Fela Kuti – J.J.D. (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record
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Fela Kuti – J.J.D. (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record
$26.96
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Regular price
$29.95
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Fela Kuti spent his career weaponizing Afrobeat as political speech, and J.J.D. arrives at one of his sharpest moments, recorded just as his Kalakuta Republic compound was becoming both sanctuary and target for the Nigerian government. The "been-to" critique cuts deeper than satire; it's Fela interrogating colonialism's psychological legacy through the bodies and behavior of his own countrymen, with the Egypt 80 horns and percussion making the argument feel inescapable.
Knitting Factory Records reissues Fela Kuti's J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) on vinyl LP. Previously only available as part of the Box Set series, the reissue features original album artwork designed by Lemi Ghariokwu, who created the cover art for around half of Fela's albums. Originally released in 1977, J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) features Fela lampooning Nigeria's "been-tos," people who had been to Europe or America to work or study, and then returned (dropped) home with European social pretensions and an inferiority complex about African culture. The audio has been restored and remastered from Fela's original Nigerian recordings.
UPC: 720841208310
Label: Partisan Records
Release Date: 12.13.19
Format: LP Vinyl
Tracklist
1. J.J.D. (Part 1) (12:40)
2. J.J.D. (Part 2) (11:08)
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