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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
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Date14 Nov 2014
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AvailabilityOn sale now
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1, 2, 3, 4… with a clenched fist and a blast of his alto-sax, Seun Kuti launches into IMF, the opening track on A Long Way To The Beginning – his tightest, most electrifying album yet. This time around no one escapes the Afrobeat warrior’s ire: not corrupt Nigerian leaders or sly western powers.
‘Mypeople are coming for what’s ours,’ sings Kuti, 31, in his powerful, stentorian voice. ‘Going all out ‘cause it’s now or never, ‘breakin’ the chain, we gon’ sever…’
It’s been a struggle to get to now. There were those who criticized his decision to front his father’s band; who said it was arrogant, even hubristic, to try and fill his father’s shoes. This was never Seun’s aim: “Fela will always be Number One,” says the Lagos-based scion, who inherited the extraordinary Egypt 80 orchestra in 1997 when his father died.
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Date14 Nov 2014
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AvailabilityOn sale now