Shoki Shoki

Shoki Shoki is an album by the Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, released in 1998.[2][3] The album was released in the United States by MCA Records in 2000.[4] A remix album, Shoki Remixed, was released the same year.[5]

Shoki Shoki
Studio album by
Femi Kuti
Released1998
GenreAfrobeat
LabelBarclay[1]
ProducerSodi
Femi Kuti chronology
Femi Kuti
(1995)		 Shoki Shoki
(1998)		 Shoki Remixed
(2000)

Nigeria's military government banned the album's second track, "Beng beng beng", due to its objections to the sexual subject matter.[6]

Production

Kuti is backed by his band, Positive Force; the album was produced by Sodi and engineered by Mark Saunders.[7][8]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Robert Christgau[10]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[11]
NME[12]
Rolling Stone[13]

NME thought that "as basslines, horns and sprightly riffs spiral in a million directions, he also proves keen to continue Fela‘s fight against a range of foes, particularly the Nigerian authorities."[12] Entertainment Weekly stated that Kuti "brilliantly forges a link between Afrobeat and James Brown, spicing his percussive stew with acid jazz, hip-hop, and soul flavor while remaining true to his roots, proving himself an able ambassador to all rhythm nations."[11]

Rolling Stone opined that "throughout the showy Shoki Shoki, he treats Afrobeat's basic rhythm formula as sacred, adding only slight embellishments and updates."[13] The Windsor Star concluded that "while Fela's music often flew off into extended groove workouts, Femi packages his songs into neat arrangements with carefully punctuated horns, call-response vocal dynamics and locked-in polyrhythms."[14]

AllMusic wrote that "like his father, he never lets the lyrically conscious material get in the way of pushing irresistible grooves."[9]

Track listing
  1. "Truth don die" – 6:17
  2. "Beng beng beng" – 4:43
  3. "What will tomorrow bring" – 5:40
  4. "Victim of life" – 6:14
  5. "Blackman know yourself" – 5:15
  6. "Look around" – 6:00
  7. "Sorry sorry" – 6:37
  8. "Eregele" – 7:15
  9. "Scatta head" – 8:20

See also

Fela Kuti

References
  1. "Afrodisiac". austinchronicle.com.
  2. "Femi Kuti Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (18 October 2018). "The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
  4. Sanneh, Kelefa (March 2000). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (79): 49.
  5. "Afrobeat Artist Femi Kuti Gets Remix Treatment". MTV News.
  6. Greenman, Ben (10 April 2000). "Rising Son". The New Yorker. 76: 64.
  7. Paoletta, Michael (29 January 2000). "Spotlight: Shoki Shoki". Billboard. 112 (5): 36.
  8. Goldman, Vivien (February 2000). "African Son". Spin. 16 (2): 81.
  9. "Shoki Shoki – Femi Kuti | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  10. "Robert Christgau: CG: Femi Kuti". robertchristgau.com.
  11. Diehl, Matt. "Shoki Shoki". Entertainment Weekly.
  12. "Shoki Shoki". NME. 12 September 2005.
  13. Moon, Tom (2 March 2000). "The afrobeat goes on". Rolling Stone (835): 95.
  14. Keene, Darrin (23 March 2000). "CD REVIEWS". Windsor Star. p. E6.
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