Ever buy one of those CDs, only to have all of your friends beg to know where you got it? How about to realize three months later it still hasn't left your regular rotation? Or that anytime you throw it on, nobody complains, but people shut up so they can actually hear the music?

This is that CD. I bought it off iTunes months before it was released in a special offer the label had, but it's just as fresh to me as it was the day I downloaded it.

You really would be ill-advised to pass up this record. Get it, and then brag to all your friends. You have nothing to lose.

A decent sampler of what rai music is and sounds like. Khaled, the first artist on the disc, is known in Algeria as the King of Rai. He currently resides in France and is known around the globe. Some of the other artists are lesser known, but just as good. The music is danceable and also something you can relax to. Pick this one up, and if you like the artists contained, search for them. Personally, I recommend Khaled. His song on this disc isn't close to his best, but I enjoy it nonetheless.