Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit

I figured it might be an idea to bring the whole "white guys playing guitars" trend that's developing in this blog to a halt. We have here another living legend, the essential African jazz man himself, Fela Kuti. Despite a very awkward life that involved having to create his own country, his mother being thrown out of a window by militants and an absurd number of children, Fela managed to make consistently fantastic records throughout his career. His songs tell us of the battles he has fought and his infusion of soul in to the music via his soft yet dry voice and saxophone playing is somewhat moving. His ability to put these horrible occurances in his life behind him and still make the powerful music he does is truly an inspiration. We have track here from his "Expensive Shit" lp and it easily worked it's way in to one of my all time favorite tracks.

Water No Get Enemy

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