Nonetheless, this breezy, feel-good disc is entirely intoxicating, incorporating Caribbean rhythms and instrumentals ("The Most Expensive Girl in the World," "Icecream"), mambo-meets-techno influences ("Can I Tico Tico You"), jazz and hip-hop ("The Trumpet Part II"), and old-time nostalgia ("Baby Keep Smiling"), to create one of 1999's most unusual and unique albums. 5," then one would have a difficult time enjoying the rest of the album. 5." A couple of songs, including "1+1=2" and "I Got a Girl" are virtual rewrites of the aforementioned hit - meaning that if one didn't enjoy "Mambo No. The rest of Bega's album, A Little Bit of Mambo, follows pretty much the same recipe as "Mambo No. charts was the fact that no American commercial single was ever issued. 5" - the only thing that kept it from reaching the top of the U.S. ![]() Out of left field came German-born, Italian/Ugandan Lou Bega, scoring an international chart-topping single with his infectious "Mambo No.
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