Fela Kuti - Gentleman (LP)

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  • 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 TH-cam 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.

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  • @Emeka4Life
    @Emeka4Life หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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.

  • @officiallanguagesschoolott6172
    @officiallanguagesschoolott6172 7 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wow!

    • @amihogatai8432
      @amihogatai8432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @piefunk98
      @piefunk98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @robkirchhof133
      @robkirchhof133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My favourite is Gentleman

  • @warriboy9850
    @warriboy9850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zombies

    • @Boombastic82
      @Boombastic82 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @mathieumarsille133
      @mathieumarsille133 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @gusmacker5269
      @gusmacker5269 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ee3ee33e33e33e3eee3ea

  • @sibusisomadlala6468
    @sibusisomadlala6468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @nadineflow
    @nadineflow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Felas music is forever touching the skin of my soul

  • @musicuniverse1962
    @musicuniverse1962 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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!

  • @valentinapasera1797
    @valentinapasera1797 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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

  • @moptisevare183
    @moptisevare183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @restlessmind5770
    @restlessmind5770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @user-um9jq9lb2h
    @user-um9jq9lb2h 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

  • @seanbeukman9563
    @seanbeukman9563 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @NombulezoJamangile
    @NombulezoJamangile 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @remiem-iw7uk
    @remiem-iw7uk ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @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!!!

  • @ghostwolf1970
    @ghostwolf1970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @weopenspacevienna8281
    @weopenspacevienna8281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @RH-ie2tx
    @RH-ie2tx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @davidajayi4440
    @davidajayi4440 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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

  • @bencenlove
    @bencenlove 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Peace 🕊️

  • @Guembri1
    @Guembri1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The best intro ever

  • @jahmilabahati3822
    @jahmilabahati3822 8 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    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 TH-cam channel just today! What a treat! I'm on a cloud. Thank you so much for this FELA channel.

    • @D.AfroC23
      @D.AfroC23 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smh means shake my head

  • @tekomodise1190
    @tekomodise1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The intro is just insane!!!

  • @muazualiyu5612
    @muazualiyu5612 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fela for life

  • @paulomoyo1141
    @paulomoyo1141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Guembri1
    @Guembri1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @agustinfalconcalderon8723
    @agustinfalconcalderon8723 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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!

  • @abubakarmustapha7289
    @abubakarmustapha7289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @bonnieprincecharlie774
    @bonnieprincecharlie774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @CRSmusicproduction
    @CRSmusicproduction 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @arcane231
    @arcane231 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bernard Chomba RIP my friend. X

  • @bobbybabinjr.4388
    @bobbybabinjr.4388 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @itsshayde5885
    @itsshayde5885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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✊🏾

  • @francismwaura5599
    @francismwaura5599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fela lived a head of his time

  • @juliogutierrezart1874
    @juliogutierrezart1874 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @ahmadtijjanisaiyadi4597
    @ahmadtijjanisaiyadi4597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i simply love Fela

  • @nderituwaweru5398
    @nderituwaweru5398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @amihogatai8432
    @amihogatai8432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    feal for president.

  • @abdulrahmanaminujada7267
    @abdulrahmanaminujada7267 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like fela songs

  • @florenceajayi4378
    @florenceajayi4378 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very good Africans music 🎶 🎵 👌

  • @maumauuhuru8525
    @maumauuhuru8525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A true MASTER

  • @ehiskhaleradio
    @ehiskhaleradio ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ICONIC MUSIC 🔥💪

  • @McRollster
    @McRollster 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Tony Allen rocks!

  • @flmwluis
    @flmwluis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Descoberta maravilhosa!
    África e suas preciosidades 🤎

  • @ainaidienumah4023
    @ainaidienumah4023 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Respect

  • @ainaidienumah4023
    @ainaidienumah4023 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    African father

  • @ericmccaulley5008
    @ericmccaulley5008 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @umudesolomon9137
    @umudesolomon9137 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the greatest of them all

  • @jalb
    @jalb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good presentation of this excellent LP!

