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"the possibility of popularizing songs that were once restricted to the São Paulo underground. celebrating dance and the band. the text and the swing. the patience of mazzola (the album's producer and 'owner' of the mza label) and the complicity of marcos mainard (president of record company polygram at the time) were fundamental. had it been any other way, it would have been impossible to include such songs as 'anjo da vanguarda' and 'mpb's ' ; and once again include lanny and a special appearance by bakhiti kumalo, the african bass player. the chorus of friends in 'folia de príncipe' hinted at the course of the days to come. the success of 'mama áfrica' and 'à primeira vista' is associated with my name and i believe it translates the main veins of the project."

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folia de príncipe
pedra de responsa
mand'ela
dá licença m'
filá
à primeira vista
benazir
sirimbó
isso
anjo da vanguarda
as asas
you, yuri
mama áfrica
mpb's
 
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the word on the street

"...the "paraibano" chico césar fosters a mixture of styles in cuscuz clã. The result is a consistent mix, where poetry and rhythm (in this order, contrary to rap) placing the paraibano the among national writers, a fact already recognized by top female vocalists on the level of maria bethânia, zizi possi, daniela mercury, elba ramalho..."
tarik de souza – jornal do brasil (rio de janeiro) – 30/05/96