Zombie

I was excited about this one because I enjoyed Fela Kuti's live album (w/ Ginger Baker) so much. I still think that's the better album, but this one is no slouch either. Excellent African rhythms and drums horns, with a good political message underneath it.

love it. cool beats

How have I never heard of this guy?

Fuhhhh

awesome

Pretty tight, I guess I like Jazz

Added to YT Music.

Caught me by surprise. Amazing stuff.

Love the horns. Great grooves. Don’t love the singing.

Rhythm is gonna get you.

Great grooves song after song

too repetitive and jamband for me

Cool historical context from wikipedia. Non wowed by the music.

Awesome! 4 songs of funky goidness!

Kind of fun. Like cruise ship entertainment, but with some talent.

So there is a good kind of jazz. Listened 19/1/21

Goede latin/jazz/soul. Nooit van gehoord en echt steengoed.

Not a bad album but just didn't really get into it

Bit of fun, jazzy record, don't know enough about jazz or African music to tell if its any good

Ethnic, fun, not my usual listening

Nice

Jazzy

African jazz

Zumbi

The first song reminded me of the first time I listened to the Stray Cats for some odd reason and I just got all types of fired up

Didn't like the Jazz part as much, but the reggae influence was interesting

Good big band jazz.

Immediately made me smile, love that horn. Domi would like this.

Weird Reagea-Jazz with very clear messaging. Not much more to say, it was a good listen.

Jazz!

no

Great jazz swingy trumpets

Guter Jazz, lange Songs, macht Spaß!

Very catchy start and interesting sound! But the songs were too long for my taste or not various enough for this lenght. Would give a 3,5.

fantastic, nog nooit so naar afrobeat geluisterd en wat dit album heeft gedaan voor nigeria echt top genieten van begin tot eind

F U N K Y

It's clear I've been neglecting Afropop for too long. Fun

Really nice record

So good, great rhythms and beats.

This is generally not my genre. That said, the sheer unbridled energy brought to music on this album is infectious. It's 100% a protest album and also 100% and act of creative freedom. It was his way of saying "screw you I'm going to be me and be free no matter what." And you have to respect that. Even so, it really really wasn't my jam. So I can't give it full marks.

This guy used his craft to stick it to the man and paid the ultimate price for it, then got back up and did it again. An incredible story. The songs are bangers, too. Best track: Zombie

Did a quick Wiki on this and mad props to Fela Kuti. He showed integrity and the importance of making your voice heard through your art, and he suffered so much from it. The music itself lacking context is also really good

First time listening to this music. Really vibrant! Looking at the history of this record was interesting

Pretty groovy. It was an interesting delve into Afrobeat, which I don't have much experience with. 3.5

The version differences here are slightly mysterious. Solid hour of music on the four-track version on streaming (I gather this is the European CD release, or maybe just a CD release in general). The music's all groove. The melody instruments do a good job, though they are rather few, or lack the density certain jazz bands can produce for fifteen minutes. The vocal sections are the most dynamic, and far too rare.

I am not smart enough for jazz but this is good I think

Jazzy.

Really great energy, I can totally see how Talking Heads were inspired.

More African shit

Funky/Jazzy instrumental album.

wow ! this influenced the talking heads like nobodys business

Music is good, but the story behind the album INSANE