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who: Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa 70
what: Na Poi
when: 000-00-0000
where: Polydor
sound like: Beat
and on: Sep-10-2003
resulting in: 02 tracks
which makes: 45,1 MB
using lame at: 192 kB
and some more:
AMG Review
This album is somewhat of an anomaly for Fela Kuti.
Accompanied as always by the Africa '70 band, Kuti
temporarily abandons his tradition of one song
extending over an entire LP side -- although he hasn't
strayed too far from form -- as the A-side track
extends over basically one and a half sides with the
shorter funky rave "You No Go Die.....Unless"
completing the B-side. In addition to that slight
variance, the structure of Kuti's delivery as well as
the explicitly sexual intonation in the subject matter
of "Na Poi" stray from tradition. The title song has
somewhat of a history in that it was recorded and
issued twice before. The first version from 1972 has
not been reissued domestically; however, Yellow Fever
(1976) updated the track, which carried the apt moniker
"Na Poi '75." The following year the composition was
revisited to comprise the lengthy version which is
spread over three quarters of this disc. In essence,
the track is a sexual guide set to music. As such, it
features both spoken narration as well as sung lyrics.
"Na Poi"'s rhythms churn and grind through several
notable movements -- including a spirited percussion
section and several tight horn arrangements. These hark
back to the same type of perpetual funk that became the
cornerstone of Parliament and Funkadelic. Initially,
the repercussions of such blatant sexuality resulted in
the track being banned by the Nigerian Broadcasting
Company -- although when the song was reissued in 1975
it snuck back on the air as the new version had an ever
so slightly different name. "You No Go Die.....Unless"
is much in the same spirit as James Brown's hard-driven
funk musings. From Kuti's impassioned vocals to the
upbeat syncopation of the rhythm, this track contains
many obvious parallels between the mid-'70s stateside
funk movement and that of concurrently popular African
music. The incorporation of the Africa '70 horn section
-- which is heavily featured during the bridges -- also
provides a much thicker punctuation to Kuti's vocals.
Lyrically, the song deals with the urban sprawl that
was beginning to occur in Lagos -- in many ways a
social observation on par with Marvin Gaye's "Inner
City Blues" or Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City."
[In 2001 Na Poi was issued on CD -- coupled with
another 1976 release titled Yellow Fever -- as part of
the Fela Originals series.] -- Lindsay Planer
http://www.allmusic.com
track list:
│ 01 Na Poi (Part 1 & 2)
│ 02 You No Go Die... Unless
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