On his galvanizing 1998 solo debut, Manu Chao sounds like the musical love child of Bob Marley and The Clash. Brimming with compassion and indignation for the troubles of immigrants and other marginalized groups, Clandestino blends loping reggae, simmering rumba, and occasional rockers sung in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish, layering in samples that sound beamed from a pirate radio station. Raised in Paris' polyglot suburbs, Chao speaks the language of the world's dispossessed—and commands your attention with it.