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- Record Label: Because
- Release Date: Jun 21, 2011
- Artist(s): Seun Kuti
- Summary: The youngest son of Fela Kuti teams up with his father's band, Egypt 80, on this album produced by Brian Eno and John Reynolds.
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- Record Label: Because
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, International, African Traditions, Afro-beat, Pan-Global
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Aug 23, 2011This is an album that's memorable for its slick, rousing instrumental work, which includes Seun's own saxophone contributions. His new songs attack predictable targets, but at least he is beginning to find his own voice.
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Aug 23, 2011Backed by his father's old orchestra, Fela Kuti's son Seun shows how afrobeat should be played: its irrepressible funky surge offset by truly scorching brass fanfares.
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UncutAug 26, 2011The ferocious cauldron of funk guitars, stinging horns, simmering grooves and incendiary, politicized lyrics departs little from Fela's trademark style, but is delivered with a spiky aggression that entirely justifies the album's title. [May 2011, p.94]
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Aug 23, 2011Addressing Nigeria's history ("Slave Masters") and militarism ("African Soldier"), Seun's proper coming-out closes with some positive thoughts on cannabis ("The Good Leaf"). Fela lives, indeed.
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MojoAug 23, 2011The boy done good, again. [Jun 2011, p.100]
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Aug 23, 2011From Africa With Fury: Rise is a solid sampling of Afrobeat, and if Kuti's goal is to show that his father's influence was not wasted on him, he succeeds brilliantly.
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Aug 23, 2011As the Afrobeat funk cross-hatches its syncopations and sets brasses against saxophones, the production captures the antiphonal clarity without sacrificing brawn.