Black Times

Strut presents the new album from the modern-day leader of Afrobeat, Seun Kuti. ¬e youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti is as incensed by injustice as his father ever was and, with his mighty new album Black Times including a feature from Carlos Santana, he honours the revolutionaries who have gone before and rallies the torchbearers to come. Black Times is the fourth album by Seun & Egypt 80, the extraordinary dance orchestra created by Fela as a conduit for the common people. Inherited by the 14-year-old Seun in 1997, the younger Kuti has been building to this, his most accomplished and honest album yet. 'Black Times is a true re ection of my political and social beliefs,' says Seun, 34. 'It is an album for anybody who believes in change and understands the duty we have to rise up and come together. ¬e elites always try to divide the poor people of the world. ' e message,' Kuti sings, 'is free.' ‘Black Times’, featuring Carlos Santana, gives us truth. Lyrics such as 'Understand your history / rise to be free' shine a forensics-style black light on that which is otherwise hidden. FOR FANS OF: Fela Kuti, Antibalas, Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Dele Sosimi, Oumou Sangare, Che Guevara, Stokely Carmichael, Last Poets, Segun Bucknor, Ebo Taylor.

Tracks

1~1~Last Revolutionary
1~2~Black Times (Feat. Carlos Santana)
1~3~Corporate Public Control Department (C.P.C.D.)
1~4~Kuku Kee Me
1~5~Bad Man Lighter (B.M.L.)
1~6~African Dreams
1~7~Struggle Sounds
1~8~Theory Of Goat And Yam

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Seun Kuti, Egypt 80
Release Date: 02 March 2018
Genre: World Music
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Distributor: Rocket Group