When I was in Egypt and Yemen, I was introduced to the call to prayer, played on loudspeakers over the city early in the morning:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fe8qRj12OhYMostly in English, this remix by Martyn Bennet of a local reading a Gaelic poem is hauntingly beautiful:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tm_ZZs9IK3kMari Boine:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2sl4PT1fUwcHere's a fun one by Mika, who did an English version (different lyrics, but the same beat, same artist, similar theme). The French version is "Elle me dit" (She tells me) and the English version is "Emily".
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NiHWwKC8WjUStromae and MC Solaar are two more great French artists.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PkAnVj2rGto
Halluci Nation does a lot of cool tribal remixes from actual North American tribe samples.
One final, this is MD2 (Marcelo D2), a great Brazilian hip hop artist:
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The music itself was good; but I didn't enjoy the singing, because I don't like listening to Asian languages. (I also don't like German or Arabic. French is slightly annoying as well, but it's bearable.)
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Not often, but here's one I like:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/22KEB6IJiwMDoes UB40 count? When I first heard heard them I thought that's what they were. Then I figured out... oh, they're singing in English
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