Love this dudes musiic but cant cop his attitude to women. I wander if he was alive today, would he have the same attitude? Even in Africa things have changed since then. Thankfully
@kathleencarson my friend things haven't changed, yes we now have democracy, but the thieves have just changed from military attires to agbada (civilian attire). Dem still dey thief our money, nobody to talk for common man since the time our baba Fela don kpai! but Femi and Seun Kuti still dey yarn sha.
@theinquest Yes my friend you are very right about that. The thieves are everywhere stealing of the most vulnerable. Fela did speak for his people and taught his children to do the same. That we are thankful for. Music spreads the word and transcends all language. Try listening to Geofrey Gurrumull Yunipingu. An Australian Aboriginal man that sings in his language and you will know what I am talking about.Peace to you and yours!
@kathleencarson Just checked him out, absolutely brilliant, different energies but the message is the key, i wished i had a clue what he was saying. thanks for the link.
@theinquest He mainly sings about country (the part of Australia he calls home) and his people and culture. Yes I agree that the energy is very different but the same in spirit. Indigenous people are treated very badly here in Australia and I am very ashamed of my so called people but I continue to fight in solidarity with the traditional owners of this wonderful land that they have taken care of for 40,000 years till white colonists came and distroyed it. And continue to distroy it
@playaboy525 NOT every race in the WORLD can RELATE 2 THIS type of MUSIC. DUH? y do u seem so SURPRISED. if they cant UNDERSTAND, they cannot CONNECT, therefore they DISLIKE.
peccato, il 8thH e il OFTHECHOSEN canali erano traina e stalking me con aveva per essere chiuso dovute alla tua stupidità... non sprecate il vostro tempo ragazzo, tutti lo farò è hai vicino tutti i vostri canali muti uno... lol! solo non siete abbastanza brillante... peccato comunque buona giornata e andare e mangiare qualche spagetti, come tua madre cuochi, dal momento che ha imparato la ricetta dal suo papà italiano... Hahahahaha sciocco, hahahahah
and talking about national pride. the stars and stripes are not exactly wall flower material are they ? "captain america" !! funny, an american scolding africans for having national pride.!!! lol! irony is not lost here.. lolol!! hahahha
All of the people arguing should go listen to Fela's song "Zombie." But really listen this time, because you ALL sound like zombies.
Saying he sounds like James Brown just because some critics have said that is being a "Zombie."
On the other side, national pride is a Zombie-ish trait. Do you think the people running the world have national pride as they steal everyone's land & money? They don't!! You sound like a "Zombie" too.
Everyone LISTEN to the music and stop teaching that nonsense!
@diggsduke you are not serious,lol! i can see where your cultural icons come from on your page.. lol! yep two white women engaged in a bit of wrestling has no "zombie" like connotations at all .. lol! pull the other one, its got bells on it.. lmao!!!
@ghg6541 That s the most stupidest thing l have ever heard in a very longtme. How the hell can James Brown steal something that he was born with? U dumb ass
@Sunray2live i don't need to reply yoy. I can see you're white pig and you wish you have Talents like blacks...Stupid goat we don't copy, we have a culture and u fucking idiot how can u say someone was born with a dance.....Brov smoke weed you will surely be creative..FELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
mention any "sandra" when i shared a room with her at uni all those yrs ago . so piss off deadhead, you cant just enjoy the music , typical akata mentality , you have to come in and tell us who we are when you cant even answer that question for yourself at all, dna test or not. Sandra ko, Sandy ni talo raye fun e ? "dumb teacher , dont teach me nonsense" .. it pains them to actually think that they are not the ENGINE THAT DRIVES AFRICA.. you are not our HEAD get over it..
(((better that he did AND it is very disrespectful to refer to sister Sandra as some sort of "jump off" bs you should respect YOURSELF better))) obviously you smoke so much WEED you have forgotten what you posted FOOL .. who gives a fuck about you or your pathetic twitterings here? you are rude and disrespectful of this great NIGERIAN MUSICIAN get over yourself.. nobody gives a fig about "sandra" in nigeria nobody cares who she is or refers to her and i never ever heard his late daughter
Im sure you look as retarded as you sound. I never told ya dumb ass to respect Sander I said respect yaself you fuckin moron before I lost all respect for ya silly ass its actually kind of funny in a retarded ass way the assumptions you make about people kool aid, rap video jailbait ? you sound like a fuckin nut lmao
@orgnice shut up moron. i dont want or need to see your dumb ass gangsta crapper, and the kool aid rap video jailbait is about as acurate discription of you as there ever was you sound like a fucking nutcase "respect our sista sandra" moron am sure all the weed you smoke 27/7 has busted what passes for a brain in your head.. your mother is retarded thats why you are on here crying like a banshee who gives a flying fuck about your pointless fruitless minging about your "ancestors"? NOBODY .
who is this cultureless fool to order me around ? "respect sandra the jump off " yeah in your dreams ... hahaha now stop INBOXING ME WITH YOUR RABIES PRONOUCEMENTS . am not replying anymore waste of my time . Go and drown your low self esteem in some kool aid already..
you dont even know what a fuckin jump off is you just repeatin some bullshit you heard dumb ass I dont give a shit who you respect or whatever as far as im concerned you retarded PERIOD !
@orgnice well you most certianly do pisshead lol! if you dont give a shit about who i respect then you dont ORDER ME TO RESPECT SANDRA THE JUMP OFF . shove off , this isnt a tribute to one of your rap video jailbait .. you are out of your league here.. TYPICAL..
by the way, am only going to see it from BABA 70'S WIFE'S point of view.. so of course that sandra is a JUMP OFF.. get over it..In yoruba culture it is the WIFE, not the GIRLFRIEND who commands RESPECT. get it.?. Quit the tear-jerking and pointless maudling whining .. its so OLD.. and so WELL WORN.. you need to find a new path to walk on .. ugh!
And then you got the damn nerve to talk about swagger jackin? I could retort with WTF do you know about swagger or jackin how you displayin yaself on her is the very thing that Fela warned about. and yes you are exactly right ERogersPark NOTHING is new under the sun. everything comes from something else no matter what it is it is all based in the energy of our ancestors. Fela himself spoke about his influences so the reality is this person is noncipher whatever the hell she talkin bout
@SuperQueenofAfrica you obviously know Fela beeter than anyone on the earth so I wont make any more comments on this page I will leave all the nonsensical ranting to you I looked at all the comments that you responded to and you were obviously looking for an argumen cuz NOONE said anything that Fela Himself didnt say but of course you probably know him better that he did AND it is very disrespectful to refer to sister Sandra as some sort of "jump off" bs you should respect YOURSELF better
@orgnice why did you respond to my comment then? you should have ignored it seeing you spent your entire life sleeping in the same bed with him, eating food with him , and no doubt you were there at his birth too..lol! you have written two bitter paragraphs and dumbed your "ancestors" into the mix so i have no doubt where you are from am not remotely interested in that type of catawailing its irrelevant here. ..
that is supposed to be about a man who was so rooted in his culture that to remove it is to totally misread his essence here.. i suggest that people who are keen to know more about him watch the GINGER BAKER DOCUMENTARY .. rather than listen to a bunch of americans yammer on about how our ICON is nothing more than a weak version of theirs.. enough!.
you do not tell us what to think here and am well aware of felas sourjourn in the usa back in the sixties.. that doesnt make him some helpless fag who had no original musical direction untill his "jump off " sandra whats her name came on the scene , after all the musical "fela" is soley concentrated on this period of his life isnt it?. I have no problem with the musical however i do find it a bit off that not one nigerian is in it lol! not one. when YORUBA is the vital element missing in a show
being influenced by a certain style does not make you unoriginal.. its ridiculous i see the same comments about this rap thing.. well, ORIKI is the traditional "praise set to music" tradition that this style eminates from .. but to sit there and state that it is somehow "unique and original " is a total misnomer.. and besides a lot of people arent impressed with the "james brown " comparison either on here.. he has also been called the african "jay z" too. wonders will never cease , no surprise.
