fela kuti thread
 

fela is superior to the other artists who get to have big threads, so it's time to discuss this mega awesome artist

My friend sent me one of his albums a coupleyears ago for Xmas, I didn't expect to end up listening to it repeatedly for a couple days.

haha, amen. about 2 years ago i started collecting all his stuff, for a while i had everything, now i have 'beasts of no nation', 'black president', 'expensive shit/he miss road', 'zombie' and 'confusion'. my favorite will always be 'expensive shit'. by far the funkiest music ever heard by anyone, but at the same time, politically charged and angry. incendiary sounds, no question. the whole mystique around fela made him an absolutely fascinating performer. i know people who listen to hip hop, metal, punk. industrial, whatever, and they all at least appreciate fela.

yeah, expensive shit is the best, it's better than merriweather post pavillion

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