Knitting Factory Records/Cooking Vinyl are proud to reissue the individual titles from the Fela Kuti Box Set #4 Curated by Erykah Badu.

No Agreement showcases some of Fela and the Africa 70s highest caliber work within the signature Afrobeat genre. Smooth guitar parts and a pronounced brass section (which included the addition of Art Ensemble of Chicago trumpeter Lester Bowie), improv solos on the sax, and backed by excellent organ and trumpet and Felas keen lyrical insight, No Agreement hits all the right parts. Lyrically the track No Agreement can be likened to Peter Toshs Never Gonna Give Up Fela will never reach an agreement or compromise with the oppressive forces that fight against progressive social change and the psychological liberation of post-colonial Africans. Fela asks himself, essentially, how can I remain silent when my brother is hungry and homeless? His answer: I cannot. The album concludes with Dog Eat Dog, an instrumental piece whose name refers to the metaphorical rat race.

Tracklisting

1. No Agreement
2. Dog Eat Dog (Instrumental)