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Femi Kuti

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Song Title Artist Time Price

1. Do Your Best feat. Mos Def Femi Kuti 6:10 $0.99

2. Fight To Win feat. Jaguar Wright Femi Kuti 3:54 $0.99

3. '97 Femi Kuti 6:07 $0.99

4. Traitors of Africa Femi Kuti 5:28 $0.99

5. Beng Beng Beng Femi Kuti 4:42 $0.99

6. Water No Get Enemy feat. D'Angelo and Macy Gray Femi Kuti 6:06 $0.99

7. Wonder Wonder Femi Kuti 6:05 $0.99

8. Look Around Femi Kuti 5:59 $0.99

9. Survival Femi Kuti 8:54 $0.99

10. Truth Don Die Femi Kuti 6:16 $0.99

11. Stop Aids Femi Kuti 3:16 $0.99

12. Ala Jalkoum Femi Kuti 4:56 $0.99

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1. Truth Don Die (Kerry Chandler House Mix) Femi Kuti 8:35 $0.99

2. Victim Of Life (Avdc Remix Dixon) Femi Kuti 7:24 $0.99

3. Sorry Sorry (Old Skool Afro Dub Remix - Francois K) Femi Kuti 7:34 $0.99

4. Beng Beng Beng (Da Lata Remix) Femi Kuti 6:04 $0.99

5. Do Your Best (Faze Action Remix) Femi Kuti 7:56 $0.99

6. Blackman Know Yourself (The Roots Remix) Femi Kuti 6:25 $0.99

7. Eregele (Seven Dub Mix) Femi Kuti 5:02 $0.99

8. What Will Tomorrow Bring? (Joe Claussel LP Remix) Femi Kuti 10:13 Album Only

9. Scatta Head (Zenzile Dub Mix) Femi Kuti 8:03 $0.99

10. Missing Link feat. Common (Faze Action Remix) Femi Kuti 7:16 $0.99

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Product Details

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)

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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

By	Avery Jackson (Tempe, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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