Impressive crucible with traction

Asa (pronounced "Asha") is actually Bukola Elemide and is a fantastic Franz.-Nigerian songwriter. She does exactly the type varied music, which is often as long searches and then laboriously puts together on their own compilations. In addition to all the garbage, the short flashes nowadays in the charts and is soon gone again, Asa acts like a soothing balm. The album is (again) a great melting pot of soul, funk, 70erJahre, reggae, jazz and everything without bombastic frills - just to say AFROPOP this would be an insult.
Playing tips that would give a nice cross-section of the bandwidth as the cheerful "Maybe" (2), the soulful "Preacher Man" (4) and the jazzy "The way I feel" (6).

If I had the debut album "ASA" from 2008 is not known: it would be here probably become 5 star ... but so good is "Beautiful Imperfection" then did not. "ASA 2008" one of those rare albums with no real weaknesses - on the other hand, this continuity is not quite achieved in "Beautiful Imperfection". Sometimes individual pieces look a bit too simple knit (Why cant we, Dreamer girl) ... although they are still fun. In addition, the quieter songs collected in the second half of the album (interrupted only by the somewhat meaner "Broda Ole") which the tension breaks. And a song ("Bimpe"), which begins as wundbar is, unfortunately, from the middle literally destroyed by hard rock riffs - pity.
Nevertheless, (and) this Asa album a rare, wonderful gift for any music lover. I am already looking forward to the next album!
Dirk