Album Facts
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit Vinyl LP
Mock the police! Read up on the history of where this got it's name
Price $25.00
Format 1xLP
Label Knitting Factory Records
UPC 720841207511
Color Black
Year 2014 (originally 1975)
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
Album Facts
Mock the police! Read up on the history of where this got it's name
Price $25.00
Format 1xLP
Label Knitting Factory Records
UPC 720841207511
Color Black
Year 2014 (originally 1975)
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
Nigerian police, seeking to put down this independent-minded rascal, tried to plant a joint on Kuti during a gathering at his home. Wise to their plan, he quickly swallowed the joint, but the police then threw him in jail to produce the evidence from his faeces. He escaped charges with some wily plotting, and then produced this song mocking the police for wasting resources on hassling him instead of furthering justice in Nigeria. Opening brass rounds give way to interplay between Fela's narration about the episode and responses from his group of female singers.