Pardon My French (Jahari Massamba Unit album)

2020 studio album by Jahari Massamba Unit

Pardon My French

Studio album by

Jahari Massamba Unit

Released| November 27, 2020 (2020-11-27)
Genre|

* Jazz fusion
* underground hip hop

Length| 48:02
Label| Madlib Invazion
Producer|

* Madlib
* Karriem Riggins

Jahari Massamba Unit chronology
|  | Pardon My French
(2020)  | YHWH Is Love
(2024)

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Pardon My French is a 2020 studio album by Jahari Massamba Unit, a collective name for American hip hop musician Madlib and American jazz drummer Karriem Riggins. It has received positive reviews from critics.

## Reception

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Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that his release "is an exploration and statement of Afro-futurist jazz refracted through hip-hop, vanguard, Eastern and Latin influences, and funk" that is "extremely listenable as a mind-blowing experiment to encounter and absorb".[1] Steven Loftin at The Line of Best Fit, rated this album an 8 out of 10, calling the music "an expressive jazz tour de force" that is an "endless offering" to both casual and close listeners.[2] Pitchfork's Jay Balfour rated this work a 7.0 out of 10, stating that "it’s exciting to hear a musician like Madlib untethered from the moment, and a testament to Riggins that he can create this type of space in the first place" and critiquing that while the album "is not always immediately gratifying... it’s always moving towards something".[3]

## Track listing

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All songs written by Otis Jackson and Karriem Riggins

1. "Je prendrai le Romanée-Conti (Putain de Leroy)" – 2:00
2. "Les Jardins esméraldins (Pour Caillard)" – 1:14
3. "Un Bordeaux pré-phylloxéra (Pour le riche enculé)" – 3:10
4. "Deux Fakes Jayers (Aussi pour le riche enculé)" – 3:32
5. "Riesling pour Robert" – 4:39
6. "Du Morgon au Moulin-à-vent (Pour Duke)" – 9:08
7. "Trou du cul (Ode au sommelier arrogant)" – 2:35
8. "Etude Montrachet" – 4:35
9. "Le Feu (Pour Belluard)" – 0:33
10. "Merde (Basse-cour)" – 5:11
11. "Inestimable Le Clos" – 4:34
12. "La Closerie (Pour Prévost)" – 2:05
13. "Hommage à la vielle garde (Pour Lafarge et Rinaldi)" – 4:48

## Personnel

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Jahari Massamba Unit

* Madlib – rapping, instrumentation, recording, production
* Karriem Riggins – drums, recording, production, mixing

Additional personnel

* Jason Bitner – audio mastering
* Lisa Donnadieu – translation
* Jeff Jank – artwork
* Emile Omar – translation

## See also

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* 2020 in American music
* 2020 in hip hop
* 2020 in jazz
* List of 2020 albums

## References

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1. ^ Jurek, Thom (n.d.). "Pardon My French – Jahari Massamba Unit". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
2. ^ Loftin, Steven (November 23, 2020). "Pardon My French is an expressive jazz tour de force from Jahari Massamba Unit". Album Reviews. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
3. ^ Balfour, Jay (December 28, 2020). "Jahari Massamba Unit / Madlib / Karriem Riggins: Pardon My French Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

## External links

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* Pardon My French at Discogs (list of releases)
* Pardon My French at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

* v
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Madlib

* Discography
* Production discography

Studio albums|

| as Madlib|

* WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip
* Sound Ancestors

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as Quasimoto|

* The Unseen
* The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
* Yessir Whatever

as DJ Rels|

* Theme for a Broken Soul

as Yesterdays New Quintet|

* Angles Without Edges
* Stevie
* A Tribute to Brother Weldon
* The Funky Side of Life
* Yesterdays Universe
* Miles Away
* Slave Riot
* Space & Time

as Jahari Massamba Unit|

* Pardon My French
* YHWH Is Love

Series|

| Beat Konducta|

* Vol. 0: Earth Sounds
* Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes
* Vol. 3-4: Beat Konducta in India
* Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to… (Dil Cosby and Dil Withers Suite)
* #3: Beat Konducta in Africa

|

Mind Fusion|

* Mind Fusion Vol. 1
* Mind Fusion Vol. 2
* Mind Fusion Vol. 3
* Mind Fusion Vol. 4
* Mind Fusion Vol. 5

Madlib Medicine Show|

* #1: Before the Verdict
* #2: Flight to Brazil
* #3: Beat Konducta in Africa
* #4: 420 Chalice All-Stars
* #5: History of The Loop Digga, 1990–2000
* #6: The Brain Wreck Show
* #7: High Jazz
* #8: Advanced Jazz
* #9: Channel 85 Presents Nittyville
* #10: Black Soul
* #11 Low Budget High Fi Music
* #12: Raw Medicine (Madlib Remixes)
* #13: Black Tape

Rock Konducta|

* Rock Konducta Pt. 1
* Rock Konducta Pt. 2

Demo recordings|

| Madvillain
(with MF Doom)|

* Madvillainy Demo Tape

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Remix albums|

* Shades of Blue

Extended plays|

* Madlib Remixes
* Rock Konducta 45

Singles|

* "Microphone Mathematics"

Collaborations|

* Soundpieces: Da Antidote
* Champion Sound
* Madvillainy
* Liberation
* Perseverance
* Sujinho
* Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
* In Search of Stoney Jackson
* O.J. Simpson
* Thuggin'
* Shame
* Deeper
* Piñata
* Knicks (Remix)
* Bad Neighbor
* Bandana
* The Professionals
* Liberation 2

Compilations|

* Blunted in the Bomb Shelter
* Madlib Medicine Show: The Brick
* Madlib Medicine Show: Pill Jar

Related articles|

* Lootpack
* Quasimoto
* Madvillain
* MadGibbs
* Oh No

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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