"you be thief" .. this song encapsulates exactly the way he is now being hijacked and swagga jacked by those who have no idea about the culture we come from and continue to try to demean us and try to break what they cant understand into elements that they can digest.. enough said..
((As I understand it, Dehaven talked about Klein. Niggas that know, know.
ERogersPark 2 weeks ago
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i should have known lol! i actually thought you where a white man and didnt even realise you were a yank too! but so predictably just another black american trying to subtly use "facts" to demean african achievments lol" there is no such thing as originality " so obvious all your black artists PLAGURISE AGAINST EACH OTHER ..the way they tell it it FELA didnt exist untill broadway!
@SuperQueenofAfrica Haha. That was a misplaced response. Who is demeaning Afrika - those who are uninformed about what they speak or those speaking from the knowing? You behave like a so-called Christian. You bastardise the thoughts, actions and words of someone and act like the gatekeeper. Read and listen to Fela's words. He tells you who his influences were.
Orlando Julius says Fela jacked HIS style. Your attempts to divide that which is divinely united is futile. Go look work.
@ERogersPark some advice here: 1, stop smoking shii its not good , it addles the brain, 2. wishful thinking never makes things go better, 3, get some SELF ESTEEM GOING ..4, stop swagga jacking lol! period END OF STORY .. okay... got that .THEN.. A RIRA .. ER not.
@SuperQueenofAfrica Fela's brain must have been well addled, eh? Tek your own advice from points 2. and 3. Next you run come tell me 2face Idibia invented the word swagga. My gyal, guh look work. Too much idleness and not enough research.
@ERogersPark stop posting stupidness to me "gyah gyah gyah" too much INDIAN HEMP has addled your mind.LOL! NOW PISS OFF AM NOT REMOTELY INTERESTED ... REMOTELY .
I have been researching, buying and playing this music for the last four years. I would never disrespect Fela, nor his legacy. It is people who do not know what they are talking about that I addressed. I offered no opinions, but facts. I have Victor Olaiya's RECORDS! Victor Uwaifo, K. Frimpong, Orlando Julius and Fela; I have their RECORDS! Not CDs. Not YouTube videos. Knowing this music is my job. And I does it quite well. So @SuperQueenofAfrica Let us do what we have come into the room to do..
@ERogersPark why call him the african james brown? so , he has to be an imitation of some american artist or what?its insulting.. fela is FELA no QUARTER .. he isnt imitating anyone and give me one american artist who does or did what fela did . when you compare him to other artists you demean his unique artistry and as an african i dont feel that at all. Give our man his PROPS and leave it at that.. am tired of our artists being demeaned in this way.. BABA 70 is just that HIMSELF..
@SuperQueenofAfrica AGAIN. I did not call anyone the African James Brown. FELA called Geraldo Pino the African James Brown. ALL I stated is that James came before Fela. This isn;t Africa vs. America; Fela said himself that James was a great influence to him. He had enough humility and was secure enough with his talent and work to say so. As usual, it is the followers of great ppl that talk all this mumbo jumbo and crap. COOL IT. Make love not argument. ;)
@ERogersPark "There is no such thing as originality" mmm? "mumbo jumbo and crap"? well, am not going to argue about that statement am I?, you obviously have a very limited idea of what "orginality " actually is here. And saying that "FELA" ISNT "ORIGINAL" just about says it all. Dont hide your contempt behind "quotations" here am not the only african on here who isnt impressed or maybe you dont read the comments from those of us who dont appreciate back-handed insults to our origins, thanks.
there is simply no american that comes close to his uniqueness, i dont care who they are.. FELA'S APPEAL IS UNIVERSAL BUT HIS ESSENCE IS AFRICAN TO THE CORE. like it or leave it be.. we dont try to swagga jack your artists and claim them for africa so leave ours ALONE for us ..
@SuperQueenofAfrica There is no such thing as originality. We are all influenced and build upon the things that have come before us. I did not say Fela was the Afrikan James Brown, Fela said Geraldo Pino of Sierra Leone was trying to be the Afrikan James Brown. Get your story straight before you get indignant. Also, I are not anybody's "American," so please mind your tongue.
the next thing they claim is that fela mimics them, they just cant believe it when they see our people going GLOBAL.. FACT IS fela was GLOBAL long before any broadway musical and jay z involvement its just that black america had NO IDEA HE EXISTED for the most part, take that JUMP OFF out of the equation and what do you have..? FELA IS FELA and he is UNIQUE TO AFRICA ..if you cant take it LEAVE IT , nobody is claiming james brown or elvis so buzz of and take that nonsensical nonsense with you
I hate it when people who do not know anything about African history, try to tell Africans their history. We (Nigerians and Africans) know the history of our own music so stop trying to tell us otherwise. James Brown?!... absolutely ridiculous. lol. Afrobeat has NOTHING to do with James Brown. Afrobeat is derived from HighLife West African music style that existed way before James Brown was conceived.
@taganew You really need to do some research into Fela to see many of his influences from James Brown to the Black Panthers and even old blue eyes himself that does not mean Afrobeat is not a uniquely nigerian form of music based in traditional highlife and African call and response but Felas influences are far and wide. Afrobeat is an amalgamation of many styles of music that ultimately Fela brought together. Admitting this does not take anything away from Fela.
Afrobeat is an amalgamation of FEW styles of music. Yoruba music, jazz, funk, and Highlife (west African) that's mostly it. You have to listen Highlife (and some yoruba rhythms) to understand that Afrobeat has a very strong Highlife DNA in it. We grew up on these songs. First do some research..listen to original and old Highlife, I am sure you will agree with most if not all I have said. Anyway, I do not want this issue to become a troll, let's just drop it and enjoy the music.
@orgnice here we go! lol! "black panthers"? give me a break.. fela was about HOME about african life ABOUT NIGERIA . not" black panthers".goodness cant you americans appreciate that we africans have our own TALENTS and dont INCLUDE YOU in our expressions? you cannot take anything away from fela anikulapo kuti broadway musical or no broadway musical.. what nonsense. SWAGGA JACKERS..
@taganew well, according to them they "taught " fela everything he knew hahahaha words fail me at the sheer buffoonery coming from some of these americans here.. fela HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JAMES BROWN .. sheesh! what is wrong with these people ? they cant leave it alone, everything they see from us that is good must come from them and what came first THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG. ? most of them just talk a lot of rubbish when it comes to africa they have no clue at all its irritating.
