Premiere: Baloji x L'Orchestre de la Katuba x Kuku 'Buy Africa' (Fela Kuti Cover)
Watch a video for Baloji's cover of Fela Kuti's "Buy Africa" off the upcoming RED HOT + FELA album.
<p>In one of the first videos to drop off the <em><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/07/31/red-hot-fela-album-tracklist-questlove/" target="_blank"><strong>RED HOT + FELA</strong></a></em> project, Congolese rapper <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/04/01/baloji-boiler-room-studio-africa/" target="_blank">Baloji</a></strong>, <strong>L’Orchestre De La Katuba</strong> and <strong>Kuku</strong>'s <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/09/03/red-hot-fela-baloji-lorchestre-de-la-katuba-buy-africa-download-mp3/" target="_blank">arrangement</a> of <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/06/07/fela-kuti-black-president-afrobeat-concert-video/" target="_blank"><strong>Fela Kuti</strong></a>'s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mYpN5q_kA" target="_blank">"Buy Africa"</a> gets the visual treatment. The vibrant lyric video translates Baloji's raps, revealing both stinging and beautifully-crafted lines like <em>Africa's in deep tides of oil like placenta</em> for non-francophones. Stream the <em>RED HOT + FELA</em> album, which features <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/25/afrobeat-tony-allen-abayomy-afrobeat-orquestra-meus-filhos/" target="_blank">Tony Allen</a>, </strong><strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/06/27/fela-kuti-musical-questlove-speaks/" target="_blank">?uestlove</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/07/11/tune-yards-merrill-garbus-africa-in-your-earbuds/" target="_blank">Tune-Yards</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/02/22/video-angelique-kidjo-at-carnival-in-brazil/" target="_blank">Angelique Kidjo</a></strong>, <strong>TV On The Radio</strong> members, <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/27/nigerian-singer-nneka-restless-video/" target="_blank">Nneka</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/07/02/mixtape-spoek-mathambos-escape-from-85/" target="_blank">Spoek Mathambo</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/07/01/kenya-music-just-a-band-dunia-ina-mambo/" target="_blank">Just A Band</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/04/05/african-music-zaki-ibrahim-jumping-back-slashs-deeper-dub-remix/" target="_blank">Zaki Ibrahim</a></strong>, and more. Watch the video for "Buy Africa" below.</p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="374870303459d4ba9d5cc4b8758b71d5"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I0VVZZ9O5j8?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/red-hot-fela-kuti-baloji-1.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4Njc5OC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyODgwNjg4MX0.im9ZjWoxnbVjZDl2CtHOai0jp3bp4mmjxFJxbxgstOw/img.jpg?width=980" id="d3ffb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ede7b1a393f66ed1225f1d1083c80b79" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/red-hot-fela-kuti-baloji-3.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4Njc5OS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxMDkzMTA4Nn0.1BN0bmpljY9cKhEMjii3NmO7ZP8QGfyniRbWfXDK9c8/img.jpg?width=980" id="5f929" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1257037fba391ad1a9e5d7d44dae00f0" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/red-hot-fela-kuti-baloji-2.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4NjgwMC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNTYwMzQ1N30.u1L7ArZICCtHGy8Av8C_SrLSjGDgWT5gr5nQmeYYf1w/img.jpg?width=980" id="f48b2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="21e75870e383bd298f2f6a6c2a1e0ead" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/red-hot-fela-kuti-baloji-4.jpg"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4NjgwMi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MjE1MTk2Nn0.DC9snTm6eGdZxisvyqyZocwINra2S8YU7B1DfJnh6uY/img.jpg?width=980" id="c2b2d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9c87981b89f3c5afc4ac9ebfbef568eb" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p>
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