When it comes to Afrobeat, it doesn’t get much bigger than Femi & Made Kuti. The son and grandson of Fela Kuti, the man who is synonymous with the genre, decided to mince words with Shan & OB on The Low End Theory this week. In between stories of playing and touring with his father, working as an ambassador with Amnesty International and being a spokesperson for the injustices that have hit the people of his native land, Femi discusses the challenges he has faced in his homeland whilst releasing 11 studio albums and also his seminal work with Dele Sosimi in Positive Force from the mid-1980s. Made Kuti, already a respected leader within the world music scene played every instrument on his new album and his music has been labelled a “modern and progressive freedom manifesto”. Upon listening, you would have no hesitation in saying he is changing Afrobeat before our very ears with the hypnotic grooves he both writes and produces.
Shan & OB chat with these two legends about their new records, Stop The Hate and For(e)word, which were both just dropped as a double album titled, ‘Legacy+’. Both are afrobeat, funk, soul, percussive and fiery political message boards that call out the problems that still exist in their home “town” of Lagos, Nigeria. Both are essential listening and the boys get to the bottom (end) of what these two musical greats are all about. All this and Shan and OB drop exclusive sets of afrobeat, Latin and cumbia vibes for your listening pleasure.
Femi Kuti - Pà Pá Pà (Official Video)
Made Kuti - Free Your Mind (Official Video)
Femi Kuti - As We Struggle Everyday (Official Video)
Tracklist
Femi Kuti - Sorry Sorry [Manta 1000 mix]The Dynamics - For The Love Of Money
Amadou & Mariam - Filaou Bessame
Kiko Navarro feat Aboubacar Sylla - Ihabogi Rawaly
Asa Moto - Wanowan Efem
Hydroponic Sound System - Shu Bop Shu Bop
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse - Burn Out
Paris Groovescooter - Bumpa2Bumpa All Nite Long
Om Alec Khaoli - Say You Love Me
Harari - Party
Manu Dibango - Mincalor
Femi Kuti - Show of Shame
José Roberto - Crioula Multicolorida
Miguel Enriquez - Abre Que Voi (Edit)
Manteca - Tremendo Boogaloo (Flow Dynamics Remix)
Jackson Do Pandeiro - Eu Balanço (Beatfanatic Rework)
Quantic & Nickodemus - Mi Swing Es Tropical (Featuring Tempo & The Candela All-Stars)
Freddy Y Sus Afro Latinos - Maltrato (DSK Edit)
Ray Barretto - Mi Ritmo Te Llama - Part 1 (Nick Bike Edit)
Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Divinorum (Quantic Remix)
Ozomatli - Ya Viene El Sol (The Beatle Bob Remix)
Panama Cardoon - Carmen
DJ Tzinas - Poncho Feel
Andy Taylor - Bank of Panama
Ondatrópica - Chop 'n' Quench
Hector Lavoe & Willie Colon - Timbalero (Nick Bike Edit)
Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Otro Muerde el Polvo (Another One Bites the Dust)
Andy Taylor - Jailed Thoughts
Tito Puente - Ran Kan Kan (Fort Knox Five Mix)
Santana - Evil Ways
Me & You - Hoop Loop (Solo Moderna Mix)
The Juju Orchestra - Kind of Latin Rhythm (Smoove Remix)
Ray Barretto - A Deeper Shade Of Soul
Ozomatli - Como Ves
Femi Kuti - What Will Tomorrow Bring [Joe Caussel remix]