@superqueenofafrica watch a fela documentary. you'll learn that he came to america for a small time and was influenced by james brown. that's all i'm saying.
fela is mos def original. there's no one like him. but everyone has influences. and ONE of his was james brown. big deal.
@pontlemarce fela is an original artist who spoke about his own culture and prior to any visit to the usa had his cultural influences that most certainly had nothing to do with "mof def" wow! you people are something else here.. cant you americans ever discuss african cultural icons without any reference to yourselves here?. na wa!
@pontlemarce Please spare us that rubbish no one believes it obviously fela is not influenced by James brown they sound nothing alike.To be influenced is to have some trait of the person influencing you.
@MsWagt Actually, a man from James Brown's band recounts a time that Fela invited James and his crew to hangout with him in the Africa Shrine after a show. James Brown spoke about how they thought THEIR life was wild and incredible, but that Fela's renown and lifestyle put theirs to shame.
@MsWagt sorry you need to learn history! Fela dierctly wrote his guitar parts based off what he loved about JB! It is obvious, history, interviews and a discerning ear will show you that Fela was influenced by JB and almost everyone in West Africa was crazy over Soul Brother #1 in the late 60's and early 70's. It does not diminish the fact that Fela was a true innovator who co-invented Afro-Beat!
@PleasuremakerBand look yes james brown and funk was obviously an influence, but isn't it obvious that what separates this music from American Funk is an obvious African rhythm, melody, subject matter, harmony, arrangement, instrumentation....? Pretty much everything about it is unmistakably African. James Brown obviously had influences as well, but cofounded is a strong turn of phrase.
@Wmolloy27 Fela "co-invented" Afro-Beat as we know it with his main man Tony Allen who was also his band leader in the Afrika 70, that aint my opinion holmes that is history, facts, a common understanding from probably %90 of fans of Afro-Beat.
But the truth is they are credited with creating Afro-Beat as we know it, if you dig into Orcehstra Poly-Rythmo out of Benin, they were also making a very similar brand of Afro-Beat but in their own way around the same time as Fela.
Respond to this video... JB's influence over West Africa is unmistakable, that is my point. It's a matter of history again, not my opinion. If you really want to learn about this stuff then read Michael Veal's bio of Fela titled:
Fela The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon. Incredible book, too many eye witness interviews and accounts from JB's band members and Afrika 70 members that make my claim waaaaay to obvious to be the stone cold TRUTH.
Respond to this video... however, you are right in that Fela's thang is an AFRICAN flavor. I agree with you my man. Fela was a man of Africa, singing playing and writing not to mention living in Africa and dealing with that world. That is what makes Afro-beat what it is. You just can't deny the inluence of the whole Black Power African-American flavor on Fela, it's undeniable. His whole sound and flavor changed after he spent most of a year in the US in 1969.
as some poor imitation wannabe black american performer .. its insulti9ng .. he is not the nigerian "james brown" he is the nigerian FELA ANIKULAP KUTI and if people cant get that programme because they find it difficult to accept that africans can achieve by themselves without outside influence or assistance . TOO BAD.. FELA IS FELA a LEGEND long before it became trendy in the usa he had a cult following amongst those who knew him at the SHRINE decades before jay z came on the scene .
@pontlemarce how? fela did not come from the same arena and his audience in nigeria is entirely from the james brown audience.. james brown was not writing and performing against military regimes and injustice in a west african country i do not see the similarity here.. not even remotely .. listen to the lyrics even if you dont understand where they are coming from.. fela was influenced by FELA he was a UNIQUE PERFORMER, i hate it when his acheivements are reduced to the level of being seen
After everything he did you're gonna hate on him because of his English? You should be ashamed of yourself. He went to Medical school in Europe for God's sake. He sings this way because a huge part of his politics called for the African people to rise up against European culture. So, he uses local dialects...I'd say that you make Africans look bad. I'm white and I know more about your culture than you do! (I don't even know that much!) Please, shut up.
@kalima216 yes i agree with you , but yoruba language is a full proper language not a dialect, we have dialects within the language and it is very complex.. for example "ijesha", is different from "igebu" dialects even the dialect spoken in our home town is different from the yoruba spoken in the cities.. just a sample there. Fela started to sing in "pigeon" "broken" english because he needed to widen his audience scope from the lagos crowd where yoruba is spoken by everyone mostly.
Man somebody lace me up some knowledge on this man Fela, he has so much soul in him. He music has so much riddim makes you move regardless how you feelin
Africa been in the dark or corrupt has nothing to do with Fela. Fela was a one man who stood against injustice, preach against corruption, fought the government and it's corrupt dirty bags of rouges called politicians and lots more. Don't think Fela is just what you guys are thinking because this Fela we all know is well educated and fearless. So get your hypothesis right.
This guy looks like a witch doctor. Africa is in its state because of its superstitious culture that leads to degeneracy. This witch doctor music leads to people cannibalizing each other, and using people's body parts as charms! That's why Africa will always be the dirt bag it is. No science education, no technical innovation. Just corruption, and the belief that if you drink enough virgin blood in your life time, you'll be forever successful. To hell with a college degree. Disgusting Africans!
Do you judge a group of people based on what a number of them do? If we are to judge by that principle, zhe the whole of the west will certainly not get a pass mark. You also seem to be very ignorant of history, you sure just grew up in an age were everything in the west seems to glitter and are purely ignorant of what it used to be just a few years ago or what it actually is behind the curtains.Try saying less or nothing at times!
@pjackson624 That's proper African English for ya, Dumb ass Africans. People don't understand why i speak proper English just because i was born there, these fuckin' idiots make a bad name for every single African black. FUCK!!!!!!!! I mean, is it sooooooo hard for these goddamn retards to sing in PROPER English?
After everything he did you're gonna hate on him because of his English? You should be ashamed of yourself. He went to Medical school in Europe for God's sake. He sings this way because a huge part of his politics called for the African people to rise up against European culture. So, he uses local dialects...I'd say you make Africans look bad. I'm white and I know more about your culture than you do! (I don't even know that much!) Please, shut up.
The "english" he is speaking is Pidgin, and is spoken by almost every african english speaker (That's a way bigger scale than England) , it's a language of it's own. Would you tell an American to speak proper english or the other way around or a creole to speak proper French ? Don´t be so concervative and complexed, chill out and listen to what he's saying, this is one of the greatest men and artists Africa gave birth to...So a little respect would be nice...
Let me put it this way : While Fela's songs are working on changing things,you are desperatly trying to make "people" not be surprised about you speaking English and being educated.Well guess what:Not gonna happen.Because most people are uneducated,ignorant and racist.Not because they mean to be,but because they were taught that way,and if you keep trying to mold Africa to the image of Europe,you're just another colonialist.Instead of complaing,educate ur white friends.
Fela u picture Ole, Barawo, Onyoshi, Rogue and Ali Baba wey dey Naija for dis our 2010. Poverty is not a complete excuse for stealing otherwise the whole of our poor Nigerian would be robbing each other and when thief rob thief either way a fire starts. Think about Fela the one Great Ones words in dis video you Barawo and if u're not ashamed of yourself then I don't wonder because you needn't be.
Missy Elliott - The Rain [Supa Dupa Fly] [Video] NODOUBT??? BACKFROM THE FUTURE THE LIVÍNG AFTER DONE CIA SAW SNITCH WORK DARK GONGO MONKEY IS KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS AND I AM said the giant; and the hen at once laid a golden egg. "Lay! ... Jack had no sooner reached the ground than he cut the bean-stalk right in two. .. .
