VA - Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump: Original Heavyweight Afrobeat, Highlife & Afro Funk
Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 09:00AM
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va-nigeria%2070.jpgA more accurate subtitling than could be expected, with an even mix of all three feels as well as welcome veers, like an Africa-meets-rockers take on the "Baby I Love You So" riddim for Chief Checker's "Africa Irie". As with Disco Not Disco, the 2001 3CD set that gave this its name will remain out of print, but there's lots to bask in right here, from Sir Shina Peters' talking-drum juju "Yabis" (the most modern-sounding production compiled) to Bola Johnson's stuttering palm-muted "Ezuku Buzo" and the spacey slapback on Peter King's "African Dialects" (whose 'lost LP' Shango on Strut is also OP).

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