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Fela Kuti
- Record Label: Knitting Factory
- Release Date: Oct 26, 2009
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- Summary: The two-disc reissue of the compilation album of some of the most popular songs from the father of Afrobeat is the first of a planned reissue of the Nigerian musician's 45 albums.
- Record Label: Knitting Factory
- Genre(s): World
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One of the rare cases of a best-of being an artist's definitive statement, it's not hard to explain that Fela's other albums simply couldn't have fit enough of them to qualify.
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The Best of the Black President is simply a stellar collection that bests any two-disc collection out there as it represents the continued evolution of Fela Kuti's music from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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Through music, Kuti received redemption and power. The Best of the Black President gathers his best singles in one place. Here are the strongest moments of a musician that never played a single unnecessary note.
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So while two straight discs of Fela is exhausting, it's probably the most suitable way to digest him.
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While the song selection (including classics like the brass-balled superfunker "Zombie") is killer, recording info would help. The music speaks for itself, but presidential history deserves better.
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MarcN.Jan 26, 2010Brilliant.
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DaveMFeb 3, 2010Hypnotic masterpiece from a real orginator. The more you listen the more you hear, you can almost feel him walka, walka, walka, amongst his people.
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