Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit flac album

Expensive Shit is the twelfth full-length album by Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti and his Africa '70 band, released in 1975. The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigerian police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement. According to legend he managed to use another inmate's feces and was eventually released.

Fela Kuti & Africa 70. Produced by Fela Kuti. Album Expensive Shit. Expensive Shit Lyrics About Expensive Shit. As the police converged upon his compound, Fela ate the joint. He was taken to a police station-the police’s plan being that Fela’s faeces would reveal the narcotics once tested for THC. Fela was able to exchange his own expensive shit for another inmate’s drug free excrement, hence evading imprisonment. Expensive Shit" Track Info. Written By Fela Kuti. Interpolated By. Fleur De Lys by Phoenix

Written-By – Fela Ransome Kuti. B. Water No Get Enemy. Written-By – Fela Ransome Kuti. Artist on labels is Africa 70 Organisation. Catalog is SWS (LP) 1001 on back cover, SWS 1001 on labels. Other Versions (5 of 12) View All.

Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa 70 Black Man' Cry. 12:12. play) (pause) (download) (fb) (vk) (tw). Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70 Fefe Naa Efe. 08:12. Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70 Igbe (Na Shit). Fela Ransome Kuti & the Africa '70 Eko Ile. 06:36. Fela Ransome Kuti & the Africa '70 Alu Jon Jonki Jon. 12:35. play) (pause) (download) (fb) (vk) (tw)

Fela Kuti –Expensive Shit. Fela Anikulapo Kuti –Chop And Quench. Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 (Alagbon Close, 1974) –02 I No Get Eye For Back. Fela Ransome - Kuti & Nigeria 70 –Jґehin Jґehin. Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 –Eko Ile. 5:50. Fela Ransome Kuti and The Africa 70 (Nigeria, 1971) –Na Poi. 7:39. Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70 (Live With Ginger Baker, 1971) –01 Let s Start. Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70 (Live With Ginger Baker, 1971) –03 Ye Ye De Smell.

This disc is an overt response to the consistent harassment afflicting Fela Kuti's Kalakuta Republic in the early '70s under the oppressive Lagos authorities. The title track is a direct reference to an actual incident that occurred in which the cops planted a marijuana cigarette on Kuti - who promptly swallowed it and therefore destroyed any evidence. The album's B-side contains the metaphysical "Water No Get Enemy. This is a comparatively jazzy piece, with Africa '70 again exploring and stretching out its impulsive beats behind Kuti's singing. The track features some of his finest and most inspired keyboard work as well.

Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa 70 With Ginger Baker – Egbe Mi O Carry Me I Want To Di. Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70 – Expensive Shit. Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70 – Igbe (Na Shit). Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Africa 70 with Ginger Baker – Ginger Baker and Tony Allen Drum Solo.

The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigerian police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement Reception.