50TH ANNIVERSARY: ROFOROFO FIGHT

by Fela Kuti

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Plasnes First track is a CLASSIC! The bassline is probably one of his best. The album falls a bit during Go Slow and Question Jam Answer but it rises back up once Trouble Sleep comes on. Trouble Sleep is probably one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, it takes it time as it needs as everything builds up to the chorus. Catchy while still being very emotive. The last two tracks are a nice bonus, not as good as the other tracks but still really awesome and they fit well. Favorite track: Roforofo Fight.

Luka Finally !!!! A proper reissue of this beautiful record, with Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am. Thank you !!!

Captainpandapants You can never go wrong with anything from Fela but this is the best. Favorite track: Go Slow.

Lovdahl, Ian this album kinda changed my whole musical outlook, how lucky Favorite track: Roforofo Fight.

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1.	Roforofo Fight 15:38	buy track
2.	Go Slow 17:25	buy track
3.	Question Jam Answer 13:39	buy track
4.	Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am 12:06	buy track
5.	Shenshema 09:09	buy track
6.	Ariya 10:20	buy track

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By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming one of the most avidly followed musicians in West Africa. His audience came from among the region's urban poor, the "sufferheads" living in the shanty towns around the major cities, along with growing numbers of students and political dissenters. Fela championed, and sang about the problems of, oppressed and exploited people and denounced the ruling elites lording it over them, with their seemingly endemic corruption and their ready use of violence to crush dissent. Because he generally sang in Broken English rather than Yoruba, and adopted an increasingly pan-Africanist outlook, his message resonated throughout Anglophone Africa.

The 50th-anniversary reissue of Roforofo Fight is pressed on double orange & green vinyl. Side D features singles "Shenshema" and "Ariya" on vinyl for the first time. The two tracks were originally released as a 7"" single in 1972 and later featured in the CD reissue of "Roforofo Fight / The Fela Singles"

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released August 19, 2022

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Fela Kuti Lagos, Nigeria

Over a decade after his death, vindication has come to Fela Kuti, Africa’s musical genius. AfroBeat, his gift to the world, is now an international staple on his own uncompromising terms, social content intact.

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