Hakim - Yaho

Egyptian superstar Hakim's U.S. debut transcends its homeland roots by enlisting Trans-global Underground to remix several of its key tracks. Yaho never quite sheds the usual world trappings (foreign instrumentation, anomalous verbal inflections, non-English lyrics), but its willingness to pump up the volume in surprising places keeps it from sinking into globetrotting heaviness. ~ Michael Gallucci, All Music Guide