Youssou N'Dour first encountered Lô as a session singer in 1989. "Whenever he sang the choruses I was overwhelmed by his voice," explains N'Dour, "but I really got to know him from his cassette 'Doxandeme'. I heard his voice and said "wow" - I found something in his voice that's like a voyage through Burkina, Niger, Mali".
Mara ya kwanza kukutana na Youssou N’Dour ilikuwa mwaka 1989, ambapo Youssou mwenyewe alikiri kuvutiwa na sauti ya Cheikh Lo. “Nilipata kumjua kupitia kaseti yake ya ‘Doxandeme’ nilisikia sauti yake na kusema “Wow” niligundua kitu Fulani katika sauti yake”