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Femi Kuti
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listen  1. Do Your Best feat. Mos DefFemi Kuti 6:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Fight To Win feat. Jaguar WrightFemi Kuti 3:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. '97Femi Kuti 6:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Traitors of AfricaFemi Kuti 5:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Beng Beng BengFemi Kuti 4:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Water No Get Enemy feat. D'Angelo and Macy GrayFemi Kuti 6:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Wonder WonderFemi Kuti 6:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Look AroundFemi Kuti 5:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. SurvivalFemi Kuti 8:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Truth Don DieFemi Kuti 6:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Stop AidsFemi Kuti 3:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Ala JalkoumFemi Kuti 4:56$0.99 Buy Track


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listen  1. Truth Don Die (Kerry Chandler House Mix)Femi Kuti 8:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Victim Of Life (Avdc Remix Dixon)Femi Kuti 7:24$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Sorry Sorry (Old Skool Afro Dub Remix - Francois K)Femi Kuti 7:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Beng Beng Beng (Da Lata Remix)Femi Kuti 6:04$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Do Your Best (Faze Action Remix)Femi Kuti 7:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Blackman Know Yourself (The Roots Remix)Femi Kuti 6:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Eregele (Seven Dub Mix)Femi Kuti 5:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. What Will Tomorrow Bring? (Joe Claussel LP Remix)Femi Kuti10:13Album Only
listen  9. Scatta Head (Zenzile Dub Mix)Femi Kuti 8:03$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Missing Link feat. Common (Faze Action Remix)Femi Kuti 7:16$0.99 Buy Track

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FEMI KUTI

DAY BY DAY

4 years after the DVD Live at the Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat.

13 titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is… Read more in Amazon's Femi Kuti Store

› Visit Amazon's Femi Kuti Store for 12 albums, 3 photos, and 1 full streaming song.

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  • Audio CD (May 22, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: May 22, 2007
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Wrasse Records
  • ASIN: B000OPOCA0
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #176,079 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive (?) Collection, August 15, 2007
By Julio Punch "Julio Punch" (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
  
INTRODUCTION
There's no doubt about it: Femi Kuti is the undisputed king of Afrobeat. Kuti himself is the eldest son of Afrobeat founder Fela Kuti. A rarity in pop music, the title is hereditary (Femi's son Made is already occasionally performing with his father's band). Together with the Positive Force Kuti's live performances are world renowned. Femi Kuti's last CD was the magnificent "Live at the Shrine". And now there's "The Definitive Collection". The title says it all: Femi Kuti's 10 best songs.

THE MUSIC
The music on Disc One is brilliant. The rhythms are uplifting, the horns explosive and the vocal interplay between Femi and his back-up singers utterly addictive. Femi's father, the late Fela Kuti, wasn't a great fan of compilations. Neither was he of remixes of his songs. Femi differs, of course, because Disc Two contains 10 remixes of his most famous songs, plus one song with rapper Common. Some producers have done some interesting things with Femi's music. But for two revivals, like Eregele and Victim of Life, I find the remixess a bit bleak. Well, maybe it's just me. I'm not a big fan of remixes and prefer Afrobeat in its "organic" live environment.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
Now it was only 2 years ago that Femi Kuti released his last "best of" compilation. How many studio albums has Femi Kuti made? Answer: 3. How many greatest hits compilations? Answer 2. This seems a bit of an uneven ratio to me. Seven of the 10 songs on disc one of The Definitive Collection already appeared on "The Best of Femi Kuti". None of the songs on Live at The Shrine are included on The Definitive Collection. So why Femi would want to release another compilation without having made a new studio album in the meanwhile is something that makes me wonder.

CONCLUSION
This album gets only three stars, because there's hardly anything new on it and the remixes are only moderately interesting. I don't hope the term "Definitive" implies that we will hear no more from Femi Kuti as that would be a great loss to world music. I would have rather heard something new than another compilation.

Julio Punch (Webmaster of The Shrine: The Unofficial Website for Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti and Afrobeat Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, September 24, 2007
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This is a great CD not only do you hear Femi Kuti do his thing you get a bonus CD with it a good CD with great sounds from the African Experince a Liberating CD !
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