I watched The Last King Of Scotland last night and through out the movie, I always caught myself tapping my foot and swingin' my neck off-guard

The music score is a banger but unfortunately thats what I only know about afro-music(or whateva term to describe it),,,,and Fela Kuti(in which the only song I know about him is Water No Enemy).

Hip this gal

Good movie.

Try this set.



Nigeria '70 (Box Set)
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Harlepolis said:

I know quite a few Fela Kuti songs, the best one is Zombie, which refers to the Nigerian Military government of the 70s.

namepeace said:

Hmmm,,,,I'm intrigued

I got his name(the dude who's featured in the LKOS soundtrack).

Tony Allen

Ring the bell, anybody?

I haven't seen the movie, but you should check out Fela Kuti'smusic - Nigerian musician/activist.

Fela had a song out called "Expensive Sh**" which I love

- his son is Femi Kuti - also a musician. You can find some performance footage of him and his dad on you tube..
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2elijah said:

You do know that Fela once married 13 women at the same time (traditionally of course) and later died of Aids, which is not surprising at all

whatsgoingon said:

I am aware that he is no longer alive and have watched his documentary about the situation that was happening in Nigeria when he was alive, and many of his songs talk about the despair his people faced. The number of wives of course was part of that tradition, no surprise.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti was very passionate about his people and wrote/sung many songs about it. I mentioned him in the thread Janfriend started about "Black Music Month" in June. Thanks. I actually recently saw a documentary/concert of his son Femi, on a cable station that was quite interesting.
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2elijah said:

Marrying 13 women at once is not the tradition in Nigerian, that's why when it happened it cause a storm there. Men can have more than one wife, but it's usually the muslims that do that and they don't marry more than 4 and never at the same time

get u some fela..

whatsgoingon said:

Oh my goodness, I did not say, 13 wives was ok or allowable to have, , I basically said having more than one wife was something that was part of their tradition, and no surprise to me. Anyway, my response to this thread was in regards to Harlepolis' post, but thanks for your input.
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Harlepolis said:

I'm not a huge Afro Beat fan, but there's some great stuff of varying tempos here!

And, did Fela ever record a song under 11 minutes 32 seconds?

Harlepolis said:

Tony Allen was Fela's longtime drummer, and is a Afrobeat/funk/jazz drumming legend. He also made a few excellent EPs as a solo artist produced by Fela which are available on CD.

Since parting company with Fela in the early '80s (I think after a major row), he has become a solo artist and session drummer, most recently turning up as the drummer in a band called 'The Good, the Bad and the Queen', a British pop/rock/dub/Afrobeat band led by Damon Albarn of Blur/ Gorillaz fame, and featuring Paul Simenon of the Clash on bass. They are ok-ish, but for me, Tony is the boss musician there.
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namepeace said:

I think there are one or two, but the Fela groove only really gets cookin' about 6 minutes in, I find!

I love Fela and Afrobeat, but I wouldn't say it was the most varied of music forms, at least in its original Fela incarnation. Once you've heard two or three tracks, they tend to blend together somewhat, even if they do have a different message and some cool soloing.

My fav Fela tracks would include the classic that is 'Zombie', then 'Water, No Get Enemy' and the witty 'Gentleman'.

Femi Kuti's a chip off the old block, but is more modern, musically flexible and 'commercial' to an extent, tho he seems to be getting less compromising in his music and messages in recent records. His album 'Fight To Win' is a great example of modern Afrobeat, with slightly glossier production and shorter tracks, but with his own passionate style and strong horn playing. The only downer is the inclusion of one or two rappers, but these are Mos Def and Common, and are only on a couple of tracks. Standout tracks imo include 'Stop AIDS' and ''97', on which Femi reflects on the loss of various family members in that fateful year for his family.

Get into Afrobeat.

Miles said:

GOOD RECORD

La La La is some funky ish. Dancing Time is pretty good too.

namepeace said:

I RECOMMEND...

Red Hot + Riot: Music & Spirit Of Fela Kuti



This Fela tribute record features contributions from D'Angelo, Kelis, Me'shell N'degeocello, Femi Kuti, Questlove, Talib Kweli (I think), Macy Gray, Nikka Costa, and many others. I highly recommend it.

papaaisaway said:

Yeah, I have the D'Angelo song with Macy & Femi(Water No Enemy) good shit :not: