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- Date Released: January 1, 1986
- Genre: International
- Style: Africa
- Label: Terrascape
Calling mindless dancers, impassioned revolutionaries and all persuasions in-between.
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We Say...
The Afrobeat of Fela Kuti combines the charged socio-politics of Bob Marley, a blend of funk stylings (taut a la James Brown and elastic like George Clinton) and an instrumental helix employed by improvisational jam bands like Phish or the Grateful Dead. Because his tunes adhere to an informal template and the musicianship is of consistently high quality, there’s no better or worse place to submerge yourself in his gloriously huge discography. Mr. Follow Follow culls two vintage workouts from the mid '70s, each one rapidly adding layers to achieve a relentless groove in which soloists emerge and fade in succession, followed by Fela’s declamatory sermon-vocals (tagged by a village of backup singers numbering in the dozens), and then an equally stirring instrumental outro.
The title track — taken from arguably Fela’s most notorious record, Zombie — has more than the usual quotient of horn solos and slingshot sax riffs, chief among them the dank baritone horn Lekan Animashaun, a signature part of Fela’s sound. “Who No Know Go Know” is more string and keyboard oriented, establishing a smooth, almost acid-jazz groove. Put simply, there is something of substance going on for everyone here, be you mindless dancers, impassioned revolutionaries or all persuasions in-between.
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Credits
- Tony Allen - Drums // Tony Allen - Drums // Tony Allen - Leader // Tony Allen - Leader // Ayoola Abayomi - Stick // Shina Abiodun - Conga // Tejumade Adebiyi - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Guitar // Fela Kuti - Guitar // Fela Kuti - Guitar // Fela Kuti - Piano // Fela Kuti - Piano // Fela Kuti - Piano // Fela Kuti - Keyboards // Fela Kuti - Keyboards // Fela Kuti - Keyboards // Fela Kuti - Sax (Alto) // Fela Kuti - Sax (Alto) // Fela Kuti - Sax (Alto) // Fela Kuti - Sax (Tenor) // Fela Kuti - Sax (Tenor) // Fela Kuti - Sax (Tenor) // Fela Kuti - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Main Performer // Fela Kuti - Main Performer // Fela Kuti - Main Performer // Lekan Animashaun - Sax (Baritone) // Nweke Atifoh - Guitar (Bass) // Leke Benson - Guitar // Ronke Edason - Vocals // Oladeinde Koffi - Conga // Addo Nettey - Conga // Babajide Olaleye - Maracas // Nwokoma Ukem - Trumpet // Stephen Uken - Trumpet // Tunde Williams - Trumpet // Mark Weinberg - Design // James Abayomi - Stick // Franco Aboddy - Guitar (Bass) // Wole Kuboye - Compilation // Felicia Idonije - Vocals // Nicholas Addo - Conga // Henry Kofi - ? // Demola Odebiyi - Engineer // Demola Odebiyi - Mixing // Bose Osuhor - Vocals // Regina Osuhor - Vocals
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