Newen Afrobeat - Upside Down (Fela Kuti Cover) 

Fela is around brother. He lives on through his music. I agree that this is amazing. I was blessed enough to see this band three times in ten days when they toured thru No. California in August 2016. They are brilliant players, showmen and very kind and friendly people!

This is the power of music...

Anengiyefa+Fela was involved with magic when he was alive. I feel his mighty presence on the other side. Sure Seun and others do too

superbe.

Honestly my bro...how i wish he was still living to see d impact of his music in d world over...a legend indeed...tears well up my face.

I saw him 1990 Philadelphia. Unforgettable…. had to be at least 10 ppl onstage if not more

I think I know your background

​@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL You're both so blessed (I'm kinda jealous of our president, too... short after he was elected, he was honored with an invitation to see Femi perform at the Shrine...)

i would love to see them once

Parece 90% cubana. En Cuba nadir la miraría más de 10000 veces.... : )

Chisom Enyioko we are all African!!

David Simpson I'm from Colombia and two years ago felt in love of AfroBeat forever

resurface our African descent :)

+David Simpson thanks man, and thanks for your people and music too

Hello! I am from Argentine. I dont not speak english languaje but i want see for you this words. I love the all song, the union beetwenn all the people too, your black music is beatifull and join all spirit on the world. I love my around country named Uruguay with more people black and descendent of the black generation, Uruguay is the master for me, they is learning this wonder music and your letter are very important for union of the peoples in the latinamerican nations.

afro music and afrodance are the bestest :D

Look for Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra my brother, its a band from Rio de Janeiro that started as a Fela Day tribute from musicians! They still host annually a Fela Day meeting around the city, but the band developed many original songs that are just incredible like Fela's. Kalakuta lives!!!

Yuri VS can never be like fela’s don’t even bring shit all as those u talking about are all inspired by the great 👍 man himself...

Yep...totally agree..brilliant! Francisca Riquelme is mesmerizing...Love da juju 'mon! Never saw Fela "Live" but I got to see Sunny Ade a few times...these Chilean musicians are TIGHT

Don't let their looks fool you, they may look non African, but this group is from Chile, South America. Chile and most of South America is known for having West African slaves (their descendants still live there today) and some of them in this band (not all) might have some African ancestry in them, especially the female lead singer (I know a mixed person when I see one), this is probably why they feel comfortable doing Afro-beat music in which Fela Kuti influence them while taking on African cultures, because they know their history, but music is music no matter what race is doing it.

latin americans have the passion

Comot for ya. Most you say that

Are you gay?

🤣 which one na you own?

Fela and his legacy should be classified as World Heritage of Humanity ❤❤❤ From Paris with love

Pink floid

Aceschap we don’t understand what he was trying to say then, was disappointed when they later killed him but now I know what he meant ...... Fela lives on

fela music is like Egyptology, this generation is now discovering his music from 50 years ago, 🙈🙉🙊🗣

Long live Abami Eda!One of African finest.Baba rest in peace.

YES!

Pow he said it all 100% and yes miss Fran is the best out there today im sure hands down

Oh xes, I see them in Germany this summer… great show!!❤

J’adore 👍

Gracias por la explicación hermano🙌

Viva Abya Ayla!

¡Viva Latinoamérica!✊🏻

Oh my God,which language is that?

BUENA EXPLICACIÓN MI PANA

Love you all. Welldone!!!

Yes Chris yes

So very true.

I had a history teacher who said that Elvis Presley did more to end bigotry and any politician. Elvis loved black people and nearly always showcased them in his shows. That was guys and gals.

I think Food does the same thing as music. MITB (Zappa) FITB (Me)

@@TiempoNuevo-ew7ty Yes but Blacks musically were years before Elvis. Look at Glenn Miller. Also sports (Robinson) help to integrate us. But the largest integrator was the military.

@gritt orisen Yep, some get to go back to privilege, and some go back to 2nd class when the lights go down.

U say race i say universal music music is universal so.....!!!!? Enjoy peace and love for Madagascar

Race should cross your mind. Give credit where it is due. This is original Black music of universal class. Race shouldn't cross your mind only when issues like crime are raised.

Big lie.

Na true o. Baba will forever be around because of his music.

Well said

i'm still waiting on this other race humans keep mentioning ...i thought we had all the base covered ...

Latinoamérica and Africa have a lot in common. Lots of africans came to Latinoamérica as slaves during the European colonization. Both, native americans and africans got punished and slaved by them. Then we started fucking each other and created new races. Interesting huh?!

@@quasi-human3456 here you go, there's plenty of them, racism depends on this definition otherwise it wouldn't be possible (and hopefully it will cease to exist in future!): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)

Greetings@@peternewman9214 ..My question was more on he rhetorical side )...Nonetheless the point is. All humans regardless of appearance are from the same race ...the basis you experience has more to do with the social upbringing..

adebayo adeniran So it's lol off the scale😂😁💯

Hahaha...fancy seeing your comment on here...fela's last son!!!

Results of hard endless rehearsal. You can see the outcome of that effort. Bless them.

best comment ever.

It's hard to imagine the music influences worldwide without all the instruments of the "western hemisphere". You obviously haven't got a clue about some of the music that was around in the 1930's 1940's unfortunately.

@@Equalizer5: What should have been "obvious" to anyone -except you?- is that my short simple statement was only acknowledging one of the contributors to what I referred to as "music of the western hemisphere". Smart people know what they don't know but you "obviously" know all about p craig! lol

@@pcraig1383 Yes, obviously, and use of English language and inferences as well.

Equalizer music of the 1930s and 1940s? You’re trying to say swing had no African influence? Jazz uses western instruments sure but without black people it just straight up would not exist at all. Edit: for clarification, I’m just assuming you’re talking about swing, because the 30s and 40s was the swing era. It was popular the the time, and it was invented by and popularized by black people

awo taiwo This a sell out! !we should've kept it home base

And to think this groove was composed about 1972/76

YES!

Hold!!estabrilliante!!

Absolutely....right on...!

En serio?

David Simpson Not quite, she spoke like Sandra in the original. Interestingly though, the response from the rest of the band, sounded more natural. I guess they just imitated the original without realizing that Sandra's pidgin was unnatural.

timio Love.

+David Simpson That sounds like latin-american pronunsiation for me.

+bostikforever i believe this band is called antibalas, they are from new york, and they pretty much worshiped fela while he was alive and they are the only band that can recreate a Fela number like the oga himself

+v Jay This is not AntiBalas. I believe they are called (as seen on the title of this channel) 'Newen Afrobeat'

yes, i accidentally got addicted by giving it one listen, now there is no turning back.

@@robertaccornero7172 What country you in?

La amo. Quiero saber de ella. Estoy en Venezuela!

Cómo se llama ella?

@@anahijeje Fran Ri instagram.com/fran_ri/

And music is its language.

I'm still dancing brother. I love how the artist are really enjoying the groove.

Then go tell it to the ones who created racism,🤔

😑

There is only TWO raceS in the world. The musician race, and the listener race.