Fela Kuti
Shuffering & Shmiling / No Agreement
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MOG Editorial Review
Long before he was the subject of Broadway hit Fela!, Fela Kuti was staging musical and political revolutions. While the theatrical show gives you a good primer of Kuti the activist, you need to turn to the music to really understand his true vision. Shuffering and Shmiling consists of a single, sprawling 21-minute track that covers everything from jazz to psych-rock during its lengthy span, and the two tracks from No Agreement do the same, lacking vocals as if to silently keep his people going without personal interference. All of these songs were released amidst one of his most infamous arrests in 1977, serving as proof that Kuti could make timeless music even in his darkest hour.
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AMG Review of Shuffering and Shmiling/No Agreement
Adam Greenberg
All Music GuideA semi-compilation from MCA that puts two old Fela LPs onto a single CD. Shuffering and Shmiling is an attack on various non-native religions that Fela saw as encroaching upon the people of Nigeria, causing factions to emerge and rendering the people unable to unify as they needed to. The album was originally released in 1977. No Agreement, another album from 1977, essentially makes the statement (from Fela), that he won't speak against his common man in such a way as to let the government hurt them. "No Agreement" also boasts some nice trumpet work from Art Ensemble of Chicago member Lester Bowie. Finally, "Dog Eat Dog" is the B-side from the original LP of No Agreement, and is a nice work of Afrobeat goodness. Any Fela album has the potential to be a remarkable piece of art in many ways. Getting two albums for the price of one makes it even better.
 "Shuffering & Shmiling / No Agreement")
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