- ReleaseProduct
- Excuse-O
- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2014-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
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Vinyl 1×LP, Limited Coloured
$26.00
Pressed on opaque orange vinyl.
The deepest song here is the second track, ""Mr Grammarticalogylisationalism Is The Boss,” which ridicules the notion that speaking ""proper"" English demonstrates superior intelligence, and bemoans the fact that doing so is, unfortunately, a requirement for upward mobility. As the chorus repeats the line “Him talk oyinbo pass English man” (“He talks English better than an Englishman”), Fela lays it down: “The better oyinbo you talk, the more bread you get, school start na grade four bread, B.A. na grade three bread, M.A. na grade two bread, Ph.D na grade one bread, the better oyinbo you talk, the more bread you get….Wey talk oyinbo well well to rule our land-o.”
First re-issued as part of Fela Kuti Box Set #5 curated by Chris Martin & Femi Kuti in 2021.
Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Ikoyi Blindness
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2017-3
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Original Sufferhead
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2039-3
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2044-3
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Why Black Man They Suffer
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2012-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Noise For Vendor Mouth
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2019-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Kalakuta Show
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2020-3
- Release Date
- January 26, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Box Set #6 curated by Idris Elba
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR4008
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
- Vinyl Boxset
- Download
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- ReleaseProduct
- Gentleman - 50th Anniversary
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Catalogue Number
- KFR2009-8
- Release Date
- June 23, 2023
- LP (special)
- Download
Fela Kuti
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Brain Dead T-shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Shakara Long Sleeve Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- January 2, 2023
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Roforofo Fight T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- August 19, 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela 4/20 Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- May 20, 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- Fela 4/20 Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- May 20, 2022
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- V.I.P. Hoodie
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- November 17, 2020
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- War Can Never Short-Sleeve T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- November 17, 2020
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- Artist
- Fela Kuti
- Merch
- He Who Carries Death Short-Sleeve T-Shirt
- Label
- Knitting Factory Records
- Release Date
- November 17, 2020