Fie, foh, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman - the meaning and origin of this saying.
you're inspiration to all good minded African (e.g Nigerian) you're too gr8 a human..if u're born in State, u would've been more greater than michael Jackson bcoz you're too good, you used your music to influence the future event, u can sing anything, you're like a prophet bcoz what you sang about 30years ago still come to pass & you're very good with the instrument without been to music school..am very proud of ur talent & fighting for what u belief in until u pass away!! R.I.P Fela Anikulapo
@cherubina I think this will always exist in Naija. Once I visited home, on the way from Murtala Mohammed Airport I saw a crowd and smelt an odd smell. I looked closely and realized the smell was human flesh, they had caught an armed robber and set him a light. I had not even made it to my house yet. It hit me I am back home, as if they were saying welcome. I still love Naija with all my heart and miss home like mad!!!
@zooskie if you ever heard of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, the bass player Flea plays shows in nothing but his underwear. He started doing this because of Fela.
Great music, I didn't know about Fela until this day. A classmate just introduced me and I fell in love with Zombie and You Be Thief. But I hate I took the time to read the comments here. I expected to learn more about Fela through the ones who knew and appreciated his music but instead I found an exchange of hatred, generalizations and blatant ignorance.This exchange seemed to be between blacks w/o a white person in site, then we have the audacity to complain about being perceived as ignorant.
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kkuroki77 1 week ago
Speaks for itself...Genius n species!!!!!!!!
yvonne1956 1 month ago
DEMON CHILD
SuperQueenofAfrica 1 month ago
Classic!!!
RasObi1 2 months ago
Love this dudes musiic but cant cop his attitude to women. I wander if he was alive today, would he have the same attitude? Even in Africa things have changed since then. Thankfully
kathleencarson 4 months ago 4
@kathleencarson my friend things haven't changed, yes we now have democracy, but the thieves have just changed from military attires to agbada (civilian attire). Dem still dey thief our money, nobody to talk for common man since the time our baba Fela don kpai! but Femi and Seun Kuti still dey yarn sha.
theinquest 1 month ago
@theinquest Yes my friend you are very right about that. The thieves are everywhere stealing of the most vulnerable. Fela did speak for his people and taught his children to do the same. That we are thankful for. Music spreads the word and transcends all language. Try listening to Geofrey Gurrumull Yunipingu. An Australian Aboriginal man that sings in his language and you will know what I am talking about.Peace to you and yours!
kathleencarson 1 month ago
@kathleencarson Just checked him out, absolutely brilliant, different energies but the message is the key, i wished i had a clue what he was saying. thanks for the link.
theinquest 1 month ago
@theinquest He mainly sings about country (the part of Australia he calls home) and his people and culture. Yes I agree that the energy is very different but the same in spirit. Indigenous people are treated very badly here in Australia and I am very ashamed of my so called people but I continue to fight in solidarity with the traditional owners of this wonderful land that they have taken care of for 40,000 years till white colonists came and distroyed it. And continue to distroy it
kathleencarson 1 month ago
@kathleencarson Nothings changed.
jaysekhon8014 3 weeks ago
Bokasaka Doom Dum Dey Weidah 1:21
ThemGRangers1 4 months ago
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ThemGRangers1 4 months ago
this isnt african music this is nigerian music tha parts when he speaks apart from english are yoruba so.....
davdjams 4 months ago
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diggsduke 4 months ago
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diggsduke 4 months ago
22 dislikes what is this?
playaboy525 4 months ago
@playaboy525 NOT every race in the WORLD can RELATE 2 THIS type of MUSIC. DUH? y do u seem so SURPRISED. if they cant UNDERSTAND, they cannot CONNECT, therefore they DISLIKE.
e35554r 4 months ago
This song's true name is "Authority Stealing"
ppthegreat1234 4 months ago
22 people like justin beiver
decor323 4 months ago
@decor323 ANOTHER justin BIEBER VIRUSE.WTF that lil a@@hole NAME doing on A FELA PAGE. R U FUKING SERIOUS. ULTIMATE DISRESPECT
e35554r 4 months ago
i like this song
ThemGRangers1 4 months ago
I cannot play any FELA music on my blackberry 8530 curve, despite java and others activated. Pls help
jamoyek07 4 months ago
all 9ja government na thief....all of them to date..2011
Barristersmithjohn 4 months ago
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check out "lucci - egbekegbe" he's the new day fela....maaadness
lasgidiryder 5 months ago
check out "lucci - egbekegbe" he's the new day fela....maaadness
lasgidiryder 5 months ago
OMG Baba 70 gan!!!! He was a legend!
ajudente 5 months ago
Eu tambem vi no jornal da 00:00 a reportagem ,FELA é mo BRIZAAA \l/
tongh100 6 months ago
Conheci o trabalho de fela numa reportagem da rede globo virei fanzasso.
leobrasileirinho1 6 months ago
SMOKING MARIJUANA ,CANNABIS ,CANNABIS
tongh100 6 months ago
Baba´ke
slajaa 6 months ago
where is Nnfefe ? oops ! lol!
SuperQueenofAfrica 6 months ago
peccato, il 8thH e il OFTHECHOSEN canali erano traina e stalking me con aveva per essere chiuso dovute alla tua stupidità... non sprecate il vostro tempo ragazzo, tutti lo farò è hai vicino tutti i vostri canali muti uno... lol! solo non siete abbastanza brillante... peccato comunque buona giornata e andare e mangiare qualche spagetti, come tua madre cuochi, dal momento che ha imparato la ricetta dal suo papà italiano... Hahahahaha sciocco, hahahahah
SuperQueenofAfrica 6 months ago
I was with him until the camera panned back and revealed his budgie smugglers.
massiveants 6 months ago
Som pulsante e marcado e cheio de suingue negro. esse tal de Fela, de quem já tinha ouvido falar, mas que não tinha visto / ouvido ainda.
McClaudioMacau 6 months ago
and talking about national pride. the stars and stripes are not exactly wall flower material are they ? "captain america" !! funny, an american scolding africans for having national pride.!!! lol! irony is not lost here.. lolol!! hahahha
SuperQueenofAfrica 6 months ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica I'm sorry to anger you, Queen. But, everything I said in my comment is true and I stand by it.
diggsduke 6 months ago
@diggsduke am not angry but of course i stand by what i say even though there are plenty who dont like the truth, but its out there.lol!
SuperQueenofAfrica 6 months ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica This dude needs to put on some pants lol
2007ICAN 6 months ago
You gotta love Kuti music....the lyrics of this song has a strong message...only if people would wake up.....catch em..catch em..
IBcutiepie 6 months ago
James Brown be thief
Gunbarrelguru 6 months ago
All of the people arguing should go listen to Fela's song "Zombie." But really listen this time, because you ALL sound like zombies.
Saying he sounds like James Brown just because some critics have said that is being a "Zombie."
On the other side, national pride is a Zombie-ish trait. Do you think the people running the world have national pride as they steal everyone's land & money? They don't!! You sound like a "Zombie" too.
