Staff Benda Bilili, Bourger Le Monde! It's time to test reality and follow the dots on this album. Staff Benda Bilili, formed by Ricky Likabu and Coco Ngambali, are a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital Kinshasa. Four of the main members are polio survivors and able to move around only on customized tricycles they built. When the band was formed, they recorded their debut album on the grounds of the city's zoo, plugging the borrowed Mac computer into a public electrical outlet. Needless to say, music lovers worldwide heard the call and began beating the drum for the band.

Staff Benda Bilili's sophomore release is also blowmind, mixing together the exciting elements of African music, R&B and even reggae, performed by up to ten members all blasting full-tilt. Realizing the kind of obstacles these men have had to overcome is to have an illuminating view into the unbeatable determination of true believers, and even better shows how music really is the world's healing force. Whether the rhythm of "Osali Mabe" is making the floor tilt or the outerspace sonics of "Kuluna/Gangs" threatens to spook the bravest among us, SBB take no prisoners.

The next time the current hit parade of superstars causes the horizon to look bleak and brings unanswerable questions concerning the future of popular music, drift into the world of Staff Benda Biliil's Bouger Le Monde! Even though the language is foreign and much of the sound comes from a faraway cotinent, there is also an immediate rush of recognition that among us are those who cannot be stopped, inspired by everything good and real that surrounds us. What began as abandoned street children stricken with a horrific disease has grown into a celebration of life, and if that doesn't bring an overwhelming hallelujah, well, Lady Gaga no doubt has a new fragance to sell to help poison the planet even faster.