![]() Even though it is immanently danceable, this is angry political music at heart. On “Don’t Give That Shit To Me” he says, “Don’t bullshit Africa”-a confrontational stance that shouldn’t put newbies off too much. This sentiment clearly maintains its value in the turbulent times that 2016 has brought.īack to Seun Kuti. Disc one has another remake, Timmy Thomas’s 1973 cut, “Everbody Wants to Live Together,” covered by River Ocean on this set. This disc also includes a remake of 1972’s “Soul Moukusa,” a track that early B-boys would use as the soundtrack for popping and locking, while hip hop DJs Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa would cut it up in New York City parks. They open disc two with a live version of “World War IV” at Jazz Café in London, with the lead singer taking the Clinton administration and other world leaders to task. Disc two opens with the Antibalas, who are one of the biggest Afrobeat acts going today, not counting members of the Kuti family. I found it odd that Fela’s son Femi is nowhere to be found on this CD, but Fela’s youngest son, Seun, was featured on two tracks. These parties never really took off in Medina’s hometown of Philadelphia, but in New York, London, and Miami there is no parking on the dancefloor. On this two disc set, DJ Rich Medina presents Jump N Funk, a collage of Afrobeat music, titled after the parties Rich Medina helped create and where he still regularly spins Afrobeat classics. Kuti was not afraid to take the Nigerian government to task for corruption and lying to the people, using his music to get social and political messages across. Nicknamed “The Black President,” Kuti was to Nigeria what Bob Marley was to Jamaica. ![]() It’s a genre pioneered in the late ’60s by Fela Kuti. If you weren’t, then this CD provides a condensed Afrobeat education. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones who saw the musical Fela! –if you were, then you know this music is heavy on horns and bass. It’s not commercial music and unless you’re a regular NPR listener, the genre might have escaped your notice. It would be unfair to fault readers who are unfamiliar with Afrobeat. ![]() Title: Rich Medina Presents Jump “N” Funk
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