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Altijd al een liefhebber van Fela Kutie geweest. Zijn zoon en kleinzoon gaan verder in zijn traditie van Afrobeat en herinterpreteren zijn werk. Erg mooi.

Divided into two sections, Fela Kuti’s son and grandson rework his signature sound, adding their own political commentary

Much like the Marleys and reggae, the Ali Khans and Sufism or the Shankars and raga, Fela Kuti’s family name has long been synonymous with Afrobeat. The Kuti dynasty is one that perpetuates an artful blend of Ghanaian highlife melody with undulating funk rhythm, celebratory soul vamps and a fierce socio-political message, ever since Fela’s breakout in the 1970s.

It is a legacy that has wound its way into everything from hip-hop samples on Mos Def and Missy Elliot records to the current London jazz resurgence exemplified by Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd. Fela’s own children have been some of his most rigorous acolytes: on this double album, aptly titled Legacy+, Fela’s eldest son Femi partners with his own son Made to create both an anthology of the music’s essence and a gesture to its future.

Femi’s opening half, titled Stop the Hate, convincingly channels Fela’s role as a masterful bandleader. It pairs the jittering, high register guitar line of the classic Zombie with a driving rhythm on Na Bigmanism Spoil Government, and Pà Pá Pà, Stop the Hate and Set Your Minds and Souls Free centre Femi’s yearning falsetto on luscious, fanfare horn arrangements that recall the celebration of a Duke Ellington section.

Taken on its own, Stop the Hate is a pleasing if somewhat unremarkable continuation of the Afrobeat canon, yet it serves to lay the foundations for Made’s second half, For(e)ward. Where Femi’s voice is endearingly wavering, the younger Kuti is far more forceful, using his baritone to speak-sing over the pared down rhythms of tracks Blood, Different Streets and Free Your Mind.

It’s Made who distils the political import of Afrobeat – rallying against racism, corruption and division – over off-kilter arrangements that take in the rhythmic power of hip-hop and subdue the maximalism of his grandfather Fela’s music in service of its message. Here we witness a modern manifestation of the Kutis’ music, one that recognises its heritage and tackles old problems with a renewed vigour.

Tracks:  
01. Femi Kuti - Pà Pá Pà
02. Femi Kuti - As We Struggle Everyday
03. Femi Kuti - Stop the Hate
04. Femi Kuti - Land Grab
05. Femi Kuti - Na Bigmanism Spoil Government
06. Femi Kuti - You Can't Fight Corruption With Corruption
07. Femi Kuti - Show of Shame
08. Femi Kuti - Privatisation
09. Femi Kuti - Young Boy  Young Girl
10. Femi Kuti - Set Your Minds and Souls Free

11. Made Kuti - Free Your Mind
12. Made Kuti - Your Enemy
13. Made Kuti - Blood
14. Made Kuti - Different Streets
15. Made Kuti - Higher You'll Find
16. Made Kuti - Hymn
17. Made Kuti - Young Lady
18. Made Kuti - We Are Strong

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