Beyonce To Release Fela Kuti Inspired Album Later On In The Year – By Bentee Banque
Beyonce is set to release an album inspired by the late Nigerian musician Fela Kuti containing 20 tracks which was left in a music vault.
News of the secret recordings which was done just before to Bey’s 2011 album, 4, was revealed by producer Terius “The-Dream” Nash.
According to him, all 20 tracks were inspired by Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti. “We did a whole Fela album that didn’t go up. We did a whole different sounding thing, about twenty songs. She said she wanted to do something that sounds like Fela. That’s why there’s so much of that sound in the ‘End of Time.’” the producer explained in an interview.
Nash, who is responsible for hits like “Single Ladies” and “Run the World,” said that it’s not uncommon for artists like Beyoncé to record multiple bodies of work at a time. “There’s always multiple albums being made. Most of the time we’re just being creative, period. We’re talking about B, somebody who sings all day long and somebody who writes all day long.”
The American R&B and pop record producer said that there is probably more records than the 20 that have yet to be released. “There’s probably a hundred records just sitting around,”He said. “Beyonce featured Nigerian award winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her smash hit; ‘Flawless’. Now we are hearing a whole Fela inspired Album, Nigerians rock!”
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