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This week's topics:

• Everyone (African music artists) want to be Fela Kuti
• Buju Banton’s comment on Afrobeats
• Michael Jackson v Paul McCartney 
• Boxing 
• Children picking parents
• Durags in the office young
• Going back to celebrities house expecting not to do something  
• Kamala Harris not being mixed race/Black
• Kamala Harris losing some Black male voters
• Why men admire Trump
• World population dropping and effects
• Kemi Badenoch giving lip service to the Tory masses
•Italy’s new law to ban potential parents from surrogacy overseas
• Is it alright to talk to your ex whilst in a relationship 
• Grown men calling other grown men ‘boss’

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Eloquently Saying Nothing

ESN #482 : The Felabration Episode

202411012300 Sounds Of A World In Motion

Fresh from the dusty AJK Vaults! 

THE LOVE CHILD - Two Moody kids from way back (2003's Groove Sanctuary + 2004's Burnin + Lootin) hook up and conceive another funk fiend in the Double-O-7!

All tracks syncopated, skanked and stewed up by wickedslick @ The Shrine - Detroit.  Moody Grooves Productions LLC., a division of Hazy Tunes Inc.  2007.

IT'S FELA'S HOUSE -- WE JUST PAY RENT

RETURN TO THE GROOVE SANCTUARY (2007)

"Increase the Peace" (Afrolicious Feat. Joe McGuire)
Spread love, reject hate. Afrolicious’s “Increase the Peace” pays homage to Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti with deep rhythms, soulful vocals, and inspiring melodies. This uplifting track calls us to embrace peace, unity, and kindness in our lives. Feel the groove, join the movement, and let’s increase the peace together.

Increase The Peace 11.7.24 - Open - Medium

freecanism

We are everywhere we Nigerians so Kio write this song as our anthem of unity

I See Nigerians

Playlist
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kbhzNEHCzNvbK0waBjols?si=r2mCIZTtR-SzCPTiTG-hlQ&pi=jUSHFrWES_Cyy

Fela Mentality - Intro
Gentleman (Andi Andean Remix)
Water no get enemy

UMI Says - Mos Def
We've Landed - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela
O.D.O.O. - Edit Version
Ikoyi Mentality Versus Mushin Mentality
Beasts Of No Nation (Joystick Jay Edit)
Sade - Kiss Of Life (Sohl's Classic Mix)
ALE - Tony Allen, La Boa
Dey Remix - Seun Kuti/Egypt 80/Damian 
How Far? (feat. Tony Allen and Skepta)

100
Journey Back Home - Tenor Saxophone & Trombone
By Your Side (Sade Remix)
Sometin Small - Juls/Worlasi/Cina Soul
Age Of Ascent - Kokoroko
Open & Close - Fela Kuti, Afrika 70
Lady - Edit
Stalemate (Edit) - Fela Kuti
Sorrow, Tears & Blood - GoldLink & Ari Lennox 
Sorry Sorry - Francois K's Old Skool Afro 
Peace Of Mind (Virgil Abloh Remix with Fela Kuti) 
A Strong Ye 
Clementine - Yannis & The Yaw/Yannis
Halls - Makaya McCraven, Joe Armo

114-120
Salsa (DROP) Sax City - Manu Dibango
(DROP) Heaven - Ebo Taylor
Atwer Abroba - Ebo Taylor
Celia Cruz - La Vida Es Un Carnaval

80
The Night Watcher (Edit)
Night Nurse (Gregory Isaacs Remix)
Revolution - Dennis Brown
Is it a Crime (S!RENE Edit)
Is it a crime - Rema

100
BUGA - SDC
Focus - Juls/Black Thought/Worlasi/Kofi Mole
La Va - Juls/taves
DIDE O - Kokoroko
Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu - K. Frimpong
INSTRU
Agbada Bougou - Tony Allen 
Ikeja Roads - Tony Allen
Fear Not for Man - Fela Kuti
In The Middle - Orlando Julius/The Heliocentrics
Jeun Ko Ku (Chop'n Quench) - Fela Kuti
Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same)
Inner Flight - Tony Allen

112
Muntuwam - Juls/Nkosazana Daughter
Onfa Nkosi Hwee
Dirty Money - Antibalas
Walk Through Fire - Tony Allen/Yannis
Zombie (THEMBA's Herd Mix)
My Money, My Baby (From Queen & Slim The Soundtrack)
Open & Close - Fela Kuti (JP Chronic Edit)
Beng Beng Beng - Mateos And Matos Vocal Mix
Lady - Ezra Collective Version
Politics Don Expose Them
Ijo Soul - Orlando Julius

Nesta. 75 
Opposite People
Yellow Fever - Fela Kuti/Afrika 70
Why Black Man Dey Suffer

90
Night Green, Heavy Love
Kuku Kee Me (Remix): Seun Kuti/Black Thought
Bad Man Lighter (Remix) - Seun Kuti/Black Thought

80
Jabulani  - Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela 
Mber No Aso - Ebo Taylor/The Pelikans
Oni Suru - Orlando Julius

Abusey Junction - Kokoroko
Higher - Kokoroko
Ti-de - Kokoroko

Fela Mentality 🎷 (Afro Jazz, Afrobeat)

nobody normal

LOVE AINT FAIR

animal country

The equalization of trouser, pants, jorts, and lederhosen.

