For this week’s installment of the #MonsterMondays Swizz Beatz has mashed up some of his smash hit productions with well known anthems by the late Fela Kuti for the first part of his Swizz Beatz vs Fela Kuti mixtape.
Listen & Download Swizz Beatz vs Fela Kuti Pt 1 after the jump
[…] My Daily AfroBeat Inspiration Posted on March 15, 2011 by ajahweh Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the “James Brown” of Nigeria and father of Afrobeat has been sampled by everyone from Nas, Fatboy Slim, Cannibus, The Roots and Mos Def to name a few. So this morning as I’m going through my daily routine searching the iTunes library and google for new musical inspiration, I play some Fela, Janelle Monae, Mulatu Astatke, Tony Allen and Hector Lavoe. What a combination, right?!?! Check out the link I found to a mixtape released by MonsterMondays called Swizz Beatz vs Fela Kuti Part 1. http://www.soulculture.com/blogs/music-blog/newmusic/swizz-beatz-vs-fela-kuti-pt-1-monstermondays-… […]
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[…] (some of you may know him as the newlywed husband of Alicia Keys) has just released a new mixtape: Swizz Beatz vs. Fela Kuti, via his Twitter, #MonsterMondays series. A mash-up of Swizzy’s well-known hits with some of […]