Inspired by Fela’s 1974 arrest after Nigerian police attempted to frame him on marijuana charges. Fela swallowed the evidence before outsmarting authorities during one of the most infamous episodes of his long-running persecution by the authoritarian state.
A collision of satire, confrontation and hypnotic Afrobeat grooves, the title track openly mocks corruption and failed intimidation, while “Water No Get Enemy” balances the record as one of Fela’s warmest and most universally resonant grooves.
Label: Knitting Factory Records
Format: 12" vinyl LP
Tracklist:
A. Expensive Shit
B. Water No Get Enemy
Inspired by Fela’s 1974 arrest after Nigerian police attempted to frame him on marijuana charges. Fela swallowed the evidence before outsmarting authorities during one of the most infamous episodes of his long-running persecution by the authoritarian state.
A collision of satire, confrontation and hypnotic Afrobeat grooves, the title track openly mocks corruption and failed intimidation, while “Water No Get Enemy” balances the record as one of Fela’s warmest and most universally resonant grooves.
Label: Knitting Factory Records
Format: 12" vinyl LP
Tracklist:
A. Expensive Shit
B. Water No Get Enemy
