmy Cliff respectively, is still there. A naïve sentiment? Not if Lucky’s vibe percolates into communities worldwide. ('‘Shut Up’' is Lucky’s message to those who can’t say anything nice about others.) So love and respect go hand in hand in his eyes. He says you can live with people even if you don’t believe in their beliefs, or even if you don’t like what they like as long as you have respect for them. Lucky says that he called the album Respect because that is what the world needs most right now. Lucky Dube, elder statesman of mbaqanga (traditional Zulu) music and ambassador of South African roots reggae music, returns with his thirteenth studio album and it’s as joyful an experience as he’s ever conjured.
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