M'Pongo Love - Une Seule Femme

M'Pongo Love, though afflicted with polio, was one of the very few strong female presences of Zairian music, as this 1985 gem shows. Her sound is absolutely unmistakable - supersweet intros that twitch into deliciously funky rave-ups driven by bands of impeccable pedigree (once you work with Franco I guess you get a taste for the best) who never let their virtuosity overpower her.~ Carl Hoyt, All Music Guide