Everyone LISTEN to the music and stop teaching that nonsense!
diggsduke 6 months ago 52
@diggsduke you are not serious,lol! i can see where your cultural icons come from on your page.. lol! yep two white women engaged in a bit of wrestling has no "zombie" like connotations at all .. lol! pull the other one, its got bells on it.. lmao!!!
SuperQueenofAfrica 6 months ago
@diggsduke its not by force to listen to our music or admire our musicans, but dont begin to even TRY tell us who we are , ridiculous!
SuperQueenofAfrica 6 months ago
James brown or watever .. they all stole african culture and they wanna claim like they started first........Catch am catch am them be thief
ghg6541 7 months ago
@ghg6541 That s the most stupidest thing l have ever heard in a very longtme. How the hell can James Brown steal something that he was born with? U dumb ass
Sunray2live 7 months ago
@Sunray2live i don't need to reply yoy. I can see you're white pig and you wish you have Talents like blacks...Stupid goat we don't copy, we have a culture and u fucking idiot how can u say someone was born with a dance.....Brov smoke weed you will surely be creative..FELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
ghg6541 7 months ago
@ghg6541 na wa! lol!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
@ghg6541 that guy isnt white.. lol!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
Nothing like him
monexmeldrick 7 months ago
This is great. Fela was gone too soon. Just legendary.
megapro247 7 months ago
mention any "sandra" when i shared a room with her at uni all those yrs ago . so piss off deadhead, you cant just enjoy the music , typical akata mentality , you have to come in and tell us who we are when you cant even answer that question for yourself at all, dna test or not. Sandra ko, Sandy ni talo raye fun e ? "dumb teacher , dont teach me nonsense" .. it pains them to actually think that they are not the ENGINE THAT DRIVES AFRICA.. you are not our HEAD get over it..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
(((better that he did AND it is very disrespectful to refer to sister Sandra as some sort of "jump off" bs you should respect YOURSELF better))) obviously you smoke so much WEED you have forgotten what you posted FOOL .. who gives a fuck about you or your pathetic twitterings here? you are rude and disrespectful of this great NIGERIAN MUSICIAN get over yourself.. nobody gives a fig about "sandra" in nigeria nobody cares who she is or refers to her and i never ever heard his late daughter
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
Im sure you look as retarded as you sound. I never told ya dumb ass to respect Sander I said respect yaself you fuckin moron before I lost all respect for ya silly ass its actually kind of funny in a retarded ass way the assumptions you make about people kool aid, rap video jailbait ? you sound like a fuckin nut lmao
orgnice 7 months ago
@orgnice shut up moron. i dont want or need to see your dumb ass gangsta crapper, and the kool aid rap video jailbait is about as acurate discription of you as there ever was you sound like a fucking nutcase "respect our sista sandra" moron am sure all the weed you smoke 27/7 has busted what passes for a brain in your head.. your mother is retarded thats why you are on here crying like a banshee who gives a flying fuck about your pointless fruitless minging about your "ancestors"? NOBODY .
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
who is this cultureless fool to order me around ? "respect sandra the jump off " yeah in your dreams ... hahaha now stop INBOXING ME WITH YOUR RABIES PRONOUCEMENTS . am not replying anymore waste of my time . Go and drown your low self esteem in some kool aid already..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
you dont even know what a fuckin jump off is you just repeatin some bullshit you heard dumb ass I dont give a shit who you respect or whatever as far as im concerned you retarded PERIOD !
orgnice 7 months ago
@orgnice well you most certianly do pisshead lol! if you dont give a shit about who i respect then you dont ORDER ME TO RESPECT SANDRA THE JUMP OFF . shove off , this isnt a tribute to one of your rap video jailbait .. you are out of your league here.. TYPICAL..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
won de ni ye, ko ma pariwo oja kakeri adugbo..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
whatever really this whole shit is silly seriously
orgnice 7 months ago
@orgnice dont reply me then.. and sandra whatshername is still a jump off so dont ever think to COMMAND ME to RESPECT HER.. ugh!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
by the way, am only going to see it from BABA 70'S WIFE'S point of view.. so of course that sandra is a JUMP OFF.. get over it..In yoruba culture it is the WIFE, not the GIRLFRIEND who commands RESPECT. get it.?. Quit the tear-jerking and pointless maudling whining .. its so OLD.. and so WELL WORN.. you need to find a new path to walk on .. ugh!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
And then you got the damn nerve to talk about swagger jackin? I could retort with WTF do you know about swagger or jackin how you displayin yaself on her is the very thing that Fela warned about. and yes you are exactly right ERogersPark NOTHING is new under the sun. everything comes from something else no matter what it is it is all based in the energy of our ancestors. Fela himself spoke about his influences so the reality is this person is noncipher whatever the hell she talkin bout
orgnice 7 months ago
@orgnice Exactly. A noncipher.
ERogersPark 1 month ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica you obviously know Fela beeter than anyone on the earth so I wont make any more comments on this page I will leave all the nonsensical ranting to you I looked at all the comments that you responded to and you were obviously looking for an argumen cuz NOONE said anything that Fela Himself didnt say but of course you probably know him better that he did AND it is very disrespectful to refer to sister Sandra as some sort of "jump off" bs you should respect YOURSELF better
orgnice 7 months ago
@orgnice why did you respond to my comment then? you should have ignored it seeing you spent your entire life sleeping in the same bed with him, eating food with him , and no doubt you were there at his birth too..lol! you have written two bitter paragraphs and dumbed your "ancestors" into the mix so i have no doubt where you are from am not remotely interested in that type of catawailing its irrelevant here. ..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
won gbadun walai ta lai!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
that is supposed to be about a man who was so rooted in his culture that to remove it is to totally misread his essence here.. i suggest that people who are keen to know more about him watch the GINGER BAKER DOCUMENTARY .. rather than listen to a bunch of americans yammer on about how our ICON is nothing more than a weak version of theirs.. enough!.
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
you do not tell us what to think here and am well aware of felas sourjourn in the usa back in the sixties.. that doesnt make him some helpless fag who had no original musical direction untill his "jump off " sandra whats her name came on the scene , after all the musical "fela" is soley concentrated on this period of his life isnt it?. I have no problem with the musical however i do find it a bit off that not one nigerian is in it lol! not one. when YORUBA is the vital element missing in a show
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
being influenced by a certain style does not make you unoriginal.. its ridiculous i see the same comments about this rap thing.. well, ORIKI is the traditional "praise set to music" tradition that this style eminates from .. but to sit there and state that it is somehow "unique and original " is a total misnomer.. and besides a lot of people arent impressed with the "james brown " comparison either on here.. he has also been called the african "jay z" too. wonders will never cease , no surprise.
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
"you be thief" .. this song encapsulates exactly the way he is now being hijacked and swagga jacked by those who have no idea about the culture we come from and continue to try to demean us and try to break what they cant understand into elements that they can digest.. enough said..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
((As I understand it, Dehaven talked about Klein. Niggas that know, know.
ERogersPark 2 weeks ago
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i should have known lol! i actually thought you where a white man and didnt even realise you were a yank too! but so predictably just another black american trying to subtly use "facts" to demean african achievments lol" there is no such thing as originality " so obvious all your black artists PLAGURISE AGAINST EACH OTHER ..the way they tell it it FELA didnt exist untill broadway!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica Haha. That was a misplaced response. Who is demeaning Afrika - those who are uninformed about what they speak or those speaking from the knowing? You behave like a so-called Christian. You bastardise the thoughts, actions and words of someone and act like the gatekeeper. Read and listen to Fela's words. He tells you who his influences were.
