{"product_id":"fela-kuti-fear-not-for-man","title":"Fela Kuti - Fear Not for Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eFela Kuti's Fear Not for Man packs two long, simmering Afrobeat workouts onto one LP, with a digital download card included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1977, the same year soldiers stormed Fela's Kalakuta Republic compound in Lagos, the album captures the Nigerian bandleader and his band Africa 70 in a defiant frame of mind. By then Fela had built Afrobeat into a fearless blend of highlife, funk, jazz and traditional Yoruba rhythms, using extended grooves as a platform for political commentary and biting social satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear Not for Man is the centrepiece, a slow-building epic where interlocking guitars, chattering percussion and a stabbing horn section gradually lock into a hypnotic groove before Fela steps in with his message of courage in the face of oppression. The call-and-response vocals land like a rallying cry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalm Wine Sound, the instrumental on the flip, loosens the tension with a looser, sunnier mood, giving the band room to stretch out and trade riffs. It sounds like a party spilling out onto the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo tracks might sound modest on paper, but each one rewards patient listening as the layers pile up. For anyone exploring Fela's huge catalogue, this is a potent, focused entry point and a reminder of how much power music can carry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67761810932002,"sku":"720841204114","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Fela_Kuti-Fear_Not_for_Man.jpg?v=1794309614","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/fela-kuti-fear-not-for-man","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}