Album reviews
Boomcat.com
"Let’s get it out of the way - there’s no ‘Amajovi Jovi’ part 2, but there are some worthy successors, most prominently when Sandy and Msawawa pass the mic, with Saneh on backing vox, over the natty house riff of ‘Sandy B & Msawawa’, the wicked hunch of ‘Shona Phansi’ and the slow burning berserk of ’Sikokela Rundkreds’. The rest, however, finds a canny balance of Kwaito directness and slightly more layered arrangements, resulting slunky highlights in the sozzled swing of ‘AmaYellow Bone’, a their late night strutter ‘Bhatara/Yim ‘Ophethe.’"
www.songlines.co.uk
"It’s a throwback album – imitative rather than explorative – matching the simplicity of his original tunes element for element, the only real difference being a noticeably cleaner production. Opener ‘AmaYellow Bone’ dives straight into that 90s sound with a high, hollow bass line, a four-to-the-floor kick pattern and Sandy B bouncing away lyrically on top, with a catchy chorusline, even for non-Tsotsitaal speakers."
HHV Records
"At the beginning of the first track, the Durban-born musician returns to the audience to hear: "Does this sound familiar? Sandy B. is back «. And familiar sounds on "Qhum Qhaks" not only Sandy's voice, which sometimes sings, sometimes raps in staccato, but also the working techniques that consciously lean on his earlier album and capture their style. To make things sound a bit fresher, the artist has worked on the excitingly diverse ten tracks together with Danish DJ and producer Simon Lundsgaar, aka Simone Ahà, and has received musical support from Saneh and Kwaito star Msawawa."