Orlando Julius says Fela jacked HIS style. Your attempts to divide that which is divinely united is futile. Go look work.
ERogersPark 1 month ago
@ERogersPark some advice here: 1, stop smoking shii its not good , it addles the brain, 2. wishful thinking never makes things go better, 3, get some SELF ESTEEM GOING ..4, stop swagga jacking lol! period END OF STORY .. okay... got that .THEN.. A RIRA .. ER not.
SuperQueenofAfrica 1 month ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica Fela's brain must have been well addled, eh? Tek your own advice from points 2. and 3. Next you run come tell me 2face Idibia invented the word swagga. My gyal, guh look work. Too much idleness and not enough research.
ERogersPark 1 month ago
@ERogersPark stop posting stupidness to me "gyah gyah gyah" too much INDIAN HEMP has addled your mind.LOL! NOW PISS OFF AM NOT REMOTELY INTERESTED ... REMOTELY .
SuperQueenofAfrica 1 month ago
I have been researching, buying and playing this music for the last four years. I would never disrespect Fela, nor his legacy. It is people who do not know what they are talking about that I addressed. I offered no opinions, but facts. I have Victor Olaiya's RECORDS! Victor Uwaifo, K. Frimpong, Orlando Julius and Fela; I have their RECORDS! Not CDs. Not YouTube videos. Knowing this music is my job. And I does it quite well. So @SuperQueenofAfrica Let us do what we have come into the room to do..
ERogersPark 7 months ago
@ERogersPark why call him the african james brown? so , he has to be an imitation of some american artist or what?its insulting.. fela is FELA no QUARTER .. he isnt imitating anyone and give me one american artist who does or did what fela did . when you compare him to other artists you demean his unique artistry and as an african i dont feel that at all. Give our man his PROPS and leave it at that.. am tired of our artists being demeaned in this way.. BABA 70 is just that HIMSELF..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica AGAIN. I did not call anyone the African James Brown. FELA called Geraldo Pino the African James Brown. ALL I stated is that James came before Fela. This isn;t Africa vs. America; Fela said himself that James was a great influence to him. He had enough humility and was secure enough with his talent and work to say so. As usual, it is the followers of great ppl that talk all this mumbo jumbo and crap. COOL IT. Make love not argument. ;)
ERogersPark 7 months ago
@ERogersPark "There is no such thing as originality" mmm? "mumbo jumbo and crap"? well, am not going to argue about that statement am I?, you obviously have a very limited idea of what "orginality " actually is here. And saying that "FELA" ISNT "ORIGINAL" just about says it all. Dont hide your contempt behind "quotations" here am not the only african on here who isnt impressed or maybe you dont read the comments from those of us who dont appreciate back-handed insults to our origins, thanks.
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
there is simply no american that comes close to his uniqueness, i dont care who they are.. FELA'S APPEAL IS UNIVERSAL BUT HIS ESSENCE IS AFRICAN TO THE CORE. like it or leave it be.. we dont try to swagga jack your artists and claim them for africa so leave ours ALONE for us ..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
@SuperQueenofAfrica There is no such thing as originality. We are all influenced and build upon the things that have come before us. I did not say Fela was the Afrikan James Brown, Fela said Geraldo Pino of Sierra Leone was trying to be the Afrikan James Brown. Get your story straight before you get indignant. Also, I are not anybody's "American," so please mind your tongue.
ERogersPark 7 months ago
of course the have never heard of VICTOR OLAIYA . idiots..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
the next thing they claim is that fela mimics them, they just cant believe it when they see our people going GLOBAL.. FACT IS fela was GLOBAL long before any broadway musical and jay z involvement its just that black america had NO IDEA HE EXISTED for the most part, take that JUMP OFF out of the equation and what do you have..? FELA IS FELA and he is UNIQUE TO AFRICA ..if you cant take it LEAVE IT , nobody is claiming james brown or elvis so buzz of and take that nonsensical nonsense with you
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
20 persons are thief or armed robber...
dickwans 7 months ago
@dickwans no they are jealous swagga jackers cos the REAL AFRICAN is showing them how its really done.. lol!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
i guess hiplife comes from river dancing as well
AdventuresOfMrQuest 8 months ago
I hate it when people who do not know anything about African history, try to tell Africans their history. We (Nigerians and Africans) know the history of our own music so stop trying to tell us otherwise. James Brown?!... absolutely ridiculous. lol. Afrobeat has NOTHING to do with James Brown. Afrobeat is derived from HighLife West African music style that existed way before James Brown was conceived.
taganew 8 months ago
@taganew You really need to do some research into Fela to see many of his influences from James Brown to the Black Panthers and even old blue eyes himself that does not mean Afrobeat is not a uniquely nigerian form of music based in traditional highlife and African call and response but Felas influences are far and wide. Afrobeat is an amalgamation of many styles of music that ultimately Fela brought together. Admitting this does not take anything away from Fela.
orgnice 7 months ago
@orgnice
Afrobeat is an amalgamation of FEW styles of music. Yoruba music, jazz, funk, and Highlife (west African) that's mostly it. You have to listen Highlife (and some yoruba rhythms) to understand that Afrobeat has a very strong Highlife DNA in it. We grew up on these songs. First do some research..listen to original and old Highlife, I am sure you will agree with most if not all I have said. Anyway, I do not want this issue to become a troll, let's just drop it and enjoy the music.
taganew 7 months ago
@orgnice here we go! lol! "black panthers"? give me a break.. fela was about HOME about african life ABOUT NIGERIA . not" black panthers".goodness cant you americans appreciate that we africans have our own TALENTS and dont INCLUDE YOU in our expressions? you cannot take anything away from fela anikulapo kuti broadway musical or no broadway musical.. what nonsense. SWAGGA JACKERS..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
@taganew well, according to them they "taught " fela everything he knew hahahaha words fail me at the sheer buffoonery coming from some of these americans here.. fela HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JAMES BROWN .. sheesh! what is wrong with these people ? they cant leave it alone, everything they see from us that is good must come from them and what came first THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG. ? most of them just talk a lot of rubbish when it comes to africa they have no clue at all its irritating.
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
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diggsduke 8 months ago
In the Words of Rodney King" Can't We All Just Get Along "?
goldielocksplanet 8 months ago
@goldielocksplanet You wrote those words right out of my heart . Thank you!
1234enya5 8 months ago
@goldielocksplanet NO we can NEVER GET ALONG thats HOW THE AMERICAN (rotten ) SYSTEM was DESIGNED. do your HOME - WORK
e35554r 4 months ago
@e35554r Go away...I have done mine, you do yours!
goldielocksplanet 4 months ago
@superqueenofafrica watch a fela documentary. you'll learn that he came to america for a small time and was influenced by james brown. that's all i'm saying.
fela is mos def original. there's no one like him. but everyone has influences. and ONE of his was james brown. big deal.
pontlemarce 8 months ago 7
@pontlemarce fela is an original artist who spoke about his own culture and prior to any visit to the usa had his cultural influences that most certainly had nothing to do with "mof def" wow! you people are something else here.. cant you americans ever discuss african cultural icons without any reference to yourselves here?. na wa!
