1999 TOP TEN WORLD MUSIC VIDEOS (In no particular order)
1.Tulku "Spirit Mandela" TRANSCONTINENTAL
2 Sergent Garcia "Acobar Mal" FRANCE/SPAIN/CUBA
3 Ned Sublette "Ghost Riders In The Sky" USA
4 Tabla Ensemble & Kiyoshi Nagata "Asahi (Morning Sun)" CANADA
5 Agricantus "Amateri" ITALY
6 Burning Spear "As It Is" JAMAICA
7 Lunar Drive "Square World" NATIVE AMERICAN
8.Alpha Blondy "New Dawn" IVORY COAST
9.JPP "Puikkoristikko (Cross Of Sticks)" FINLAND
10.Lucky Dube "The Way It Is" SOUTH AFRICA
Runnersup:
Israel Vibration "Hard Road" JAMAICA
Reggae Cowboys "Rock Steady
Rodeo" CANADA
Gondwana "Sentimento Original" CHILE
Soweto String Quartet
Millenia" SOUTH AFRICA
Geggy Tah "Whoever You Are" USA
Natacha Atlas "Yalla Chant" UK
Raphee Saadiq with Q.Tip "Get Involved" USA
Black 47 "Funky Ceili" IRELAND, Tino "Tino's Drum Lessons" USADoc Gyneco
et Janik "Ne Ki Rue Case" FRANCE Beethova Obas "Couleur Cafe" HAITI Bob
Marley & Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley "What Goes Around Comes Around"
JAMAICA Lucas "Lucas With The Lid Off" USA
Machel with Shaggy "Toro Toro"
JAMAICA Equinox "Casta Diva" CANADA Ron Lacks, Wookie J., Sweet C., &
Natty Romeo "Tree Roots Medley" USA/JA Schleprock "Suburbia" USA Paschalis
Terzis "Zito Ta Paraloga" GREECEHevia "Busindre Reel" SPAIN
Bengo &
Carlinhos Brown & Marisa Monte "Mukemba
Xangelo" ANGOLA/BRAZIL Les Nubians "Les Portes De Souvenir"
CAMEROON/FRANCE Dumazz "Manyaka" UK/IRELAND/CAMEROON Yulduz
Uzmanora "Tak Boom" UZBEKESTAN
BEST SELF-REFERENTIAL 'HOW-TO-MAKE CLICHE-RIDDLED MUSIC VIDEOS' videos:
Knowledge "Clinton Youth" USA and The Roots "What They Do" USA
1999's BEST FULL-LENGTH VIDEO: The Red Hot Organization ONDA SONORA - RED
HOT & LISBON (Portugal)
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