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Title: Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti
Release date: 15 October, 2002
Record label: MCA
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Official website: Red Hot + Riot
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1. Fela Mentality (Intro) - Fela Kuti
2. Kalakuta Show - Gab & Lateef
3. Interlude: Live At Kalakuta - Fela Kuti
4. Shuffering & Shmiling - Dead Prez, Talib Kewli, Jorge Ben and Bilal
5. Interlude: Gimme Sh*t - Mixmaster Mike
6. Water No Get Enemy - Mixmaster Mike
7. Water No Get Enemy - D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray & The Soultronics (feat. Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove)
8. Gentleman - MeShell Ndegeocello & Yerba Buena (feat. Ron Blake)
9. Years Of Tears and Sorrow - Common & 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 (feat. Wunmi)
14. Zombie (Part Two) - Nile Rodgers & Roy Hargrove
15. No Agreement - Res, Tony Allen, Ray Lema, Baaba Maa, Positive Black Soul & 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 & Taj Mahal (feat. Kaouding Cissoko)
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Send to a FriendArtists representing a vast spectrum of musical genres have come together to record a floor-shaking tribute to the late Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Proceeds from the project, Red Hot + RIOT!, the latest in the Red Hot Organization's well-branded charitable collaborations, will benefit Red Hot's continued efforts in the fight against AIDS in Africa. Produced by Paul Heck, Red Hot + RIOT! will be released on October 15 by MCA Records, in association with the Red Hot Organization.
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A classically-trained saxophonist, pianist and vocalist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti combined jazz, funk, high life, and traditional African rhythms with barbed political and social messages for an unparalleled musical revolution he called Afrobeat. Fela Kuti is remembered not only for his pioneering musical style, but also for his unwavering commitment to political and social activism in his native Nigeria. Though brutally persecuted for decades by Nigeria's political and military leaders, he wielded a steely, defiant power to reach a global audience from his home in Lagos. Dedicated to ending political corruption in Nigeria, a vocal commitment that was met with beatings, home-invasion military sieges and imprisonment, Fela was lovingly referred to by the country's citizens as their ?Black President' until his 1997 death from AIDS-related causes at the age of 58.
The Red Hot Organization is the leading international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through popular culture. Over the past ten years, Red Hot has produced twelve groundbreaking albums and related television programs, incorporating the talents of leading performers, producers, directors and visual artists to raise funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. To date, these efforts have donated millions for AIDS relief, making the company the largest and most successful AIDS organization in the entertainment industry.
MCA Records has released 26 Fela Kuti CDs since 2000, representing the best-known titles from his prolific studio output, estimated to include over 80 albums. His son, Femi Kuti, continues Fela's social and political efforts in Nigeria and around the world through his music and as Special Representative to UNICEF, and has released two albums on MCA Records, 2000's Shoki Shoki, and his most recent, Fight To Win, released last fall.
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