Konono "Congotronics" or Fela Kuti "Roforofo Fight" - which one would you buy if you could afford only one?

but to me, Felas music seems more connected to a lot of the 60s/70s musically (and politically) progressive music, than to nigerian (or african)pop or trad music. Why try to pin the music with cultural "authenticity", when it obviously tries to mix it up? Thats only a desire for the conservative critic.

I would say that felas music is not african or western..

its Cosmic!

Have we done a Fela v. James Brown thread? I find I listen to and enjoy Fela much more than the Godfather.

no wai

I highly recommend the Fela one. Highly.

Fucking ILMers getting excited about their contrarian opinions.

I have "Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense" record and I was really amazed like for the first ten minutes . Then it gets a bit boring - it probably also depends on the context you're listening etc. Anyway I guess it's his worse, later period,. And "Roforofo Fight" is from early 70's and I don't doubt it's really exciting to hear Fela from those years but it's easier to get cheap Fela than Konono, especially in Poland (of course you can always download all the music ever recorded but it's not the point). Fela vs. Konono only in artistic terms - probably Fela wins, but, on the other hand "Congotronics" gets high scores on metacritic which is some good reference

so I bought Konono :) but I will try to bid for Fela later (there are still 8 days to go)

fela >>>> james brown

Miles probably made more exciting, interesting and varied music in the 70s alone than either JB or Fela did in their entire careers, but JB like changed music man! No JB = no 70s Miles and possibly no Fela too.

Right now I'm probably more inclined to throw on a Fela record than a James Brown record, but that's just because I kind of played him out in college.

If not, I will be going to sleep. After consuming A LOT of alcohol.

braveclub's idea is brilliant, by the way, but I think Fela can soundtrack a mean cleaning too

I'd rather listen to Fela over James. No question.

have no idea what it means but the "impossible, impossibility, impossibilityism, impossibilityismalogy, impossibilityismalogicalization" part in go slow is one of my favorite things of the history of recorded music

hey 2006 ilm I need to tick off “Africa” for my collection but I’m only getting 1 of these 2 records in totally different styles from different parts of the continent plz give me your most confidently wrong opinions thx

oh shit here comes Left!

Right did something Wrong 13 years ago and Left is here to let Us know about it!

did lol at this:

(like most things these days) ridiculously over-rated by folks who don't really know much about what does or does not suck.

serious take: 1st congotronics album is actually pretty underrated at this point

Both good albums. More interesting takeaway: the idea of "affording" an album has become outdated in less than a decade.

Konono was such a great live show, love that album

it was one of the loudest live shows i've ever been at!

Yeh, the Konono live tour in summer of 2006 was unbelievable, won free tickets to see them in Cleveland, and it was just an enormous hours-long party.

anybody in this thread have opinions on the new duma record

Listening to 'Konono meets Batida' today and it is dope imo.