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February 25, 2013

Fela Kuti - The Best Of The Black President 2: Check Out The Reincarnation Of Our Nigerian Legend's Music As Chris May And Akon Work On Re-packaging Almost 50 Albums Of His Complete Works To Be Re-released On March 4, 2013.




Nigerian icon and Afrobeat originator, Fela Kuti, passed away 15 years ago but to this day, his legacy lives on across the globe with his still-relevant, forthright political views and powerful music. The complete works of Fela, consisting of almost 50 albums, are now being re-packaged, with in-depth track commentaries written by Afrobeat historian Chris May, and prepared for a three-batch re-launch between March and September 2013.

The re-release programme will be spearheaded on 4th March, 2013, by the release of The Best Of The Black President 2, a 2 CD collection with foreword written by Senegalese-American R&B/hip-hop artist, Akon. See the complete tracklist below.

CD 1: 
1. Everything Scatter 10:31 
2. Expensive Shit 13:11
3. Underground System (Part 2) 15:19 
4. Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am 12:03 
5. Monkey Banana 11:31 
6. Sorrow Tears and Blood (Original Extended Version) 16:41 

CD 2:
1. Black Man’s Cry 11:35 
2. Mr Follow Follow 12:55 
3. He Miss Road 10:45 
4. Yellow Fever 15:10 
5. Na Poi 13:30 
6. Colonial Mentality 13:41 

DVD (Deluxe edition only): 

Fela Kuti performing at the Glastonbury Festival 1984 (60 mins)

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