''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

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n 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 (''

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Red Hot + Rio ''Red Hot + Rio'' is a compilation album produced by Béco Dranoff and Paul Heck as part of the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series intended to promote AIDS awareness. This installment is a contemporary tribute to the bossa nova sound, especially the mus ...

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('' Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove'') and Duke Ellington (''

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Track listing

#"Fela Mentality" (Intro) – Fela Kuti #"Kalakuta Show" –

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, Gift of Gab, and Lateef #"Interlude: Live at Kalakuta" – Fela Kuti #"Shuffering and Shmiling" –

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Talib Kweli Talib Kweli Greene (; born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper. He earned recognition early on through his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def in 1997, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with ...

Jorge Ben Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben (). His characteristic style fuses samba ...

, and Bilal #"Interlude: Gimme Shit" –

#"Water No Get Enemy" –

#"Water No Get Enemy" – D'Angelo,

Femi Kuti Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's ri ...

Macy Gray Natalie Renée McIntyre (born September 6, 1967), known by her stage name Macy Gray, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Gray ha ...

, and the Soultronics (featuring Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove) #"Gentleman" –

Me'Shell NdegéOcello Michelle Lynn Johnson, better known as Meshell Ndegeocello (; born August 29, 1968), is a German-born American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on so ...

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(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)" –

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(featuring

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) #"Zombie (Part Two)" – Nile Rodgers and Roy Hargrove #"No Agreement" – Res, Tony Allen,

Ray Lema Raymond Lema A'nsi Nzinga (born 30 March 1946), known as Ray Lema, is a Congolese (DRC) musician. A pianist, guitarist, and songwriter, he settled in France in 1982.

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, Positive Black Soul, and

Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...

#"So Be It" –

Kelis Kelis Rogers-Mora (; born August 21, 1979), known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer, songwriter and a professionally trained chef. At age 14, she was admitted to New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform ...

#"Interlude: This Is an Ashanti Proverb" – Fela Kuti #"By Your Side" –

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( Cottonbelly Remix) #"Colonial Mentality" –

#"Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" –

and

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(featuring Kaouding Cissoko and

Antibalas Antibalas (Spanish for "bulletproof") is an American, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band that is modeled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music generally follows the musical architect ...

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External links

Red Hot Organization
{{Authority control Red Hot Organization albums 2002 compilation albums Cultural depictions of Fela Kuti