Thursday, June 24, 2004  

Femi Kuti, "Blackman Know Yourself"
from Shoki Shoki (MCA, 2000)

I missed seeing Femi Kuti, son of Fela, in South Africa, so I was glad to have the chance to strap on my dancing shoes (orthopedics) and drop some legs here in D.C. Dude did not disappoint. Listen to the song "Blackman Know Yourself" (nothing to do with Joe Higgs' tune) and imagine a full house of sweaty folk gettin' up and get-gettin' down as eight instrumentalists and three dancers bring the funk. And those dancers must have animatronic asses because no way the human butt can move like that without the help of technology and a 9-volt in each cheek.

Femi doesn't seem to have a Web site anymore (his name was hijacked) and MCA haven't updated their jank in more than a year. But here's an interview with Our Man, and the BBC reviews Femi's Fight to Win CD and provides a few samples and some other linkz. Get Shoki Shoki on the cheap.

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