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Its songs, often called mipasho or rusha roho, trade pointed, teasing lyrics between rival singers and groups, and later bands such as Jahazi Modern Taarab carried the style through the 2000s.", "recipe": "classic mid-1990s modern taarab, functional Song, African pop branch. electronic keyboard credited drums unspecified, single coil electric guitar, electric bass. live tracking. tube condenser, 500-series boutique pre, brick-wall limiter, dynamic EQ. 24-bit digital plate reverb digital delay pitch shifter.", "recipe_chars": 306, "score": 13.89, "config": { "traditions": [ "modern_taarab_mipasho" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "voice_register_source_unspecified", "voice_quality": "voice_quality_source_unspecified", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "voice_vibrato_local_unspecified", "voice_articulation": "voice_articulation_source_unspecified", "voice_microtone": 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