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01. Linda "Babe" Majika - Kunzima (Tabalaza Mjita)
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02. Linda "Babe" Majika - It's Our Home
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03. Linda "Babe" Majika - Don't Treat Me So Bad
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04. Linda "Babe" Majika - Let's Make A Deal
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05. Linda "Babe" Majika - Unga B'Omthemba Umuntu
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06. Linda "Babe" Majika - Play Boy
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ARTIST
MAJIKA, LINDA "BABE"
TITLE
Don't Treat Me So Bad
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BE WITH RECORDS
CATALOG #
BEWITH 088LP
BEWITH 088LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
9/18/2020
Be With Records present a reissue of
Linda "Babe" Majika
's
Don't Treat Me So Bad
, originally released in 1988. Linda "Babe" Majika's insanely brilliant
Don't Treat Me So Bad
is a tight six tracks of blistering electro-flavored bubblegum and synth-drizzled solar-powered machine-funk. Once of the
Hot Soul Singers
,
Don't Treat Me So Bad
was Linda's debut LP as a solo artist. It was produced by
Ace Mbuyisa
of boogie-funk maestros
Freeway
and was originally released on Umkhonto Records in South Africa in 1988. The enormous "Let's Make A Deal" is probably the best-known track here, and it's definitely could be considered the best. Linda's vocals drip with attitude over warm, breezy synths and an urgent, edgy electro beat to create a timeless club-ready bomb that sounds as fresh as ever. But the rest of the album is far from filler. Opening track "Kunzima (Tabalaza Mjita)" instantly brings the sunshine vibes, strutting out the gate with that unmistakable South African steppers groove. It's a deceptively simple song, with multiple instrumental elements arriving and taking leave with admirable restraint. "It's Our Home" is a powerful showcase for Linda's vocals, enhanced by some life-affirming call-and-response backing vocals throughout. In fact, they're a joyous presence on the whole album. The insistent pipes and swirling, bubbling synths of title track "Don't Treat Me So Bad" follow. A spacious proto-piano house banger that closes out the first side in phenomenal fashion. Arriving as track two on the second side, "Unga B'Omthemba Umuntu" has the unenviable task of following the huge "Let's Make A Deal". It does the job with class, bringing the tempo down to a mid-paced tropical bounce with lilting harmonies and welcome traces of hi-life guitar. Wonderful stuff. "Playboy" is another unbeatable head-nod groover rounds out the set wonderfully. That bassline high in the mix is to die for, and the chorus will make any dancefloor smile. Mastered by
Simon Francis
. The memorable cover art, in which Linda appears straight out of the 1950s with her polka dot skirt and butter-wouldn't-melt pose, has been faithfully restored.
Don't Treat Me So Bad
is the work of one badass woman who can hold her own, and then some. Remastered from the original tapes.
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