Fela Kuti - Gentleman (LP)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • Gentleman (LP) (1973) Fela Kuti
    Songs include Gentleman / Igbe (Na Shit) / Fe Fe Ne Eye Fe
    fela.net/discog...
    This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official RUclips channel ( / fela ) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.
    The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.

Комментарии • 149

  • @officiallanguagesschoolott6172
    @officiallanguagesschoolott6172 7 лет назад +253

    I love Fela. I have lived in Lagos from 73 to 76 and I used to visit him in his house and at the shrine where he had a bad habit in asking people the next song he should play. And as soon as he noticed me in the crowd he would say NO before I opened my mouth. He knew that I was going to ask for Trouble Sleep (as usual). He hated me for this because he never wanted to play a song that was already recorded. My life in Lagos in those years are unforgettable. I was in my twenties straight from Paris to Yaba. I met there the most wonderful people in the world and unfortunately I have lost tracks of all of them. Sniff! Sniff! Sniff!

    • @Murrangurk2
      @Murrangurk2 6 лет назад +3

      wow!

    • @amihogatai8432
      @amihogatai8432 5 лет назад +3

      why was it a bad habit? i'm curious.

    • @piefunk98
      @piefunk98 5 лет назад +5

      @@amihogatai8432 As far as I know he didn't like to play live songs that were previously recorded.

    • @robkirchhof133
      @robkirchhof133 5 лет назад +4

      That is super cool, but I reckon he may have been upset with that request coz of all the way better songs he had in his repertoire! ;-) (that, yes, didn't mean as much to you personally) Please understand I mean you no personal disrespect. Just trolling! I love everyone who reads this especially YOU!

    • @robkirchhof133
      @robkirchhof133 5 лет назад +3

      My favourite is Gentleman

  • @warriboy9850
    @warriboy9850 2 года назад +67

    Fela Kuti is the best musical artist to emerge from the continent of Africa. He did not compromise on his music and philosophy despite the brutality suffered at the hands of the Nigerian government. He lost his mother a political activist to the brutal regime of the “Zombies” Nigerian army. Abami Eda RIP

    • @MRSZ5440
      @MRSZ5440 2 года назад

      Zombies

    • @Boombastic82
      @Boombastic82 Год назад +3

      sorry my brother he is the best to emerge from this Galaxy

    • @mathieumarsille133
      @mathieumarsille133 Год назад

      Merci pour l ancrage
      vive
      l Afrique
      Merci fela kuti ta music
      Sa foi dans la justice
      Il est devenu l un de mes musiciens. ..
      Love énergie

    • @alejandrogn4
      @alejandrogn4 Год назад +2

      Bro he might be the best to ever come from this planet

    • @gusmacker5269
      @gusmacker5269 Год назад

      Ee3ee33e33e33e3eee3ea

  • @sibusisomadlala6468
    @sibusisomadlala6468 4 года назад +61

    Amazing intro. I'm from south africa and I am 23. just want to say that baba Fela moves my soul man

    • @rowansampson8692
      @rowansampson8692 2 года назад +1

      He is a Legend who set the path for the likes of Hugh Masikela

  • @Emeka4Life
    @Emeka4Life 2 месяца назад +8

    Genius. I get cold anytime I listen to this musical arrangement; from the saxophone to the keyboards to the drums, he managed to produce one of the most beautiful and unique sounds out of Africa. On Par with Beethoven music.

  • @user-um9jq9lb2h
    @user-um9jq9lb2h 5 лет назад +25

    0:00 Gentleman
    14:46 Fe Fe Ne Eye Fe
    22:56 Igbe (Na Shit)

  • @jahmilabahati3822
    @jahmilabahati3822 8 лет назад +56

    I LOOOVE Fela sooo much!!! Smh I listen to his music religiously EVERYday. I wish I had the chance to meet him. Now I found this RUclips channel just today! What a treat! I'm on a cloud. Thank you so much for this FELA channel.

    • @D.AfroC23
      @D.AfroC23 4 года назад

      Smh means shake my head

  • @ghostwolf1970
    @ghostwolf1970 3 года назад +15

    Been jamming a lot of fela lately and man this right here while toking up a fat joint is badass

  • @moptisevare183
    @moptisevare183 2 года назад +17

    So glad he was prolific...I cannot get enough of his music!!!!

  • @restlessmind5770
    @restlessmind5770 4 года назад +19

    Nigeria's greatest son, Fela. Way before his time. Genius with a good heart for righteousness . R. I. P. My brother.

