2002 compilation album Charity Album by Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series , (Various Artists)
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
"Fela Mentality" (Intro) – Fela Kuti
"Kalakuta Show" – Mixmaster Mike , Gift of Gab , and Lateef
"Interlude: Live at Kalakuta" – Fela Kuti
"Shuffering and Shmiling" – Dead Prez , Talib Kweli , Jorge Ben , and Bilal
"Interlude: Gimme Shit" – Mixmaster Mike
"Water No Get Enemy" – Mixmaster Mike
"Water No Get Enemy" – D'Angelo , Femi Kuti , Macy Gray , and the Soultronics (featuring Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove )
"Gentleman" – Me'Shell NdegéOcello and Yerba Buena (featuring Ron Blake)
"Years of Tears and Sorrow" – Common and Djelimady Tounkara
"Shakara / Lady (Part One)" – Cheikh Lô
"Shakara / Lady (Part Two)" – Cheikh Lô , Les Nubians , and Manu Dibango
"Don't Worry About My Mouth O" (African Message) – Fela Kuti
"Zombie (Part One)" – Bugz in the Attic (featuring Wunmi )
"Zombie (Part Two)" – Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove
"No Agreement" – Res , Tony Allen , Ray Lema , Baaba Maal , Positive Black Soul , and Archie Shepp
"So Be It" – Kelis
"Interlude: This Is an Ashanti Proverb" – Fela Kuti
"By Your Side" – Sade (Cottonbelly Remix)
"Colonial Mentality" – Yerba Buena
"Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" – Baaba Maal and Taj Mahal (featuring Kaouding Cissoko and Antibalas )
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