Essential Afrobeat

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Eko Ile	Fela Kuti		6:12
2	They Must Go	Chief Udoh Essiet		4:11
3	Watusi	Peter King		4:32
4	Truth Don Die	Femi Kuti		5:20
5	Madan (Laid remix)	Salif Keita		4:02
6	Witchcraft	Fela Kuti		3:23
7	Shakara	Wganda Kenya		4:04
8	Get Up Stand Up	Chequers		4:41
9	Jazzakuti	Snowboy		5:10
10	Roforofo Fight	Fela Kuti		3:46
11	Komidara	Cheick Tidiane Seck		5:32
12	Sina	Salif Keita		4:38
13	Campus Life	Frankoye		3:26
14	Che Che Kule	Eddie Quansah		3:16
15	Turbulent Times	Dele Sosimi		6:18
16	Serere	Lekan Animashaun		3:23
17	Senga vocals: Manu Dibango and Jojo Tongo phonographic copyright (℗) by: Société Française du Son and Soul Makossa	Manu Dibango		3:00
18	Freedom Train	Feso Trombone		4:19

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Yeke Yeke recording of: Yé Ké Yé Ké lyricist and composer: Mory Kanté publisher: EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)	Mory Kanté	4.5	3:49
2	Oya	Lekan Babalola		4:38
3	First Down recording of: First Down composer: Norman Cook publisher: Polygram Music and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)	Fatboy Slim		4:54
4	Funu	Dennis Ferrer		5:39
5	Time Is Now	Masters at Work		5:12
6	Akumbe (original mix)	Area F		3:01
7	Melting Pot recording of: Melting Pot writer: Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Booker T. Jones	Booker T. & the MG’s		4:19
8	Wiggle Waggle recording of: Wiggle‐Waggle composer: Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)	Herbie Hancock		4:57
9	Follow Your Path (remix)	Soothsayers		4:29
10	B.L.A. Part 1	Massak		3:50
11	Dub Lion (remake)	DJ Food		3:32
12	Soul Makossa part of: Arts of Africa	Manu Dibango		4:07
13	An der Beat	!Knuf		4:37
14	Ako	Fela Kuti		2:37
15	Use What You Got recording of: Use What You Got composer: Will Holland	Quantic		4:42
16	Don’t Go Lose It Baby (12″ version)	Hugh Masekela		4:26
17	Obe	Fela Kuti		3:06
18	Na Waya	Ghetto Blaster		5:49

3▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Elephant	Antibalas		4:42
2	Afrodelic	Marc Thomas		4:34
3	Lagos Nigeria	Zara Percussion		4:08
4	Atide	Kotoja		3:44
5	I Got to Move recording of: I Got to Move lyricist and composer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)	James Brown		3:55
6	Olufela	Kayode Olajide		3:36
7	Shrine Dance	Brice Wassy		4:10
8	Orere Elejigbo	Lijadu Sisters		3:46
9	Don’t Fight	Tony Allen		4:02
10	Just Kissed My Baby	The Meters		4:25
11	From Selema to Soweto	Orlando Julius		4:46
12	Buy Africa	Fela Kuti		4:10
13	Don’t Think So	Bama & the Family		3:18
14	Water Got No Enemy recording of: Water No Get Enemy writer, composer and arranger: Fẹla Aníkúlápó Kuti	Fela Kuti		6:20
15	Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul recording of: People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul writer: James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), St. Clair Pinckney and Fred Wesley publisher: Donna Dijon Music Publications and Unichappell Music, Inc.	James Brown		8:57
16	Kalaruta Show	Afro Dizz		4:17
17	I Don Love	Ikwunga		6:12

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/3782063 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B00030ERDI [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 602498242544
Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 3:55:59

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: [Multiple languages]
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Family Recordings
982 425-4

Release events

United Kingdom
2004-10-18

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