  • @bencenlove
    @bencenlove 7 лет назад +17

    in a virtual world where the truth will still be stifled, subdued and propagandised, this music is more relevant and at the same time more accessible than ever. Share the music, share the truth and share the love. Those who are not zombie will sing and share with us. FELA IS STILL WITH US. ALL of US. In his music, his message and his SPIRT, He never left :)) Today I type a message to someone Ive never met but have found something in common with. He gave us something to share but its not ours to keep. Share this and the message will be heard by the ears that need to hear it. So many do these days! Peace Fam!

    • @osazuwaogbeide1540
      @osazuwaogbeide1540 6 лет назад +1

      his music make sense so much today, just listen to colonial mentality the ting way black no good foreign things they like no be so

    • @dwaynebest5655
      @dwaynebest5655 2 года назад +1

      Peace 🕊️

  • @ainaidienumah4023
    @ainaidienumah4023 Год назад +4

    African father

  • @musicuniverse1962
    @musicuniverse1962 Год назад +10

    I listened Fela for the first time 1972 and now at 64 years old still get the same emotional filling I felt back then amazing!

  • @ericmccaulley5008
    @ericmccaulley5008 Месяц назад +2

    If this doesn't get you moving, you don't have blood running thru your veins.

  • @davidajayi4440
    @davidajayi4440 5 лет назад +15

    Fela lyrics is pure and honest. He was a free man. he said things exactly the way they ought to be, He his honest, and very fearless

  • @agustinfalconcalderon8723
    @agustinfalconcalderon8723 5 лет назад +9

    Africa power !! El ritmo y la danza la poesia viva de nuestra esencia como seres esta en las mujeres y hombres de esta tierra castigada por la injusticia!

  • @nurhakkgungoren614
    @nurhakkgungoren614 3 года назад +6

    Serenaydan geldim sana aşko kdjfg

  • @RH-ie2tx
    @RH-ie2tx 6 лет назад +22

    Spectacular intro to this track..what a man, what a band!

  • @nadineflow
    @nadineflow 4 месяца назад +6

    Felas music is forever touching the skin of my soul

  • @weopenspacevienna8281
    @weopenspacevienna8281 3 года назад +9

    FELA .. my youth, my mature, my present, my future ! THANKS for all the friends you gave me with your music !

  • @remiem-iw7uk
    @remiem-iw7uk Год назад +6

    @Fela Kuti Dear Kuti family, I am writing on July 1, 2023. This masterpiece of rhythm is in its golden year!!! Sounds FANTASTIC AT 50!!!! Be blessed!!!

  • @itaycohen1264
    @itaycohen1264 4 года назад +8

    Let Nas Down By J. Cole

  • @valentinapasera1797
    @valentinapasera1797 10 месяцев назад +4

    The saxophone play is so legendary even Jcole sampled it to make his apology song to Nas.
    I just realized it while listening to the intro,Fela made generational music

  • @ddaavvee68
    @ddaavvee68 5 лет назад +15

    calling this Badass doesn’t come close to describing how BADASS this is.

  • @McRollster
    @McRollster 7 лет назад +13

    Tony Allen rocks!

  • @nderituwaweru5398
    @nderituwaweru5398 4 года назад +9

    Fela Kuti Invented the beat drop. Argue with your unmelanated House DJ.

  • @marijnvanbeers-ev7sc
    @marijnvanbeers-ev7sc 5 часов назад

    Afrobeat!!!!!
    😆

  • @juliogutierrezart1874
    @juliogutierrezart1874 6 лет назад +10

    El ritmo de esta pieza es increíble. Sin duda un álbum que nunca enfada por la buena vibra.

  • @robkirchhof133
    @robkirchhof133 5 лет назад +5

    He no be Gentleman at all at all!

  • @seanbeukman9563
    @seanbeukman9563 Год назад +2

    I am a rebel. This man is my total hero. A very powerful message using the arts. don fok os aroun mon...we watching u. Remain an Africa man! For gods sake. Thank God for Fela!! My papa/brother/hero.

  • @ayopaul9277
    @ayopaul9277 6 лет назад +8

    the beginning always make laugh

  • @abubakarmustapha7289
    @abubakarmustapha7289 3 года назад +4

    Fela is a gentle man but know one like fela in this Nigeria.like 2pac in USA

  • @preciousayobami8962
    @preciousayobami8962 6 лет назад +7

    Tony Allen signature...

  • @getzapped313
    @getzapped313 2 года назад +2

    Love this album, honestly If it wasn't for GTA 4 having truth Don die and zombie, I don't think I would have ever heard of him

  • @sehrikesfederken
    @sehrikesfederken 3 года назад +2

    Serenay Sarıkaya dan gelenler 🖐️

  • @arcane231
    @arcane231 Год назад +2

    Bernard Chomba RIP my friend. X

  • @paulomoyo1141
    @paulomoyo1141 4 года назад +6

    From the first listen... He spoke to my soul

  • @tekomodise1190
    @tekomodise1190 2 года назад +5

    The intro is just insane!!!

