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[505] many things, they happen for this world, they go surprise you, confuse you, depress you
Okay, goodbye, 2025! You were... okay! A lot of bad things happened all around the world, but I also got front row seats to an AEW PPV, a thing which will probably never happen again, and also a new job that actually pays more for the first time in nearly a decade, so good things can still happen, too! Let's see what 2026 brings!
Wikipedia Sez: Femi Kuti is the third album by Nigerian musician Femi Kuti released on 13 June 1995. It was released on Motown's Tabu Records label. The album introduced Femi Kuti and afrobeat to an international audience.
Genre: International
Styles: Afro-beat, Afro-Pop, African Traditions, Funk, Nigerian, West African
Release Date: June 13th, 1995
Prior Familiarity: None, though I have already pulled two of his dad's albums, and I'm starting to feel like maybe that is a bit of an over-indexing of this specific Nigerian family, however influential? Obviously not on the level of the eight million Bob Dylan and Neil Young albums on this list, but... idk, it kinda makes me think about how it's so much harder for minorities to break into the official 'canons' of things that on the rare occasions where they do, they get all of the accolades that their peers should be getting as well in the name of inclusion and that's how we end up with a boring-ass Chantal Akerman movie topping the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll out of nowhere this decade.
What I Did While Listening: Tidied up a bit, but then got bored of that and went back to pirating the entirety of the Letterboxd Video Store. Why has nobody uploaded the new 4K Tiger on the Beat restoration, though. :(
Verdict: Pretty good in spite of all my whining above! Certainly more engaging than Chantal Akerman.
Favourite Song: Survival
Leshia's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
See y'all on the other side!
Wikipedia Sez: Femi Kuti is the third album by Nigerian musician Femi Kuti released on 13 June 1995. It was released on Motown's Tabu Records label. The album introduced Femi Kuti and afrobeat to an international audience.
Genre: International
Styles: Afro-beat, Afro-Pop, African Traditions, Funk, Nigerian, West African
Release Date: June 13th, 1995
Prior Familiarity: None, though I have already pulled two of his dad's albums, and I'm starting to feel like maybe that is a bit of an over-indexing of this specific Nigerian family, however influential? Obviously not on the level of the eight million Bob Dylan and Neil Young albums on this list, but... idk, it kinda makes me think about how it's so much harder for minorities to break into the official 'canons' of things that on the rare occasions where they do, they get all of the accolades that their peers should be getting as well in the name of inclusion and that's how we end up with a boring-ass Chantal Akerman movie topping the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll out of nowhere this decade.
What I Did While Listening: Tidied up a bit, but then got bored of that and went back to pirating the entirety of the Letterboxd Video Store. Why has nobody uploaded the new 4K Tiger on the Beat restoration, though. :(
Verdict: Pretty good in spite of all my whining above! Certainly more engaging than Chantal Akerman.
Favourite Song: Survival
Leshia's Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
See y'all on the other side!