Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti

USD $27.99

Fela Kuti and Africa 70 transform a police corruption standoff into essential Afrobeat, sarcastic, swagger-filled, and politically alive, with infectious grooves and Yoruba philosophy woven throughout.

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A fearless dispatch from the Kalakuta Republic, Expensive Shit turns a real-life confrontation with Nigerian police corruption into some of Fela Kuti's most sarcastic, righteously indignant music. Backed by the irresistible Africa 70, Fela weaponizes sprawling grooves, richly layered horn arrangements, and Tony Allen's commanding percussion to expose state intimidation with wit, humor, and unshakable swagger. The B-side's "Water No Get Enemy" shifts the mood, drawing on Yoruba philosophy to deliver a hypnotic meditation on nature and power. Vital, provocative, and infectious from first note to last, Expensive Shit is essential Afrobeat, a reminder that Fela's genius lay in making the political feel utterly, irresistibly alive.

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