  • @bonnieprincecharlie774
    @bonnieprincecharlie774 5 лет назад +4

    Not only is the music good and high quality, but the video is educational!

  • @NombulezoJamangile
    @NombulezoJamangile 3 месяца назад +1

    He is indeed the sun of the soil my beautiful continent my pride my joy. Where else could you get this connoisseur if not in Africa

  • @amihogatai8432
    @amihogatai8432 5 лет назад +4

    feal for president.

  • @AlanTaylorCRSmusicproduction
    @AlanTaylorCRSmusicproduction 4 года назад +9

    As a man in his early fifties from a working class family I cannot say that I had Fell Kuti heard many times, but years, and I mean decades, later I can hear Blue Note as well as west Africa rhythms & instrumentation. Just trying to say this is soul music no matter where you came from.

  • @Guembri1
    @Guembri1 Год назад +4

    The best intro ever

  • @chrisf.9138
    @chrisf.9138 6 лет назад +4

    Did anyone come from let Nas down

  • @flmwluis
    @flmwluis 2 года назад +3

    Descoberta maravilhosa!
    África e suas preciosidades 🤎

  • @Guembri1
    @Guembri1 3 года назад +2

    Great ans strong music, great and strong man, no one can replace him. Thank you Mister FELA

  • @florenceajayi4378
    @florenceajayi4378 2 года назад +5

    Very good Africans music 🎶 🎵 👌

  • @itsshayde5885
    @itsshayde5885 4 года назад +2

    After Hearing #YellowFever 1 Time #IWasConvinced then my soul got the moving from every song heard after. #Legendary Is All I Can Say.
    #✊🏾LongLiveFelaKuti✊🏾

  • @muazualiyu5612
    @muazualiyu5612 5 лет назад +6

    Fela for life

  • @lisden-yves
    @lisden-yves 3 года назад +2

    22:53 MY FUCKING FAVORITE IGBEEEEEEE

  • @baptismking7314
    @baptismking7314 4 года назад +2

    I can't believe I let nas down sample

  • @olomokonta8761
    @olomokonta8761 5 лет назад +3

    I grew up with Fela's"Gentleman" . I just listened to it on this Android phone, something is missing! Where is that "thumbing Base" in Gentleman that shakes up the whole room to the extent that one starts dancing immediately without knowing it??!

    • @TexBrunoTC
      @TexBrunoTC 5 лет назад +3

      How do you expect to 'find' the bass on a Android phone!

    •  3 года назад +1

      Use a headphone next time

  • @cassiusbanoeyele9773
    @cassiusbanoeyele9773 6 лет назад +8

    Because of my affiliation with Fela's music in my school days, I was calling "Black President"

  • @beyondergalactus7308
    @beyondergalactus7308 4 года назад +3

    A friend started playing this tonight, loved it, seems kinda jazzy, not sure what it is, lol. I really like it!

    • @wermhole7268
      @wermhole7268 4 года назад +4

      It's Afrobeat! and I'm pretty sure the term was actually first coined by Fela Kuti himself

    • @Boombastic82
      @Boombastic82 Год назад +3

      It is Afro Beat, Lyrics are song in what we call Nigerian Pidgin English

  • @abdulrahmanaminujada7267
    @abdulrahmanaminujada7267 7 лет назад +5

    I like fela songs

  • @mickydbirds11
    @mickydbirds11 4 года назад +2

    35 year ol Ozzy lad here this is fucken good man

  • @abdulsho3161
    @abdulsho3161 3 года назад +1

    Fefe naa efe has the wrong message he was tryna portray under it

  • @maumauuhuru8525
    @maumauuhuru8525 2 года назад +3

    A true MASTER

  • @ehiskhaleradio
    @ehiskhaleradio 2 года назад +3

    ICONIC MUSIC 🔥💪

  • @mahatmaganjaofficial3731
    @mahatmaganjaofficial3731 9 дней назад

    Long live the idols shoulda never be our rivals

  • @ahmadtijjanisaiyadi4597
    @ahmadtijjanisaiyadi4597 8 лет назад +6

    i simply love Fela

  • @francismwaura5599
    @francismwaura5599 2 года назад +4

    Fela lived a head of his time

  • @ainaidienumah4023
    @ainaidienumah4023 Год назад +2

    Respect

  • @paulrhythmz927
    @paulrhythmz927 6 лет назад +3

    I love baba Fela

  • @sourabrahman8997
    @sourabrahman8997 3 года назад +1

    Lord Eric sugumugu brought fela to London

  • @jalb
    @jalb 6 лет назад +2

    Very good presentation of this excellent LP!

  • @Occaras
    @Occaras 5 месяцев назад

    That keyboard growl at 12:41.....

