Roforofo Fight

by Fela Kuti

Overview

It's true that Fela Kuti's early-'70s records tend to blur together with their similar groupings of four lengthy Afro-funk-jazz cuts. In their defense, it must be said that while few artists can pull off similar approaches time after time and continue to make it sound fresh, Kuti is one of them. Each of the four songs on the 1972 album Roforofo Fight clocks in at 12 to 17 minutes, and there's a slight slide toward more '70s-sounding rhythms in the happy-feet beats of the title track and the varied yet rock-solid drums in "Go Slow." There's just a hint of reggae in "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am," in the pace, vocal delivery, ethereal keyboards, and lilting yet dramatic minor melodic lines. The James Brown influence is strongly heard in the lean, nervous guitar strums of "Question Jam Answer," and the horns cook in a way that they might have had Brown been more inclined to let his bands go into improvisational jams. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2015
Label:	Knitting Factory Records
UPC:	0720841206613
Rank:	46292

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Roforofo Fight

Disc 2

2. Go Slow

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fela Kuti   Primary Artist
Fela   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Fela Kuti   Composer
Fela Kuti & Africa 70   Composer
Mbinuori Kayode Idowu   Liner Notes