Seun Kuti grabs De La Soul’s Posdnuos for the Grand Stand version of “Stand Well Well.” The single is from the deluxe version of his Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) album released last year. Pos adds another dimension to the song as the Native Tongue member meets Afrobeat royaltyContinue Reading
Seun Kuti collaborates with Adi Oasis for the Cinnamon version of “Love & Revolution.” The single originally appeared on Kuti’s Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) released last year. Oasis adds soulful conviction to the Afrobeat scenario inspired by Kuti’s wife, Yetunde Kuti. The song is a celebration of theContinue Reading
Seun Kuti’s “Emi Aluta” gets a Zamrock remix from Zambian singer, rapper, and songwriter Sampa the Great. Sampa and her team Mag44 and Solomon Pate produced the raucous reworking for the Afrobeat heir. The single is on Kuti’s recently released album, Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) which is exclusivelyContinue Reading
Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge’s Jazz Is Dead label is releasing a Tony Allen album. Allen, who passed in 2020, was the innovative drummer who helped Fela Kuti created the Afrobeat genre. Their work together added a new vocabulary to the world of rhythm. Younge and Muhammad were luckyContinue Reading