The album contains more influence from Western music, while still maintaining a traditional style. All the songs were written by Keita, including "Nou Pas Bouger", one of his first hits.
The New York Times wrote: "Synthesizers and Western horns perk along (sometimes sounding like Weather Report on Ko-Yan), but the underlying rhythms percolate in triple time, and it's hard for a Western ear to predict where Mr. Keita's vocal lines, and the responses of his female backup singers, will begin or end."[6] The Edmonton Journal noted that Keita's music "injects the stirring traditional rhythms of Mali with nourishing contemporary textures—funk, soca, and soul."[7]
Track listing
"Yada"
"Nou Pas Bouger"
"Ko-Yan"
"Fe-So"
"Primpin"
"Tenin"
"Sabou"
References
^Cook, Richard (Jun 23, 1989). "The Dark Continent". Punch. 296 (7745): 47.
