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Fela Kuti lives on! This is the 10th Anniversary reissue of the classic tribute album pressed on opaque banana yellow and opaque red vinyl benefiting the Red Hot organization. The album includes classic Fela anthems like Lady recorded by tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, and Akua Naru. Who No Know Go No by Childish Gambino and Just A Band; Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am recorded by My Morning Jacket, Merrill Garbus (from tUnE-yArDs), and Brittany Howard (from Alabama Shakes); Zombie recorded by Spoek Mathambo, Cerebral Cortex, and Frown; and Sorrow, Tears and Blood reworked by the Kronos Quartet along with TV On The Radios Kyp Malone and Tunde Adembimpe. Since his death in 1997 from complications related to AIDS, Fela has grown from a West African household name and musicians musician in Europe and the Americas, to a worldwide musical icon. Red Hot is a not-for-profit dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.
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