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fela kuti - red hot + fela - knitting factory records - cd

Genre: African - Nigeria

1. Baloji & L'Orchestre de la Katuba [ft. Kuku] - Buy Africa
2. Yune-Yards, uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, & Akua Naru - Lady%u201D
3. Spoek Mathambo & Zaki Ibrahim - Yellow Fever
4. Nneka, Sinkane, Amayo & Superhuman Happiness - No Buredi
5. Just a Band & Childish Gambino - Who No Know Go No
6. My Morning Jacket, Merrill Garbus, Brittany Howard - Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am
7. Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe, Kronos Quartet, Stuart Bogie - Sorrow Tears and Blood
8. Superhuman Happiness, Sahr Ngaujah, Abena Koomson, Rubblebucket - ITT
9. Tony Allen, M1, Baloji - Afrodisco Beat 2013
10. Just A Band, Bajah, Chance the Rapper - Gentleman
11. GendEr Infinity - Hi Life Time
12. Spoek Mathambo, Cerebral Cortex, Frown - Zombie
13. King - Go Slow

Fela Kuti tribute album titled Red Hot + Fela. The compilation is set to have various contemporary musicians and recording artists pay homage to the late great Fela Kuti, who unexpectedly passed away from complications brought on by the AIDS virus in 1997.

The album features thirteen Fela tracks, all remade by popular artist from the likes of legendary afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen, fellow drummer ?uestlove of The Roots, TV On The Radio members, Baloji, Nneka, Spoek Mathambo, Just A Band, Zaki Ibrahim � and the previously featured �Lady� (below) by ?uesto, Tune-Yards, Angelique Kidjo and Akua Naura.