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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Seun Anikulapo Kuti
Label: Disorient
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 41100
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 56
UPC: 634457401020
EAN: 0634457401020
ASIN: B00195FUHI
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Many Things | | • | Na Oil - Seun Anikulapo Kuti, Fagbemi, Adedime | | • | Don't Give That Shit to Me | | • | Fire Dance | | • | Think Afrika | | • | Mosquito Song - Seun Anikulapo Kuti, Animashaun, Lekan | | • | African Problems |
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Album Description
Seun Kuti is the son of Fela Kuti, Africa's greatest musician and inventor of Afrobeat. From the opening bars of the self-titled debut from Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - ideas, words, and notes whiz about with abandon. The Afrobeat magic is set in motion while the delirious, unrelenting groove machine carries us away without missing a moment. For this debut album and full North American summer tour, Seun is leading the legendary Egypt 80 orchestra, his father's last band. Egypt 80 have been together for over two decades and it shows in every note: the cohesion and absolutely mesmeric precision of the rhythmic reflexes down to the thousandth of a second that makes their ultra-syncopated polyphony the perfect 'swing' model.
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| Customer Reviews:
 pure Afrobeat November 26, 2008
I was a little skeptical when I first bought this album. I wasn't sure that faith in a last name would bring the funk, but this album delivers in a major kind of way. Every song is distinct in its own way. Buy this if you have any sort of attraction to anything even remotely resembling afrobeat. Its great stuff. "Many Things" starts the album off with a more chilled-out groove that picks up into some powerful rhythmic glory. The greatness kees going until the very end. "Africa Problems" is, in my opinion, one of the best afrobeat songs that I have ever heard. Seun has a message and he's not afraid to deliver it. And the music is great. Buy it.
 another son of Fela Kuti has risen September 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Seun Kuti picks up where his father(Fela Kuti) left off. The young saxaphones,bandleader and vocalist has produced a self titled debut that totally jams. Fela's old band the Egypt 80 is present and in full effect.
Femi(Seun older brother half brother and the flag bearer for Afro Beat music.) is not featured,however this music is more straight Afro Beat. (Femi due to his rising popularity abroad at times performs afro beat hybrids with members of the Roots,Common and others while this music stays straight to the afro beat feel.)The future of afro beat shall thrive,just check out this disc.
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