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Red Hot And Riot

Various (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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Audio CD (Oct 15 2002)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Universal Music Group
ASIN: B00006LWSB

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #68,263 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #16 in Music > World Music > Compilations > Africa

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1. Fela Mentality (Intro) - Fela Kuti

2. Kalakuta Show: Mixmaster Mike + Lateef And The Gift Of Gab (Of Blackalicious)

3. Interlude: Live At Kalakuta - Fela Kuti

4. Shuffering + Shmiling: Dead Prez. Jorge Ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal+Positive Force

5. (Interlude) Gimme Sh*t

6. Water To Get Enemy (Intro)

7. Water To Get Enemy: D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, + Macy Gray Featuring Roy Hargrove, Nile Rodgers. The Soultronics+Positive Force

8. Gentelman: Meshell Ndegeocello+Yerba Buena! Featuring Ron Blake

9. Tears+Sorrow: Common, Meshell Ndegeocello+Djelimady Tounkara

10. Shakara/Lady (Part One): Cheikh Lo

11. Shakara/Lady (Part Two): Cheikh Lo, Les Nubians + Manu Dibango Featuring Chateau Flight

12. Don't Worry About My Mouth O (African Message) - Fela Kuti

13. Zombie (Part One): Bugz In The Attic Featuring Wunmi

14. Zombie (Part Two): Instrumental Featuring Nile Rodgers, Roy Hargrove + Money Mark

15. No Agreement: Tony Allen, Res, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul + Archie Shepp

16. So Be It: Kelis

17. Interlude/This Is An Ashanti Proverb - Fela Kuti

18. By Your Side (Cottonbelly's Fola Mix Edit): Sade

19. Colonial Mentality: Yerba Buena!+Lenine

20. Trouble Sleep Yanga Wakle Am: Baaba Maal + Taj Mahal Featuring Kaoding Cissoko+Antibalas

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Never has there been a more appropriate Red Hot tribute than this one dedicated to the music of Afrobeat founder Fela Kuti, the Nigerian legend who died from AIDS-related complications in 1997. The artists and groups heard here, nearly 40 all told, cover the musical spectrum: hip-hop (Blackalicious, Roots), jazz (Roy Hargrove, Archie Shepp); soul (Sade, D'Angelo), Afrobeat (Tony Allen, Femi Kuti), world music (Baaba Maal, Jorge Ben), electronic music (Mixmaster Mike, Money Mark) and rock (Nile Rodgers). They have come together to raise money for the 25 million Africans now infected with the AIDS/HIV virus. Red Hot efforts often pair different artists together on the same song, and this album features many once-in-a-lifetime collaborations. Fela's music has been refashioned and mixed together here according to the styles of the artists, rendering several of the 20 songs barely recognizable in comparison with the originals. But such is the strength of Fela's music that even such singular-sounding artists as Macy Gray and Dead Prez get into the Afrobeat spirit of things. --Tad Hendrickson

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5.0 out of 5 stars Afrobeat for the masses Jun 29 2004

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

Shuffering and shmiling alone is enough to make this cd a solid purchase. Underground hip hop luminaries Talib Kweli and Dead Prez combine to remake the song while keeping the same general beat and theme. It's an unbelievably compelling song that does no injustice to the original, rare in a tribute album.

The fun doesnt stop with Shuffering though. Sade's track is a standout and Femi Kuti does his daddy proud. Buy this CD, your ears will thank you.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing May 3 2004

By Evan Bedford

Format:Audio CD

Red Hot and Riot was a HUGE disappointment. With the exception of a very few covers that stay true to the original (the best being "Water no get Enemy" by his son, Femi), the album consists largely of rap songs that have only one thing in common with the original Fela Kuti tunes: the title. Gone are the absolutely exquisite melodies and rhythms that came out of the pure genius of Fela. Some of the rappers doing the covers are so egotistical that not only do they abandon Fela's heavenly musical stylings; they don't even bother to adhere to the original lyrics. Given all this, I just want to issue a warning to those listeners who think that by buying this album, they may be getting a good introduction to Fela's music: save your money and buy one of HIS albums. Even Fela's worst album would be a thousand times more worthwhile to listen to than this eminently forgetable drivel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure Feb 21 2004

By Arzurama

Format:Audio CD

There's not a bad cut on this CD. I never had the pleasure of seeing Fela Kuti, altho I've caught his son in performance a few times. This CD admirably honors Fela's fight, his soul, his fire! My favorite cut is Gentleman with Meshell and Yerba Buena! Baby, it just don't get any better than this...hot, luscious Afro-Soul with a dead-on message. I'm not a Sade fan, but even I have to bask in the black velvet glow of her slide thru this remake of By Your Side. Anyone who digs Macy Gray (count me in) will be all smiles listening to her signature riffs on Water No Get Enemy. I hope the inclusion of Baaba Maal and Cheikh Lo will turn on those listeners who might not otherwise tune in to these killer African artists. This CD is always in my rotation (along with Resident Alien, Seal IV, 6 Degrees' Latin Travels, and Tourist) Slide it in and dance your heart to bursting. It's all for a good cause (AIDS awareness), so double bonus!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting + Pulsating

This CD was released in October of last year, but I still can't get it out of my head (not that I want it to be) Great, solid, breathing album. Read more

Published on Aug 18 2003 by Mecca Egypt

5.0 out of 5 stars All around smooth as butter perfection...

I loved it from begin to end... My favorite track 'By Your Side -Sade (Cottonbelly Remix)' - it's such a cool remix... Just buy it, you won't regret it...