An upbeat global dance party featuring cutting-edge world dance music and electronica, this disc is also an enhanced CD, featuring a colorful music video by Egyptian star Hisham Abbas. Also featured are two French DJ collaboratives, Rouge Rouge and Major Boys, as well as Turkish star Mustafa Sandal, German electronic pop group 2raumwohnun, and a collaboration between Algerian raï legend Cheb Mami and popular French hip-hop singer K-Mel. Featured African artists include the late Brenda Fassie (who passed away just as the compilation was being finalized), Malian fusionist Issa Bagayogo and Congolese/Belgian group Zap Mama. Also featured on World Groove are Cuban electro-son pioneer Edesio and Lebanese star Ragheb Alama, one of the most popular singers in the Middle East.