Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Red Hot & Riot

I just heard this song on the radio...



That's Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Jorge Ben and Bilal remixing Fela Kuti's Shuffering and Shmiling. Well, a little bit of research showed that it came from the album Red Hot and Riot, which features many many artists remixing and recreating Fela songs. Seems it's from 2002. Did I know about this? How did I not know about this? Seems it may also have been a documentary and a concert. I'm still seeking information. I can't find a lot of the other tracks to listen to, but I like this one a whole lot.
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6 comments:

  1. BlimpyJanuary 20, 2010 at 9:44 PM

    Steen - new gorrilaz for ya:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxlD74hvRk

    feat mos def!

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  2. BlimpyJanuary 20, 2010 at 9:49 PM

    i can;t wait to hear the lou reed one...

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  3. steenbeckJanuary 20, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    Me too! and the other Mos Def one. Thanks, Blimpy, I hadn't heard about this.

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  4. BlimpyJanuary 20, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    Whelks.

    Have you heard Broken Bells? The Shins/Dangermouse hook-up. It's kinda Gorillazy too.

    http://hypem.com/#/search/broken%20bells/1/

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  5. steenbeckJanuary 20, 2010 at 10:29 PM

    I just listened to a few seconds, but David's on the couch with a migraine, so I'll try again later. I used to listen to the Shins quite a bit. Were they a hype band, and I bought the hype? Not a big fan of Garden State, so that can't be it.

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  6. ShoeyJanuary 20, 2010 at 11:54 PM

    Remembered that this was a charity thing & that Macey Gray was involved somehow (whatever happened to her?). Anyhow, the mighty Discogs knows more as usual:

    http://www.discogs.com/Various-Red-Hot-Riot/release/1758031

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