The French producer GUTS is a typical example of someone who wants too much. In the past, he made beats for hip-hoppers and he was good at that. Apparently he thought it was time for something completely different and GUTS decided to throw himself into tropical music. With the help of (co-founder of and ) and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (the man behind African legends and 's comebacks) he immersed
… himself not only in Afrobeat, but also in Brazilian, calypso and Malian music. Especially the latter additions he should have left out because Philanthropiques has become an album that is ideal for vegans: it is neither meat nor fish. Although the power is somewhat lacking in the afrobeat songs, these are still feasible. Moving to other points of the compass, the listener is confronted with a poignant Oompa Loempa content that reaches its lowest point with Sa Cé Kado. Singer is blessed with such a miserable sense of timing at a level never seen even in the preliminary rounds of X-Factor. A very weak bite! (AD)more