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
@pontlemarce Please spare us that rubbish no one believes it obviously fela is not influenced by James brown they sound nothing alike.To be influenced is to have some trait of the person influencing you.
MsWagt 4 months ago
@MsWagt Actually, a man from James Brown's band recounts a time that Fela invited James and his crew to hangout with him in the Africa Shrine after a show. James Brown spoke about how they thought THEIR life was wild and incredible, but that Fela's renown and lifestyle put theirs to shame.
MrDelegateZERO 3 months ago
@MrDelegateZERO lol! party animals the pair of em..lol!
SuperQueenofAfrica 2 months ago
@MsWagt sorry you need to learn history! Fela dierctly wrote his guitar parts based off what he loved about JB! It is obvious, history, interviews and a discerning ear will show you that Fela was influenced by JB and almost everyone in West Africa was crazy over Soul Brother #1 in the late 60's and early 70's. It does not diminish the fact that Fela was a true innovator who co-invented Afro-Beat!
PleasuremakerBand 3 months ago
@PleasuremakerBand look yes james brown and funk was obviously an influence, but isn't it obvious that what separates this music from American Funk is an obvious African rhythm, melody, subject matter, harmony, arrangement, instrumentation....? Pretty much everything about it is unmistakably African. James Brown obviously had influences as well, but cofounded is a strong turn of phrase.
Wmolloy27 2 months ago
@Wmolloy27 Fela "co-invented" Afro-Beat as we know it with his main man Tony Allen who was also his band leader in the Afrika 70, that aint my opinion holmes that is history, facts, a common understanding from probably %90 of fans of Afro-Beat.
But the truth is they are credited with creating Afro-Beat as we know it, if you dig into Orcehstra Poly-Rythmo out of Benin, they were also making a very similar brand of Afro-Beat but in their own way around the same time as Fela.
PleasuremakerBand 2 months ago
Respond to this video... JB's influence over West Africa is unmistakable, that is my point. It's a matter of history again, not my opinion. If you really want to learn about this stuff then read Michael Veal's bio of Fela titled:
Fela The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon. Incredible book, too many eye witness interviews and accounts from JB's band members and Afrika 70 members that make my claim waaaaay to obvious to be the stone cold TRUTH.
PleasuremakerBand 2 months ago
Respond to this video... however, you are right in that Fela's thang is an AFRICAN flavor. I agree with you my man. Fela was a man of Africa, singing playing and writing not to mention living in Africa and dealing with that world. That is what makes Afro-beat what it is. You just can't deny the inluence of the whole Black Power African-American flavor on Fela, it's undeniable. His whole sound and flavor changed after he spent most of a year in the US in 1969.
OK peace!
PleasuremakerBand 2 months ago
wth.. why does fella always wear tight underwear like that?
pleeeeep 8 months ago
as some poor imitation wannabe black american performer .. its insulti9ng .. he is not the nigerian "james brown" he is the nigerian FELA ANIKULAP KUTI and if people cant get that programme because they find it difficult to accept that africans can achieve by themselves without outside influence or assistance . TOO BAD.. FELA IS FELA a LEGEND long before it became trendy in the usa he had a cult following amongst those who knew him at the SHRINE decades before jay z came on the scene .
SuperQueenofAfrica 8 months ago
no compare.
soulshakedown909 8 months ago
yeah fela was actually influenced by james brown
pontlemarce 8 months ago
@pontlemarce how? fela did not come from the same arena and his audience in nigeria is entirely from the james brown audience.. james brown was not writing and performing against military regimes and injustice in a west african country i do not see the similarity here.. not even remotely .. listen to the lyrics even if you dont understand where they are coming from.. fela was influenced by FELA he was a UNIQUE PERFORMER, i hate it when his acheivements are reduced to the level of being seen
SuperQueenofAfrica 8 months ago
felawas packed!!! if ya know wahat i mean lol hihiihihi
sugathickchick 8 months ago
All good
ootozz1 8 months ago
20 suckers i dislike now
TabeKat12 9 months ago
Dropping his smoke doesn't even phase him. Awesome.
hornetpalooza 9 months ago
I love the way he's just chilling in (only) a pair of briefs... Lol
dillweed44 10 months ago
LONG LIVE BABA!
ericjay71 10 months ago
Wtf ! Chatchm chatchm rober rober!
sykes786 10 months ago
ITT
gamoonbat 10 months ago
oooooooooooooooooooooooh
PATRICELUMUMBAS 10 months ago
my brotha fela r.i.p you are missed from mexico to somalia we hear you loud and clear thnx for the inspiration
THErealAOD 11 months ago
After everything he did you're gonna hate on him because of his English? You should be ashamed of yourself. He went to Medical school in Europe for God's sake. He sings this way because a huge part of his politics called for the African people to rise up against European culture. So, he uses local dialects...I'd say that you make Africans look bad. I'm white and I know more about your culture than you do! (I don't even know that much!) Please, shut up.
kalima216 11 months ago 5
@kalima216 yes i agree with you , but yoruba language is a full proper language not a dialect, we have dialects within the language and it is very complex.. for example "ijesha", is different from "igebu" dialects even the dialect spoken in our home town is different from the yoruba spoken in the cities.. just a sample there. Fela started to sing in "pigeon" "broken" english because he needed to widen his audience scope from the lagos crowd where yoruba is spoken by everyone mostly.
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
correction mean to type"ijebu" ..
SuperQueenofAfrica 7 months ago
Eye for an eye only works in so far as both white and black want to be dead by the end of the century.
Sidar654231 11 months ago
Man somebody lace me up some knowledge on this man Fela, he has so much soul in him. He music has so much riddim makes you move regardless how you feelin
TheHumiliator1000 11 months ago
Salve Salve fela !!
hrslobo 11 months ago
I thought Fela wore underpants in his house?
illmitchjax 11 months ago
Africa been in the dark or corrupt has nothing to do with Fela. Fela was a one man who stood against injustice, preach against corruption, fought the government and it's corrupt dirty bags of rouges called politicians and lots more. Don't think Fela is just what you guys are thinking because this Fela we all know is well educated and fearless. So get your hypothesis right.
MrCeeJay007 11 months ago
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This guy looks like a witch doctor. Africa is in its state because of its superstitious culture that leads to degeneracy. This witch doctor music leads to people cannibalizing each other, and using people's body parts as charms! That's why Africa will always be the dirt bag it is. No science education, no technical innovation. Just corruption, and the belief that if you drink enough virgin blood in your life time, you'll be forever successful. To hell with a college degree. Disgusting Africans!
lloydreggie 11 months ago
@lloydreggie
you really are absolutely ignorant!
