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KIng Sunny Ade and The African Beats
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Spin Earth, KIng Sunny Ade and The African Beats >>
With more than 120 records tucked in his considerable tunic, juju legend King Sunny Ade is royalty not just among the Yoruba people in his home region of Ondo in southwest Nigeria, but on the worldwide stage once tread by the likes of Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and Ali Farka Toure. Known affectionately as The Chairman, as The Minister of Enjoyment, as the originator of the 40-minute jam, Ade masters an eclectic mixture of juju rhythms -- the dominant Nigerian beat of the 1920s and 30s -- with more updated highlife guitar rhythms and Afrobeat breakdowns. 06/10/09 >> go there
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