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- Record Label: Because
- Release Date: Feb 24, 2014
- Summary: The third release from the youngest son of Fela Kuti was produced by Robert Glasper.
- Record Label: Because
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, International, African Traditions, Afro-Pop
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Jun 26, 2014This is a well-oiled, veteran operation, with a fiery leader capable of carrying the torch of Afrobeat to far borders and bringing the music to new heights.
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MojoApr 25, 2014[Black Women is] the key cut on a third album that shows he's maturing impressively. [Apr 2014, p.97]
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May 27, 2014It hammers the anger home in most tunes, and that's exactly what he feels young people around the world are projecting. He's telling them they're not only heard, but that he feels it too.
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Apr 25, 2014Third time round the playing is faster and harder, with some wonderfully intricate horn parts, though the production of US jazzer Robert Glasper tends to bury Seun's righteous lyrics.
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Apr 25, 2014A strong thread of anti-corporate, anti-corruption liberation ideology runs through A Long Way To The Beginning.
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May 20, 2014A Long Way to the Beginning thus finds the young upstart at a crossroads, between overt legacy mining and striking out on his own, a tentatively successful effort that at least demonstrates Seun's innate skills as a bandleader and a radical.
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Q MagazineApr 25, 2014This third LP has all the Afrobeat pioneer's brute power, if little of his subtlety. [May 2014, p.113]