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Its been belting down rain & freezing all week in Sydney, but this dope remake paying tribute to FELA should get you a little warmer for at least 6 minutes. There is some amazing musicians doing there thing on this one; Femi Kuti, D’angelo,Roy Hargrove and Macy Gray all one one tune.

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Taken from compilation Red Hot + Riot : The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, put out by Red Hot Organization as a fundraising tool for AIDS awareness efforts. The compilation is inspired by the works of  the late Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, was released by MCA on October 15, 2002 and featured more than three dozen artists on a score of tracks.

Track listing

1. “Fela Mentality” (Intro) – Fela Kuti
2. “Kalakuta Show” – Gift of Gab & Lateef
3. “Interlude: Live At Kalakuta” – Fela Kuti
4. “Shuffering & Shmiling” – Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Jorge Ben and Bilal
5. “Interlude: Gimme Shit” – Mixmaster Mike
6. “Water No Get Enemy” – Mixmaster Mike
7. “Water No Get Enemy” – D’Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray and The Soultronics (featuring Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove)
8. “Gentleman” – Me’Shell NdegéOcello & Yerba Buena (featuring Ron Blake)
9. “Years Of Tears and Sorrow” – Common and Djelimady Tounkara
10. “Shakara / Lady (Part One)” – Cheikh Lo
11. “Shakara / Lady (Part Two)” – Cheikh Lo, Les Nubians and Manu Dibango
12. “Don’t Worry About My Mouth O” (African Message) – Fela Kuti
13. “Zombie (Part One)” – Bugz In The Attic (featuring Wunmi)
14. “Zombie (Part Two)” – Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove
15. “No Agreement” – Res, Tony Allen, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul and Archie Shepp
16. “So Be It” – Kelis
17. “Interlude: This Is An Ashanti Proverb” – Fela Kuti
18. “By Your Side” – Sade (Cottonbelly Remix)
19. “Colonial Mentality” – Yerba Buena
20. “Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am” – Baaba Maal and Taj Mahal (featuring Kaouding Cissoko)

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