  • @josephthbith1209
    @josephthbith1209 4 года назад +2

    thanks u fela

  • @bobbybabinjr.4388
    @bobbybabinjr.4388 2 месяца назад

    Yesterday I finally saw this album for sale in person for the first time in my life and just about lost it I just couldn't bite the price tag

  • @cranemp161
    @cranemp161 5 лет назад +2

    In my musical-selection (already in my collection).

  • @niethmbaye3753
    @niethmbaye3753 7 лет назад +4

    Il est unique

  • @Wheel333
    @Wheel333 3 года назад +4

    🙏❤️🙏 Dance like it is your last day on earth.

  • @kyleedward6364
    @kyleedward6364 3 года назад +1

    Nah Gentle Meh ORGINAL

  • @snaketheadversary6964
    @snaketheadversary6964 3 года назад +1

    I NO BE GENTLEMAN AT ALL'O

  • @heyim1st
    @heyim1st 15 дней назад

    Fela is dope. I would have loved to attend his concerts!

  • @zoilabaca
    @zoilabaca 7 лет назад +3

    Bella musica.

  • @umudesolomon9137
    @umudesolomon9137 11 месяцев назад +1

    One of the greatest of them all

  • @yuichikammoto4002
    @yuichikammoto4002 4 дня назад

    嬉しい。

  • @groovyrooby1
    @groovyrooby1 8 лет назад +3

    thank you so much for sharing this music & story! ^_^

    • @felakuti
      @felakuti  8 лет назад +3

      No Problem groovyrooby1. I'm glad you enjoyed Gentleman with the backstory. :)
      BTW, we just uploaded right now Fela's song "You Gimme Shit I Give You Shit" ruclips.net/video/bLkkCylAjG4/видео.html
      Have a listen and read if you fancy? Take Care and thank you again. (Y)

    • @groovyrooby1
      @groovyrooby1 8 лет назад +1

      awesome! have not heard this before. always love to discover new Fela. thanks again!

  • @davyroger3773
    @davyroger3773 Год назад +1

    15:50

  • @lucasramon9353
    @lucasramon9353 5 лет назад +2

    The great legend

  • @normanfabiodepaolicampos2876
    @normanfabiodepaolicampos2876 6 лет назад

    Escuchen esta música.......viene desde el origen y se proyecta al infinito.......

  • @cameronrichards5290
    @cameronrichards5290 6 лет назад

    allow hi date need belief deliver meter ourselves dream although fate.

  • @larsnymann3634
    @larsnymann3634 8 лет назад +2

    Takk for soul musikk Fela

  • @frankigbinedion1651
    @frankigbinedion1651 8 лет назад +7

    i love baba fela music

  • @lourdesdominguez4959
    @lourdesdominguez4959 6 лет назад +1

    Blade vampire

  • @TumimuT
    @TumimuT 8 месяцев назад +1

    J cole you son of a gun lol

  • @elied9934
    @elied9934 4 года назад +1

    Un génie.

  • @feyzacapa5880
    @feyzacapa5880 3 года назад

    Serenaydan gelenler hajsjksjd

  • @nickknotty
    @nickknotty 3 года назад +1

    🤙

  • @moonmoon4967
    @moonmoon4967 8 лет назад +3

    👏🖖 we love it

    • @felakuti
      @felakuti  8 лет назад +2

      +MOON MOON Thank you for watching Gentleman (y)

  • @juhahuovio3548
    @juhahuovio3548 Год назад

    nigeria vai somalia afro smoke?

  • @niethmbaye3753
    @niethmbaye3753 7 лет назад +1

    surdoué

  • @edelman8829
    @edelman8829 4 года назад +3

    10/10 best album cover

  • @thierrypetitjean
    @thierrypetitjean Год назад

    😊 ❤

  • @erbor_347
    @erbor_347 Год назад

    🖤🖤🖤

  • @D2f64mo
    @D2f64mo Год назад

    ♥♪♫♪

  • @juniormbaye1933
    @juniormbaye1933 8 лет назад

    bi man

  • @juniormbaye1933
    @juniormbaye1933 8 лет назад

    bi

  • @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264
    @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264 4 года назад +1

    AMAAAAA-ZING LEVEL OF MUSICAL GENIUS FROM THE BLACK PRESIDENT! ! ! BEST MUSICA - & MOST PERFECT - IN THE WORLD/EN EL MUNDO! ! JAH BLESS !

  • @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264
    @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264 4 года назад +2

    You go your way / the Jah-Jah Way! ! ! ! I didn't know Fela was Rastafarian ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :)))))

    • @yomiadenuga6381
      @yomiadenuga6381 2 года назад +2

      😁😁😁😁 "The ję ję way", mean going your way minding your own business. Yoruba word.