Album

Juju Music

King Sunny Adé And His African Beats

1982 · Folk, World, & Country

11 collectors on Gatefold own this

Juju Music by King Sunny Adé And His African Beats

Juju Music is a Soul & Funk album by King Sunny Adé And His African Beats, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 38 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.

About

King Sunny Ade's first international release modernized Nigerian <i>juju</i>, blending it with highlife, dub, and Afrobeat influences. Throughout the album, hypnotically intertwining layers of rhythmically chattering guitars ride a rippling ocean of percussion, with Ade's understated, incantatory vocals dancing gracefully atop. When swooping steel-guitar licks melt into swirling electronic effects on "Eje Nlo Gba Ara Mi," or percolating talking drums give way to giddy highlife guitars on "Sunny Ti De Ariya," the music's summery charms come through bright and clear.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Ja Funmi7:08
  2. 2Eje Nlo Gba Ara Mi7:14
  3. 3Mo Beru Agba3:27
  4. 4Sunny Ti De Ariya3:46
  5. 5Ma Jaiye Oni5:07
  6. 6365 Is My Number/The Message8:16
  7. 7Samba/E Falaba Lewe8:07

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Afrobeat
  • warm
  • hypnotic
  • tropical

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11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 38 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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