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Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti

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Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti
Compilation album Charity Album by
Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series
(Various Artists)
ReleasedOctober 15, 2002
GenreAfrobeat
LabelMCA
ProducerPaul Heck, John Carlin, Brian Hannah, Rob Gil, Andres Levin, Sade, Sodi, Mike Pela
Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series
(Various Artists) chronology
Red Hot + Indigo
(2000)
Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti
(2002)
Dark Was the Night
(2009)
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Red Hot + Riot (a.k.a. Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti) is the fourteenth in a series of music compilation projects produced by Paul Heck and John Carlin of the Red Hot Organization and Grammy-winning music producer Andres Levin (Music Has No Enemies) to be used as a fundraising tool for AIDS awareness efforts. The album, which takes inspiration from the late Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, was released by MCA on October 15, 2002 and featured more than three dozen artists on a score of tracks.

It is the fifth overall album in the series to focus chiefly on the work of a single composer or musician, following tributes honoring the works of Cole Porter (Red Hot + Blue), Antônio Carlos Jobim (Red Hot + Rio), George Gershwin (Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove) and Duke Ellington (Red Hot + Indigo).

Track listing

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No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Fela Mentality (Intro)"Fela Kuti 
2."Kalakuta Show"Mixmaster Mike, Gift of Gab, and Lateef 
3."Interlude: Live at Kalakuta"Fela Kuti 
4."Shuffering and Shmiling"Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Jorge Ben, and Bilal 
5."Interlude: Gimme Shit"Mixmaster Mike 
6."Water No Get Enemy"Mixmaster Mike 
7."Water No Get Enemy"D'Angelo, Femi Kuti, Macy Gray, and the Soultronics featuring Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove 
8."Gentleman"Me'Shell NdegéOcello and Yerba Buena featuring Ron Blake 
9."Years of Tears and Sorrow"Common and Djelimady Tounkara 
10."Shakara / Lady (Part One)"Cheikh Lô 
11."Shakara / Lady (Part Two)"Cheikh Lô, Les Nubians, and Manu Dibango 
12."Don't Worry About My Mouth O (African Message)"Fela Kuti 
13."Zombie (Part One)"Bugz in the Attic featuring Wunmi 
14."Zombie (Part Two)"Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove 
15."No Agreement"Res, Tony Allen, Ray Lema, Baaba Maal, Positive Black Soul, and Archie Shepp 
16."So Be It"Kelis 
17."Interlude: This Is an Ashanti Proverb"Fela Kuti 
18."By Your Side (Cottonbelly Remix)"Sade 
19."Colonial Mentality"Yerba Buena 
20."Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am"Baaba Maal and Taj Mahal eaturing Kaouding Cissoko and Antibalas 
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