Osusu317:

Guy stfu what kind of nonsense/rubbish comparison is this one na...
See fela see trouble o, u nor jz get respect intact u b small boy..... A whole Fela Kuti
Just go type greatest musicians of all time weda u nor go see Fela for top 15!!!!!!!
Can u imagine the rubbish mtchewwwww

NewDelhi:
I'll give it to lagbaja. His music are more captivating, better beats and rhymes to put you in a dance mood. Even if you no dance you go dey shake head.

Give fela 10 mins to sing a song, he will use the first 5 mins for rythymless beats, 2 mins for lyrics wey no get meaning and the last 3 mins for another round of rhythmeless beats.

Lagbaja was way better in my opinion.

rossniti:


I disagree big time.

You don't understand music.

Fela was on a totally different level from Lagbaja.

What do you mean by ''rhythmless beats''?

Fela?

You must be drunk.

Better go on Youtube and humbly listen to the music of the greatest African musician of all time.

Maybe you were in nappies 7 years ago when the Fela on Broadway musical was going on in theatres across the world, and attended by every major star on earth, from Jay Z to Beyonce, to Will Smith, to Spike Lee, to Alicia keys and Madonna, in honour of the great man.

Small children talking rubbish.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkJfdqoKcYg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzU5-xcSF4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6KWhy2FAk

sylve11:



You shouldn't have bothered educating those kids. That's how some kids were comparing Lucky Dube to Bob Marley.

Gmajor:




I still stand by what I said.
Fela pales in comparison to a lot of Nigerian music legends.
That someone inspired you does not mean you can't surpass him/her.
Graham Bell invited the telephone in the 1800, but his invention pales in comparison to what Steve Jobs was able to produce.

Whenever the Fela topic is brought up, people always tend to approach the topic with a rose tinted glass that really clouds their judgement.

Yes, Fela is a activist and his songs were well loved.
Yes, Fela to a large extent pioneer the Afro beat.


Fela is unabashedly African. He loved Africa, it's culture and language and looked down on people who wanted to be more westernized.
He was a staunch political activist and always spoke up when he felt that things were not going right and as such, he was a constant torn on the flesh of the military regime.


Fela's music is not about it's content but what it stood for.

I mean, this is the James Brown band, but we were totally wiped out! That is one trip I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world”.
In another interview he said, “I thought THEY were the greatest, period. Even before I got into the James Brown band, the James Brown band was number one to me. But once I got there and saw Fela and them, then I had second thoughts about it. . .when I heard these cats, it was like another dimension. . .a deeper feel to me. . .it was like, ‘Man, this is IT. We gotta try to be like this!”

naptu2:
I have to follow that post above with a Nigerian equivalent.


MUSON Symphony Orchestra playing Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's Water No Get Enemy



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTp9kXZnqnI

atobs4real:
which kind thing be this now ? Fela of course. He is the real prophet and nigga

naptu2:



You see, it's not just that the chorus is hypnotic, but the story line also cracks me up every time.


I bought beer for you guys and you drank it all.

I bought whisky, you drank.

I bought ogogoro, you drank it all.

I bought palm wine, you drank.

I looked at my pockets, they were empty.

Then you guys went ahead to break the bottles!

Do you know how much those bottles cost??

What kind of debt do you want to put me in??


Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - Fogo Fogo (1973).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0NMEg9Ugo

naptu2:
⬆You really need to listen to that story (it begins at the 3:58 minute mark). I didn't spice it up in my description. You need to listen to the words that Fela actually used. It was so much fun!

naptu2:


It was said that this song is about one of his associates (I've forgotten who) that was a glutton.


"Chop and quench, is here!
Waki and die, is here!
Jeun ko ku, is here!

I made amala, he finished everything.
I made eba, he ate all
I made yam, he finished it.


Thief! Help me chase him away
Thief! Help me chase him away
Help me chase him away from my house o!

naptu2:
All Fela's songs are great. For me, his songs can be put into two categories: the political songs and the commercial songs. I think that the political songs are the greatest, but the commercial songs are also fantastic. This is one of the best of the commercial songs.

This song was everywhere in the '70s and '80s, but a time came when it was difficult to find the vocal version. The instrumental version could easily be found. I'm going to post both versions.

You can clearly hear Fela yelling in this song. That's a technique that James Brown copied. Several bands (including swedish, norwegian and american bands) have covered the instrumental version of this song.

Jeun ko ku o! O de!
Chop and quench o! O de!
Wacki and die! O de!

Ole, e bami le lo o!

Fela Ransome-Kuti and his Africa 70 - Jeun Ko Ku (Chop And Quench) - (1971).

Instrumental

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7fNVx2uEk

Vocal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIckHF1cQJ0

naptu2:
By the way, Orlando Julius did not create Afrobeat. The co-creators of Afrobeat were Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Tony Allen.

Orlando Julius originally played traditional Yoruba styles, then he switched to highlife in the 1960s. That's where he first found fame. This song was one of his biggest hits.


Orlando Julius - Jagua Nana (1965).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6D8uJqnexQ

He then travelled to the US where he played funk music with people like Hugh Masekela and James Brown. That's what he was doing in the 1970s.

Fela had already created and switched to Afrobeat by the mid-1970s.


Orlando Julius only switched to Afrobeat when he came back to Nigeria c1979 and discovered that it was popular here. That's when he released songs like Dance Afrobeat. I remember when this song was released because I was pleased that someone else was also playing afrobeat. It was on heavy rotation on Lagos Television.

Orlando Julius - Dance Afrobeat (1983).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bC6TRRMwgs

You can hear the obvious Fela influence in the song.


Orlando Julius also influenced Fela in the 1960s, but he didn't create afrobeat.

Azurevermillion:
Authority Stealing is my best fela track as in the love I have for that track is different