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benji,there can't be any form of comparison between frech reggae,uk reggae and ja;that woulb very subjective to me.but to be honest this tune "move"is really a tune to be reckoned with ,considering the year of release(1983)when african reggae had not taken the charts by storm(alpha blondy,ismael isaacs and the keita brothers,tchiken jah fakoly,lucky dube).to be honest i prefer the tune"move"which is truer to the reggae beat than a music from benin reggae artist yaya az for instance.
cloud 7 from nigeria did a good album back in the mid 70's with"groovy lady""beautiful woman" and so on,but failed to carry the swing and we heard no more from them ever since.there has been a nice cadence/reggae band from the french west indies(guadeloupe i think) calledmidnight groovers with akiller tune called"dreadman freedom"who heard or remember or have the album from this group?
i think we have to be honest and recognize the value of this group gunsmoke,even though the singing style may not be that captivating.
fadel

i think also that camerounese saxophonist should be haile as being the second french-based artist to have recorded in jamaica right after serge gainsbourg back in 1979"gone clear":manu va ala jamaique featuring boris gardener,michael richards etc...
fadel

according to me African reggae is better than french reggae , i live in Paris and personally i hate french reggae