Fela Kuti is one of my all-time favorite artist, both for his immense musical legacy, but also for his humanist political message. 

Here is a rework I dared to make of one of his last song, O.D.O.O. (overtake don't overtake overtake), released in 1989.

As much as I love the intense groove emanating from this almost 32mn-long track, I also find it particularly interesting as it's a kind of condensed summary of Fela's decades-long political fight. 

In this song he references in a kind of endless mashup some of his most famous tracks like "Zombie", "Shuffering and Shmiling", "Kalakuta Show" or "Unknown Soldier", to once again denounce the fake post-war emancipations of many African countries from colonies to military-led regimes pretending to be democracies.  

Hope you'll enjoy this condensed housy take, but whether you do or not, I guarantee you should take 32 minutes of your time to dig into the timeless original if you're not familiar with It already.

Cheers,

Jm / Vibes4YourSoul

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O.D.O.O. (V4YS Kalakuta Rework)

Here's rework from another 80s classic from Libyan-Egyptian singer Hamid El Shaeri. Can't get enough of his poetic vibes and the associated  image of a some sort of 70s/80s cosmopolitan Middle-East golden age.

Hamid El-Shaeri - Ayonha (V4YS Rework)

17/8/2022
a free one for you as a thank you for the support and me reaching 8k follows

oh no not another crappy doors re work i hear you say ......  ;)

It is fully mastered though !

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Riders (Chuggin Edits) Free thank you for the 8k follows

Here's a disco rework of this classic 1976 MPB/Samba anthem from João Bosco.

João Bosco - O Ronco Da Cuica (Vibes4YourSoul Rework)

A disco rework of this 1980 anthem from Margie Lomax.

Artwork : a iconic woman's rights movement photo from 1969 in San Francisco (Bettmann's archives) which I thought matched quite well the spirit of the song.

Margie Lomax - God's Greatest Gift To Man Is A Woman (V4YS Rework)

Happy to share this extended version of my official remix for Mexico City-based band Plano. The original song is part of their highly recommended 2020 EP "Invisibile", which you can listen to here :  https://open.spotify.com/album/7bPWMnO7az9ePrYirFaEzY

The regular remix can be found here : https://open.spotify.com/album/2ek84DXerG63Z5QhSz79lA

Plano - Regresar (Vibes4YourSoul Official Remix) (Extended)

Patti Jo – Make Me Believe In You
Rework by The Loneliest Hunk

Full Wav file here:
https://theloneliesthunk.bandcamp.com/track/patti-jo-make-me-believe-in-you-the-loneliest-hunk-rework

In the world of 70s soul and funk there were few to match the talents of Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) A fine singer, song-writer, guitarist and producer he became one of the most important voices of African-American music with a string of hits and albums as a solo artist and member of The Impressions.

Never one to shy away from addressing the social-political problems of the time, his songs tackled drug abuse, crime, poverty and racism, winning him countless awards and honours. He also knew a talent when he saw it and in the early Seventies he wrote a song for an unknown soul singer called Patti Jo to record.

‘Make Me Believe in You’ was released in 1973 before being given a classic disco remix in 1975 when it became an overnight club classic. The lyrics are instantly attributable to Mayfield’s style;

“Keepin’ filled with all your temptation. You know it leaves me with no inspiration. Another chart playin’ on me. May have a hard time succeedin’, you see. You don’t seem quite like the others. Respectin’ me and your sisters and brothers. It would be awful, awful sad. To give love and you treat me so bad”

But for the lyrics to have any impact they need to be sung with soul and to hear Patti Jo’s rendition is akin to being right there, in New York, ’73 at the height of summer. A woman telling her man how it’s going to be. Patti Jo’s vocal is the perfect voice for Mayfield’s writing. It is the voice of a woman who has lived, loved and endured in a way only the great soul singers can truly portray. It’s an empowering kind of vocal, a woman standing up and protecting herself in that most sexist of times and environments. But what makes it truly remarkable is Patti Jo. She was sixteen years old when she recorded it. 

Bio from:
https://retroculturati.com/2015/07/07/the-voice-of-patti-jo/

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Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You (The Loneliest Hunk Rework)(Free Download)

Here's my third rework of Egyptian singer Hamid El Shaeri, whose eighties Egyptian grooves resonate so much with me. 

h/t to the always brillant habibi funk label for having reissued some of his original songs a while back.
https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

Hamid El-Shaeri - Dari Demou'ek (V4YS Rework)

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Al Green - I`m A Ram (1971)

AG - I`m A Ram (FF Edits) Free DL

Here's a rework of "La Ya Hob", a 1979 song from Ahmed Fakroun, a reference musician from the late seventies/eighties Libyan musical scene. Hope you'll enjoy these exotic vibes:)

Ahmed Fakroun - La Ya Hob (Vibes4YourSoul Rework)

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Hamid El-Shaeri - Dari Demou'ek (V4YS Rework)

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