Femi Kuti - Africa for Africa / Obasanjo Don Play You Wayo (Audio)

CD: Africa for Africa
Year: 2011 04 12
Label: Knitting Factory Records

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In the three years between the release of Femi Kuti's last album, Day by Day, and Africa for Africa, the legend of his late father, the Nigerian icon Fela Kuti, grew by leaps and bounds thanks to a successful Broadway musical that told his story in song. Femi, in his two decades as a performer, has continually honored his father's legacy while moving the Kuti model of Afro-beat firmly ahead into the future.

That he's managed to do so without substantially altering the blueprint drawn by Fela is somewhat remarkable: Femi's music is undeniably more modern-sounding than Fela's -- his melodic and rhythmic influences are more global, taking in Latin, Caribbean, and several African-American genres, for example -- yet at the same time has never been radically different from it. This remains true on Africa for Africa. In rhythm and in sound, and in his defiant attitude and fiery spirit, Femi Kuti, along with his band, Positive Force, unabashedly pay tribute while continuing, fearlessly, to address issues relevant to today's Africa and the world beyond.

Recorded, as were his earliest works, at Afrodisia/Decca Studio in Lagos, Africa for Africa, while offering up nearly a dozen new tunes, also revisits a few songs Femi has recorded before (specifically, for 2004's Africa Shrine album). Despite the recycling, it's one of his most inventive and potent albums to date, full of aggression, euphoria, and hope -- alongside the rage, indignation and bitterness -- and powered by idealism,...

Tracks:

1.Dem Bobo
2.Nobody Beg You
3.Politics in Africa
4.Bad Government
5.Can't Buy Me
6.Africa for Africa
7.Make We Remember
8.Obasanjo Don Play You Wayo
9.Boys Dey Hungry for Town
10.Now You See
11.No Blame Them
12.Yeparipa
13.E No Good
14.It Don't Mean

Category:

Music

Tags:

• femi
• kuti
• africa
• afrobeat
• naija
• nigeria
• lagos
• eko
• yoruba
• planetolusola

[planetolusola]

Femi the afrobeat ambassador.

[damietedokubo]

grammy

[Ihievbe]

Respect

Os

[baokumoses]

Thanks for the blessing of Afro-beat music! Peace, Baoku

[kamalafroseventy]

Peace to Africa Peace to Nigeria peace to the world