  • @paulrhythmz927
    @paulrhythmz927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love baba Fela

  • @mickydbirds11
    @mickydbirds11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    35 year ol Ozzy lad here this is fucken good man

  • @josephthbith1209
    @josephthbith1209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks u fela

  • @ddaavvee68
    @ddaavvee68 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @beyondergalactus7308
    @beyondergalactus7308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Boombastic82
      @Boombastic82 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @getzapped313
    @getzapped313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Wheel333
    @Wheel333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @ayopaul9277
    @ayopaul9277 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    the beginning always make laugh

  • @zoilabaca
    @zoilabaca 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bella musica.

  • @niethmbaye3753
    @niethmbaye3753 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Il est unique

  • @preciousayobami8962
    @preciousayobami8962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tony Allen signature...

  • @lucasramon9353
    @lucasramon9353 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The great legend

  • @nurhakkgungoren614
    @nurhakkgungoren614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Serenaydan geldim sana aşko kdjfg

  • @edelman8829
    @edelman8829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10/10 best album cover

  • @frankigbinedion1651
    @frankigbinedion1651 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i love baba fela music

  • @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264
    @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @groovyrooby1
    @groovyrooby1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @felakuti
      @felakuti  8 ปีที่แล้ว +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" th-cam.com/video/bLkkCylAjG4/w-d-xo.html
      Have a listen and read if you fancy? Take Care and thank you again. (Y)

    • @groovyrooby1
      @groovyrooby1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @cranemp161
    @cranemp161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @moonmoon4967
    @moonmoon4967 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    👏🖖 we love it

    • @felakuti
      @felakuti  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +MOON MOON Thank you for watching Gentleman (y)

  • @larsnymann3634
    @larsnymann3634 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Takk for soul musikk Fela

  • @robkirchhof133
    @robkirchhof133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He no be Gentleman at all at all!

  • @itaycohen1264
    @itaycohen1264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Let Nas Down By J. Cole

  • @elied9934
    @elied9934 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Un génie.

  • @normanfabiodepaolicampos2876
    @normanfabiodepaolicampos2876 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @olomokonta8761
    @olomokonta8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Use a headphone next time

  • @sourabrahman8997
    @sourabrahman8997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lord Eric sugumugu brought fela to London

  • @sehrikesfederken
    @sehrikesfederken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Serenay Sarıkaya dan gelenler 🖐️

  • @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264
    @tristachang4sheriffazgovpr264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @yomiadenuga6381
      @yomiadenuga6381 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @lisden-yves
    @lisden-yves 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    22:53 MY FUCKING FAVORITE IGBEEEEEEE

  • @Occaras
    @Occaras 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @baptismking7314
    @baptismking7314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't believe I let nas down sample

  • @erbor_347
    @erbor_347 ปีที่แล้ว

    🖤🖤🖤

  • @cassiusbanoeyele9773
    @cassiusbanoeyele9773 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @niethmbaye3753
    @niethmbaye3753 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    surdoué

  • @chrisf.9138
    @chrisf.9138 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Did anyone come from let Nas down

  • @thierrypetitjean
    @thierrypetitjean ปีที่แล้ว

    😊 ❤

  • @nickknotty
    @nickknotty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🤙

  • @abdulsho3161
    @abdulsho3161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kyleedward6364
    @kyleedward6364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nah Gentle Meh ORGINAL

  • @lourdesdominguez4959
    @lourdesdominguez4959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blade vampire

  • @davyroger3773
    @davyroger3773 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    15:50

  • @snaketheadversary6964
    @snaketheadversary6964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I NO BE GENTLEMAN AT ALL'O

  • @D2f64mo
    @D2f64mo ปีที่แล้ว

    ♥♪♫♪

    • @D2f64mo
      @D2f64mo ปีที่แล้ว

      Monsieur !

  • @juhahuovio3548
    @juhahuovio3548 ปีที่แล้ว

    nigeria vai somalia afro smoke?

  • @TumimuT
    @TumimuT 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    J cole you son of a gun lol

  • @feyzacapa5880
    @feyzacapa5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Serenaydan gelenler hajsjksjd

  • @cameronrichards5290
    @cameronrichards5290 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @juniormbaye1933
    @juniormbaye1933 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    bi man

  • @juniormbaye1933
    @juniormbaye1933 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    bi