Vinyl Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head)

Vinyl record Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head)

Genre: World

Description
Coming October 4, 2024 pre-order your copy today! Orders with both pre-order and in stock items will have all in stock items shipped immediately!

Afrobeat Virtuoso on Vinyl LP!
Featuring Songs with Damian Marley & Sampa the Great!
Produced by Lenny Kravitz & Fela Kuti's Original Engineer Sodi Marciszewer!

Coming six years after the Grammy-nominated album Black Times, this album marks a pivotal moment in Seun Kuti's illustrious career, showcasing his evolution as an artist and activist.

Executive produced by legendary musician Lenny Kravitz and Fela Kuti's original engineer Sodi Marciszewer (artistic producer), Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) promises to deliver a sonic experience like no other.

Featuring a tracklist of six electrifying songs, each track on Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) embodies the spirit of resistance, resilience, and revolution. Each song talks about standing up against challenges and fighting for change. Like the standalone singles "Dey" featuring reggae icon Damian Marley, described as "a song about embracing and championing who we are, regardless" and "Emi Aluta," "a song about struggle (Aluta means struggle) that pays homage to all the great revolutionaries", that features Zambian singer, rapper and songwriter Sampa the Great, one of the best and most innovative lyricists of our time.

Each song on the album is a testament to Seun Kuti's unwavering commitment to using music as a tool for social change and empowerment. Through his powerful lyrics and infectious grooves, he continues to carry on the legacy of his father, the legendary Fela Kuti, while carving out his own path in the world of music.

Seun Kuti is a Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his captivating performances and socially conscious music. He is the youngest son of Afro beat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father's political and musical legacy as the leader of his father's former band Egypt 80. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. In 1997 when Fela passed, in fulfilment of his father's wishes, Seun assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80 and he has run it ever since. During his career, Seun Kuti released four albums with Egypt 80: Many Things (2008), From Africa with Fury: Rise for Knitting Factory Records (2011), co-produced by Brian Eno and John Reynolds, A Long Way Beginning (2014) and the Grammy nominated Black Times (2018) that included a feature from Carlos Santana. They also released numerous EPs. Seun has played for enthusiastically receptive audiences globally and collaborated with many great artists. In 2022, he joined forces with Roots frontman and MC extraordinaire Black Thought in the EP African Dreams. In 2023, Seun collaborated on Janelle Monae's The Age of Pleasure (Grammy nominee for Album of the Year) with the two singles "Float" and "Knows Better," teamed up with Talib Kweli and MadLib for their album Liberation 2 on the song "Nat Turner" featuring Cassper Nyovest and released a new version of the single "Bad Man Lighter" with Black Thought, featuring Vic Mensa.

Features
Vinyl LP

Tracklist:
Side A:
T.O.P
Dey feat. Damian Marley
Stand Well Well

Side B:
Emi Aluta feat. Sampa the Great
Love & Revolution
Move