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Gentleman, Fela Kuti (1973)

$45.00

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Artist: Fela Kuti
Release Year: 1973

Gentleman captures Fela Kuti at a pivotal moment — musically expansive and politically sharpened. Built on extended Afrobeat grooves, disciplined horn arrangements, and patient rhythmic builds, the album’s title track delivers a pointed critique of colonial mentality, challenging Africans who adopted European norms in pursuit of status while calling for cultural self-definition on African terms. The Africa ’70 band moves with hypnotic precision, giving Fela space to preach, provoke, and soar on saxophone. This is the record we spun during our collaborative listening session with the Brooklyn Museum — a fitting soundtrack for dialogue around identity, resistance, and reinvention.

The record will also include a copy of the Brooklyn Museum First Saturday program sheet and the Cue the Record program sheet.

Tracklist

Gentleman

Igbe (Na Shit)

Fe Fe Ne Eye Fe

Artist: Fela Kuti
Release Year: 1973

Gentleman captures Fela Kuti at a pivotal moment — musically expansive and politically sharpened. Built on extended Afrobeat grooves, disciplined horn arrangements, and patient rhythmic builds, the album’s title track delivers a pointed critique of colonial mentality, challenging Africans who adopted European norms in pursuit of status while calling for cultural self-definition on African terms. The Africa ’70 band moves with hypnotic precision, giving Fela space to preach, provoke, and soar on saxophone. This is the record we spun during our collaborative listening session with the Brooklyn Museum — a fitting soundtrack for dialogue around identity, resistance, and reinvention.

The record will also include a copy of the Brooklyn Museum First Saturday program sheet and the Cue the Record program sheet.

Tracklist

Gentleman

Igbe (Na Shit)

Fe Fe Ne Eye Fe

Cue the Record Slipmat – Concept #1 (Cork)

Cue the Record Slipmat – Concept #1 (Cork)

$18.00