Fela Kuti x Pharrell 'Happy Mentality'
Download a blend of Fela Kuti and Pharrell from Seattle's dj100proof in "Happy Mentality."
<p>We'd been waiting for this one to come along. Seattle's <strong><a href="https://soundcloud.com/dj100proof" target="_blank">dj100proof</a></strong> comes through with the inevitable mash-up of <a href="http://www.okayplayer.com/artists/pharrell-williams" target="_blank"><strong>Pharrell</strong></a>'s massive hit "Happy" — which has gotten a lot of love from <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2014/03/12/cameroon-happy-pharrell-video-remake/" target="_blank">Cameroonian</a> and <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2014/02/10/cotonou-pharrell-williams-benin-happy-video/" target="_blank">Cotonou</a> video remakes — with <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2014/02/10/cotonou-pharrell-williams-benin-happy-video/" target="_blank"><strong>Fela Kuti</strong></a>'s "Colonial Mentality" from 1977's <em>Opposite People/<a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/04/03/fela-kuti-afrobeat-sorrow-tears-blood-vinyl/" target="_blank">Sorrow Tears and Blood</a></em>. As dj100proof writes on <a href="http://dj100proof.com/new-blend-fela-x-pharrell-happy-mentality/" target="_blank">his website</a>, "I thought the shuffle tempo, driving bass lines and horns of Fela Kuti could provide a nice backdrop, so I chopped up his classic." Download his blend of Fela Kuti and Pharrell in "Happy Mentality" below.</p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137760646&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></p>
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