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    Fela Kuti J.J.D (Johnny Just Drop!!) Live!! At Kalakuta Republik

    Knitting Factory Records
      • 1. J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) Part I
      • 2. J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) Part II

      Originally released in 1977, ‘Johnny Just Drop (J.J.D.)’ features Fela lampooning Nigeria’s ‘been-tos’, people who had been to Europe or America to work or study and then returned (dropped) home with European social pretensions and an inferiority complex about African culture.

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          Fela KutiWhy Black Man They SufferKnitting Factory Records
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                • – Ikoyi Blindness
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                      In stockAdd to Bag
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                      • – Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense
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                      • – He Miss Road
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                      • – It's No Possible
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                      • – Beasts Of No Nation
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                      • – Open & Close
                      Fela KutiOriginal Suffer Head And I.T.TKnitting Factory Records
                      Yet more essential afrobeat from the African equivalent of James Brown! All his albums are great!
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                        • – Yellow Fever
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