Do you judge a group of people based on what a number of them do? If we are to judge by that principle, zhe the whole of the west will certainly not get a pass mark. You also seem to be very ignorant of history, you sure just grew up in an age were everything in the west seems to glitter and are purely ignorant of what it used to be just a few years ago or what it actually is behind the curtains.Try saying less or nothing at times!
dio4real 11 months ago
@lloydreggie Are you Serious Dude, Do your research, He his well Educated, Extremely Educated..
kayxis 11 months ago
U be teeth
I no be teeth
U be rubber
I no be rubber
U be rope
I no be rope
U be steel
I no be steel
pjackson624 11 months ago
@pjackson624 Its actually: " U be thief....U be robber... U be rouge... U dey steal...
ousanga 11 months ago
@pjackson624 That's proper African English for ya, Dumb ass Africans. People don't understand why i speak proper English just because i was born there, these fuckin' idiots make a bad name for every single African black. FUCK!!!!!!!! I mean, is it sooooooo hard for these goddamn retards to sing in PROPER English?
lloydreggie 11 months ago
@lloydreggie oloshi, go hug transformer.
tok1879 11 months ago
@lloydreggie :
After everything he did you're gonna hate on him because of his English? You should be ashamed of yourself. He went to Medical school in Europe for God's sake. He sings this way because a huge part of his politics called for the African people to rise up against European culture. So, he uses local dialects...I'd say you make Africans look bad. I'm white and I know more about your culture than you do! (I don't even know that much!) Please, shut up.
kalima216 11 months ago
@lloydreggie
Also, I'm confused...you were born in Africa but you hate Africans? Or are you just making shit up to try and prove your twisted point?
You're a dying breed man and, thank God for that.
kalima216 11 months ago
@lloydreggie
The "english" he is speaking is Pidgin, and is spoken by almost every african english speaker (That's a way bigger scale than England) , it's a language of it's own. Would you tell an American to speak proper english or the other way around or a creole to speak proper French ? Don´t be so concervative and complexed, chill out and listen to what he's saying, this is one of the greatest men and artists Africa gave birth to...So a little respect would be nice...
Akaankh 10 months ago
@lloydreggie
Let me put it this way : While Fela's songs are working on changing things,you are desperatly trying to make "people" not be surprised about you speaking English and being educated.Well guess what:Not gonna happen.Because most people are uneducated,ignorant and racist.Not because they mean to be,but because they were taught that way,and if you keep trying to mold Africa to the image of Europe,you're just another colonialist.Instead of complaing,educate ur white friends.
Akaankh 10 months ago
I love how his weed flew outta his hand. lol
playboyx85 1 year ago
look at him he dosnt give a fuck. Truley a great man.
PawnsMons 1 year ago
I coudnt stop laughing at the geezer who fell down and almost killed himself while trying to catch a thief
TheMackyo7 1 year ago
although it is moist as hell for Fela to be in a damn teal green underwear...preforming.....this song is still ILL!
DonCheadleCorleone 1 year ago
Jeez, just wanted to see what this 'lloydreggie' wrote since everyone here don't seem to like him/her. What an idiot. He clearly has no idea????
celerysparrow 1 year ago
@abs2ray man just respect the colture of stfu
mofogek 1 year ago
Does he have to wear bloody nappies?!
abs2ray 1 year ago
there are lot of thieves bamong the likes too :o nt to say armed robbers :o
babababa143 1 year ago
To some extent, Fela's lifestyle overshadowed his artistry: lyricist, composer/arranger, multi-instrumentalist, orchestral conductor.
Very few artistes can be called musician in the true sense of the word. Fela was a bona fide musician. No one even comes close to Fela's abilities.
Wavecurve 1 year ago
thank you very much Maduguy !
gabrieleamalfitano 1 year ago
Fela u picture Ole, Barawo, Onyoshi, Rogue and Ali Baba wey dey Naija for dis our 2010. Poverty is not a complete excuse for stealing otherwise the whole of our poor Nigerian would be robbing each other and when thief rob thief either way a fire starts. Think about Fela the one Great Ones words in dis video you Barawo and if u're not ashamed of yourself then I don't wonder because you needn't be.
ibrosala 1 year ago
Missy Elliott - The Rain [Supa Dupa Fly] [Video] NODOUBT??? BACKFROM THE FUTURE THE LIVÍNG AFTER DONE CIA SAW SNITCH WORK DARK GONGO MONKEY IS KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS AND I AM said the giant; and the hen at once laid a golden egg. "Lay! ... Jack had no sooner reached the ground than he cut the bean-stalk right in two. .. .
Fie, foh, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman - the meaning and origin of this saying.
grandchamp3 1 year ago
name please ?
gabrieleamalfitano 1 year ago
@gabrieleamalfitano authority stealing
Maduguy 1 year ago
fela is soooo comfortable with himself!!
indelaxiom 1 year ago 2
you're inspiration to all good minded African (e.g Nigerian) you're too gr8 a human..if u're born in State, u would've been more greater than michael Jackson bcoz you're too good, you used your music to influence the future event, u can sing anything, you're like a prophet bcoz what you sang about 30years ago still come to pass & you're very good with the instrument without been to music school..am very proud of ur talent & fighting for what u belief in until u pass away!! R.I.P Fela Anikulapo
Babatundey 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you notice that one of em girls could not keep her eyes off Fela's junk. hhaahhaa
damilohun92 1 year ago
THEY LOVEASTSIDE LOVE YOUNG ROBBER FB AND YOU FILES
grandchamp3 1 year ago
LAHORE TERROR 2 PAKISTAN
DISTRICT 9 A DArk dame from ya=iknow i know oh I know
grandchamp3 1 year ago
Esse fela era muito loko,nem pra aparece um cara talentoso como ele aqui no Brasil.!!
viva FELA KUTI....
tinhodoidera69 1 year ago
Is it true that armed robbers are still burned alive?
cherubina 1 year ago
@cherubina I think this will always exist in Naija. Once I visited home, on the way from Murtala Mohammed Airport I saw a crowd and smelt an odd smell. I looked closely and realized the smell was human flesh, they had caught an armed robber and set him a light. I had not even made it to my house yet. It hit me I am back home, as if they were saying welcome. I still love Naija with all my heart and miss home like mad!!!
EgbesuJuju2010 1 year ago
Fela!
A gift to us
sky1927 1 year ago
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partycats 1 year ago
Pls i mneed this mp3
okuboyo 1 year ago
How is an adult like him singing naked, isnt that gross.....
zooskie 1 year ago
@zooskie if you ever heard of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, the bass player Flea plays shows in nothing but his underwear. He started doing this because of Fela.
bjohns75 1 year ago
@zooskie what kind of name is zooskie?
thegreatgandolph 1 year ago
@zooskie What an ignorant comment dont you americans wear the same on the beach. What a hypocrite.
EgbesuJuju2010 1 year ago
Fela Is The Nigerian James Brown!!!!! both spoke about what was going on in their world backed with funky music...
flatbush46 1 year ago
At around 1.45 note the "necklacing" = a robber is caught, has a tyre put round him, then petrol, then a lit match....
explodition 1 year ago
Great music, I didn't know about Fela until this day. A classmate just introduced me and I fell in love with Zombie and You Be Thief. But I hate I took the time to read the comments here. I expected to learn more about Fela through the ones who knew and appreciated his music but instead I found an exchange of hatred, generalizations and blatant ignorance.This exchange seemed to be between blacks w/o a white person in site, then we have the audacity to complain about being perceived as ignorant.
rooseveltsecrease 1 year ago 3
may his song live on.
ClashFC 1 year ago
i love this niggaaaaaaaaaaa
PaulEazyTv 1 year ago
Too freakin' short!!!
grandpasun 1 year ago