The Best Best of Fela Kuti
by Caser
Allow me a moment to expound on the music of one Fela Kuti. This is Afrobeat par excellence, with endless grooves so dank they even make the drum kit sweat. The horn section cuts harder than Louis vs. Schmeling, playing lines so funky they could make Maceo Parker do the electric boogaloo. If James Brown had Kuti's rhythm section, he wouldn't have been the hardest working man in show business; he'd simply have laid back and worked on his head nod while they shook the worldwide tours. A caution to those throwing on a Kuti record who are afraid to dance until the sun rubs the dawn from its eyes: you might not make it through the work day. Some might say they've heard the finest in smoldering jazz/funk fusion whenever Hugh Masekela's "Grazin' in the Grass" comes on, but prepare to have this notion rectified when Fela Kuti's "Lady" drops in. Fela Kuti? Oh, indeed.
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