Fela Vessel

AFROBEAT

This is a tribute to the Black President FELA. Performed by Yao Olagbedji and friends CSK

NOT A GENTLEMAN

NIGERIA

Sampled Need Him Now by Take 6. Made me think of how much realness in Dagrin we need in the Industry. How he could stir his poems with a melancholic churchy ride. Dagrin was indeed ahead of his time. A big Salute to HIM. RIP ❤️

MA LO CHURCH BI BROTHER DAVID - Dagrin RIP ❤️🇳🇬

Jazz-funk with herbs and spices, from 21st century Paris.
"Juicy" John-Yves: keyboards
Ludo: drums
HA: bass
Franzy: guitar

I am a Nigerian Swedish artist and label owner SKJ Records Sweden . I write all my songs and perform them . I was educated at Eton College , and the University of Pennsylvania where I fell in love with Music . My first record Ivory was big when it came out in Nigeria . I live and work in Stockholm .

Mani Schmah is a Franco-Gabonese music producer, beatmaker and the creator of Electropical — a vibrant fusion of electronic music and tropical rhythms. His sound blends rare samples, tribal percussion, organic textures and hypnotic grooves, offering a sonic journey across continents and eras.
A self-taught artist with a passion for digging and reworking, Mani started by flipping old funk, afro and bossa nova tracks into fresh and powerful edits. His remixes and original compositions quickly caught attention on social media, where he shares his creative process with humor and authenticity.
His breakout track "Figue de Guinée", a smooth and sunny bossa nova-inspired anthem, has surpassed 3 million streams on Spotify, becoming a defining piece of the Electropical movement.
With the album SAWASSA, Mani deepened the exploration - sampling vintage African songs from Meiway, DJ Arafat and Awilo Longomba, while showcasing traditional instruments like the Kenyan harp and the Bwiti bow from Gabon.
The result is a raw and colorful tribute to African heritage, blended with modern electronic vibes.
Driven by a desire to make people dance and connect, Mani has performed in bars, clubs and music events in Gabon, Israel and France, bringing his unique sound to the underground scene.
Now he keeps expanding the world of Electropical — a genre full of bass, soul and sun.

::brazilian beat performed by guitars, keys and live percussion loops ::

Afrolicious Bio -

Afrolicious, the live/electronic collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area started out not as a band but as a club night at the famed Elbo Room in The Mission District in 2007.  The format of Afrolicious party was very open and included the DJs spinning the latest soulful dance music including Afro-House, broken beat, modern funk and disco alongside classics and re-edits and remixes of their favorite Afrobeat, Salsa, and Brazilian funk alongside live percussionists and guest MCs and musicians. Eventually morphing into a live band led by the production and arrangement skills of Pleasuremaker, many dancers, DJs and producers began to take notice of their unique sound.  

Since the release of their first two EPs which were produced by Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation, the reputation of the band and founding DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz have grown and they have performed everywhere from Red Rocks, Burning Man, Cielo and the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. "We never planned on becoming a live band, but like everything else about Afrolicious it happened organically," says Oz. "When we started the party, it was truly what we thought the Mission was about. It wasn't exclusive and it wasn't exclusionary, it was open to everyone. The youngest person in our collective is the rising soul singer Ziek McCarter who started with us at 19. Our oldest member is Baba Duru, who moved to SF in 1970 and toured with Stevie Wonder. Our vocalist is from Trinidad and our drummer is from Brazil. We all congregated in SF over our love of the universal groove. There are rhythms that connect all dance music from the beginning of time to the present day and we believed we could transmit them."  

In 2013 they released their debut full-length album, California Dreaming on their own label, Afrolicious Music. IN 2014 they assembled some of the finest DJs and producers from around the world to remix their debut album. California Dreaming Remixed features remixes from Jamaican dub legend Scientist, Rob Garza from Thievery Corporation, Peruvian electronic live hybrid Novalima, Brazilian nu-disco producer Trotter, Australia’s Omegaman, Miami’s Stereo 77 and the Bay Area’s DJ Smash, J Boogie, Izzy Wise and Antonio Guedes.



  Afrolicious is also loosely affiliated with a worldwide group of DJs, producers, bands, and labels who produce contemporary soulful dance music inspired by sounds of the African diaspora, including Antibalas, Chico Mann, Nickodemus, DJ Smash, Wonderwheel Recordings, Subsuelo, and Cumba Mela. 



Amazing Live band, sound system, weekly party, vibration!
For 8 years Afrolicious brought out an amazing crowd every week to an experience many compare to church in the sense of a weekly gathering for spiritual purposes.
Afrolicious continues to inspire and push the boundaries of music productions, events, and community. They are set to release a number of new releases in 2015. There are finished projects ready to be released and brand new songs being  added to the fold regularly. Stay tuned for new originals, remixes, and mixtapes. Plus some amazing collaborations in the works





Just another music junkie strung out on those beats and horns and synths that mainline from the needle in the grooves.  The rhythms that flow back-and-forth, day-to-day, leave me with the shakes when they go away.  That's got me walkin the streets and lookin for drum patterns and breakbeats to soothe things down and make this thing called life complete ... 
  

Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer from Togo, Yao Olagbedji, musically affirms his filiation to the legends, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti and Miles Davis. They subtly inspire his music, but also his messages. Always with in the background, a desire for independence to promote an original sound and a message that resonates with an Africa in full boiling, as an echo of his first album "Alerte en Afrique" produced in the early 2000s. This production is powered by the African Syndicate Band.
ASB is also open to promote militant artists.

Golden Grill, Golden Smile, Golden Artist, Golden Child

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