Mbalax Till The Drums Win
Ordered by how well rooms know each record, best known first. Tempo data does not exist for most of this catalogue, so no tempo arc is claimed: pick your own route through, the recognition is the point.
The running order builds and eases the energy the way a set should. 30 songs were left out because we had no tempo for them, and we would rather leave a song out than guess. Made for a Senegalese wedding in Paris, Turin or New York.
| Track | Artist | BPM | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jammu Africa | Ismaël Lô | 5:00 | |
| 2 | Confuse | Wally B. Seck | 3:22 | |
| 3 | Arva | Jahman X-press | 6:07 | |
| 4 | WURUS | Wally B. Seck | 3:21 | |
| 5 | Reguine tass | Wally B. Seck | 150 | 3:17 |
| 6 | Ya Nob Bandit Bi | Jahman X-press | 3:11 | |
| 7 | Sante Yalla | Cheikh Lo | 4:41 | |
| 8 | Degg Gui (Album Version) [feat. Flavia Coelho & Fixi] | Cheikh Lo | 121 | 4:03 |
| 9 | Sweet Game | Viviane Chidid | 106 | 4:34 |
| 10 | Mathiou | Thione Seck | 142 | 8:55 |
| 11 | Superman Love | Pape Diouf | 4:26 | |
| 12 | Nabou | Ismaël Lô | 4:56 | |
| 13 | Du Deñ | Pape Diouf | 169 | 7:03 |
| 14 | Fima Tollu | Viviane | 5:52 | |
| 15 | Il n'est jamais trop tard | Cheikh Lo | 4:31 | |
| 16 | Yeuk Yeuk | Viviane Chidid | 5:04 | |
| 17 | Jakaarlo | N'dongo Lo | 201 | 5:06 |
| 18 | Without Blame | Ismaël Lô | 4:24 | |
| 19 | Dibi Dibi Rek | Ismaël Lô | 5:18 | |
| 20 | Yama yar | Omar Pene | 149 | 4:24 |
| 21 | Baby | Aida Samb | 3:35 | |
| 22 | Kumu Neexul | Viviane | 4:53 | |
| 23 | Askanu Laobé | Fallou Dieng | 188 | 6:10 |
| 24 | Waaw | Viviane | 4:06 | |
| 25 | Tidjani Barhama (feat. Abou Ndao, Kalimou Sy & Zayda Fatou Biteye) | Akhlou Brick | 4:16 | |
| 26 | Casse casse | Pape Diouf | 155 | 5:48 |
| 27 | Diaayma Ma Guerre bi | Jahman X-press | 2:56 | |
| 28 | Nila | Akhlou Brick | 4:06 | |
| 29 | Diegou Pousso | N'dongo Lo | 181 | 5:56 |
| 30 | Def Si Code | Jahman X-press | 3:39 | |
| 31 | Adama N'Diaye | Omar Pene | 190 | 4:44 |
| 32 | Defma ndank | Wally B. Seck | 13:21 | |
| 33 | Xarit | N'dongo Lo | 142 | 5:10 |
| 34 | Songa Ma | Mbaye Dieye Faye | 191 | 6:01 |
| 35 | Ràkkaaju | Pape Diouf | 148 | 6:57 |
| 36 | Diamono 20 ans | Omar Pene | 147 | 10:01 |
| 37 | Ça Me Va | Akhlou Brick | 4:00 | |
| 38 | Dolé Baye | Akhlou Brick | 3:31 | |
| 39 | Yeungueul Geusseum (Live) | Coumba Gawlo | 4:23 | |
| 40 | Daling Kor | Aida Samb | 5:07 | |
| 41 | Sekougn Bayante | Jahman X-press | 3:23 | |
| 42 | Raye diokhogne | Pape Thiopet | 165 | 7:58 |
| 43 | Trésor | Assane Mboup | 128 | 5:01 |
| 44 | Sant Na Yalla | Viviane | 5:59 | |
| 45 | Nguisstal & Nguewel | Assane Ndiaye | 134 | 8:58 |
| 46 | Balbalou (feat. Ibrahim Maalouf) | Cheikh Lo | 177 | 4:40 |
| 47 | Gëstu | Aida Samb | 143 | 5:24 |
| 48 | Dorobe | Omar Pene | 158 | 4:51 |
| 49 | Ambiance | N'dongo Lo | 148 | 6:10 |
| 50 | Diofior | Pape Diouf | 179 | 7:51 |
| 51 | Doumala Baayi | N'dongo Lo | 108 | 5:16 |
| 52 | Yow | Thione Seck | 6:01 | |
| 53 | Sama Dom Bu Jigeen | Abdou Guité Seck | 155 | 4:48 |
| 54 | Ay beuguenté la | Assane Mboup | 132 | 4:18 |
| 55 | Bul ko sank | Aida Samb | 171 | 4:25 |
| 56 | Sammil | Viviane | 6:16 | |
| 57 | Ousmane Sonko | Abdou Guité Seck | 3:10 | |
| 58 | Agresseur | Omar Pene | 146 | 5:10 |
| 59 | Diiw | Assane Ndiaye | 100 | 5:31 |
| 60 | Papa | Thione Seck | 177 | 6:51 |