BURNA BOY IS RIGHT TO CALL HIMSELF AFRICAN GIANT

I said this and I’m going to say it next time, he his the African giant has proclaimed.
Forget about the facts that he samples most of Fela’s song, it’s a common thing to redefine old products and make them new >
A thread!!!

> and fresh as it can ever be, Even Wizkid the great did the same sampling Se7en feat. Lil' Kim's (HOLLA AT YOUR BOY) which stands as on of his greatest hits.

Many artist samples great Fela music just to give a new vibe and more quality contents

1. JCOLE - Beyond the shores of Nigeria, Fela’s music has found a new audience that sometimes appear to place more value on it, than Nigerians. J-Cole, a gifted American hip-hop artist took a page from Fela’s book when he sampled the song “Gentleman” on the track “Let Nas Down”.

The song which appeared on his 2013 studio album, “Born Sinner”, peaked at  number 55 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of Billboard music chart.

2. NAS -Nas is an American hip-hop veteran with a great deal of affinity for African sounds.

In 2002, Nas who’s rated among the greatest hip-hop artistes of all time, sampled Fela’s song, “Na Poi” on “Warrior Song”. The rapper featured Alicia Keys on the track which was described as a “high energy collaboration”. “Warrior Song” appeared on God’s Son

3. TIWA SAVAGE - Tiwa Savage, unarguably the leading lady of Nigeria’s music industry, recently sampled Fela’s “Lady” on her skit, “Fela Interlude”. “Fela Interlude” was on her 2013 studio album “Once Upon a Time”.

4. 2BABA - A bonafide Nigerian music icon, The singer-songwriter sought and got inspiration from Fela while recording his sixth studio album, “The Ascension”. 2face, who now wishes to be addressed as 2Baba, sampled Fela’s “Army Arrangement” on “Jeje”.

5. MOS DEF - American rapper, Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), is an unabashed fan of the late Fela Kuti and Seun Kuti, his last son. Mos Def who was in Nigeria to perform at the November 2015 Lagos Jazz Series, visited the Afrika Shrine and bonded with Seun while puffing on a blunt.

The American hip-hop artiste famously sampled a portion of Fela’s “Music is the Weapon” (1982) on his own song, “Quite Dogs Bite Hard”.

So many others I can’t mention also did a great job on Fela’s craft, but the most outstanding sampling of all is burna’s because he gave it all the best shot he has and gain far more than recognition off it (GRAMMY NOMINATION AND RECOGNITION).

He probably have more in stock for us as he needs to main the present glory he gets with his amazing sounds
P:S - one who is destined to be great will be great regardless. Forget about him sampling songs but listen to the great Vibez he has to give

Signed
Mr Olamilekan