http://afropopshop.org<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/26515/mission_of_music.jpg'>Gokh-Bi (&quot;The Neighborhood&quot;) adds hip-hop to a Senegalese continuum. Their lively music sets positive-thinking raps (in English as well as Senegalese languages) to handmade music: percussion, singing and riffs plucked on the ekonting, a Senegalese lute.&nbsp; &quot;Hip-hop takes a joyful, respectful place alongside traditionalism.&quot; -- Jon Pareles, NY Times<br/>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:19 -0600http://gokhbi.afropopshop.org/#album_26515