Red Hot Celebrates 'Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti' Tribute Album 20th Anniversary With Debut Streaming Release
The deluxe reissue features two hours of previously unreleased alternate versions and additional covers from D'Angelo, Questlove, Kuti's son Femi Kuti, Sade, Nile Rodgers, Kelis, and more.

TWENTY YEARS AGO, the AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot unveiled Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a tribute record that recruited over three dozen artists in celebration of the rian musician. Now, after two decades, the record has been made available on streaming for the first .

Red Hot + Riot: A Tribute to Fela Kuti received an update for the streaming era on its newly released deluxe reissue, which features two hours of previously unreleased alternate versions and additional covers previously trimmed down to accommodate the format of a physical CD.

The lengthy tracklist features appearances from D'Angelo, Questlove, Kuti's son Femi Kuti, Sade, Baba Mall, Stuart Matthewman, Nile Rodgers, Kelis, and more. One of the previously unreleased covers includes a new take on "Sorrow Tears & Blood" from Common, Zap Mama, and Bilal.

Fela Kuti, who died of HIV/AIDS-related complications in 1997, is one of a number of subjects Red Hot has spotlighted in an effort to destigmatize the conversation around the epid. Since 1990, the nonprofit has centered its work around diversity and access to healthcare resources, particularly for women and the LGBTQ+ community.

In a recent essay published in Billboard, Red Hot founder John Carlin and communications director Upendo Kissai highlighted "Water No Get Enemy," a Fela Kuti deep cut from 1975 that blended Yoruba and English in a less reflection of life and death.

"Fela symbolically compares an institution to a parent who continues to use water after their child drowns," they wrote. "Regardless of setbacks, the community must continue to provide solutions for our social ailments. Fela conveys that living necessities are non-negotiable regardless of circumstance. The charge to support vulnerable people fighting against global pands is non-negotiable."

Tracklist
CD1
1. Mix Master Mike & Mario Caldato, Jr. - Fela Mentality (Intro) (01:09)
2. Mix Master Mike, Lateef, & The Gift of Gab - Kalakuta Show (02:31)
3. Posuma, Remedies, Taiwo, Segun Kehinde, Tosin Aribisaka, & Andres Levin - Live at Kalakuta (Interlude) (00:32)
4. Dead Prez, Jorge Ben Jor, Talib Kweli, Bilal, & Positive Force - Shuffering + Shmiling (07:51)
5. Mix Master Mike & Mario Caldato, Jr. - Gimme Shit (Interlude) (00:31)
6. D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray - Water No Get Enemy (feat. Roy Hargrove, Nile Rodgers, The Soultronics, & Positive Force) (10:10)
7. Meshell Ndegeocello & Yerba Buena - Gentleman (feat. Ron Blake) (07:02)
8. Common, Meshell Ndegeocello, & Djelimady Tounkara - Tears + Sorrow (01:31)
9. Cheikh Lo - Shakara / Lady, Pt. 1 (02:20)
10. Cheikh Lo, Les Nubians, & Manu Dibango - Shakara / Lady, Pt. 2 (feat. Chateau Flight) (04:47)
11. Monoaural - Don't Worry About My Mouth-O (Interlude) (01:03)
12. Bugz in the Attic - Zombie, Pt. 1 (feat. Wunmi) (02:51)
13. Nile Rodgers, Roy Hargrove, & Money Mark - Zombie, Pt. 2 (04:28)
14. Tony Allen, Res, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul, & Archie Shepp - No Agreement (08:12)
15. Kelis - So Be It (03:52)
16. Monoaural - This Is an Ashanti Proverb (Interlude) (00:09)
17. Sade - By Your Side (Cottonbelly's Fola Mix Edit) (04:39)
18. Yerba Buena & Lenine - Colonial Mentality (01:34)
19. Baaba Maal & Taj Mahal - Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am (feat. Kaouding Cissoko & Antibalas) (10:39)

CD2
1. Fela Kuti & Monoaural - Intro: This Is an Ashanti Proverb (Full Version) (01:11)
2. Sade - By Your Side (Cottonbelly's Fola Extended Mix) (07:14)
3. Bilal, Zap Mama, & Common - Sorrow Tears & Blood (2022 Mix) (07:37)
4. Fela Kuti & Monoaural - Interlude: "The Secret of Life Is to Have No Fear" (02:39)
5. Jorge Ben Jor, Dead Prez, Bilal, & Positive Force - Shuffering + Shmiling (More Jorge / Fun Machine Version) (07:38)
6. Fela Kuti & Monoaural - Interlude: Don't Worry About My Mouth-O (Full Version) (01:29)
7. Fela Kuti & Mix Master Mike - Kalakuta Show (Instrumental) (03:10)
8. Kelis - So Be It (Instrumental) (04:58)
9. Fela Kuti & Monoaural - Interlude: This Is an Ashanti Proverb (Slow) (03:36)
10. Baaba Maal - Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am (Acoustic) (feat. Kaouding Cissoko) (09:57)
11. Yerba Buena & Ron Blake - Colonial Mentality (Instrumental) (03:50)
12. D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Questlove, Roy Hargrove, Nile Rodgers, The Soultronics, & Positive Force - Studio Talk / Water Get No Enemy (Instrumental) (13:05)
13. Tony Allen, Res, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul, & Archie Shepp - No Agreement (Early Mix Full Version) (12:57)
14. Fela Kuti - Interlude: Music Is a Spiritual Thing (00:44)
15. Taj Mahal & Baaba Maal - Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am (Full Taj Mahal Version) (feat. Kaouding Cissoko) (09:01)
16. Fela Kuti - Kalakuta Intro (Johnny Just Drop) (00:54)
17. Taiwo, Remedies, & Pasuma & Co. - Kalakuta Jam (13:49)
18. D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Questlove, & Macy Gray - Water Get No Enemy (A Cappella) (06:01)



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