- Artist:
- Fela Kuti
The Best of the Black President: 4LP Boxset
Release date: 15 October, 2025
4LP vinyl boxset - pressed on opaque red, green, blue and yellow vinyl housed in printed inner sleeves with disco holes within a hardbound book jacket. The back cover is a Ludo board and the package contains Ludo game pieces, dice and instructions on how to play.
The Best of the Black President is the 13 track guide to Fela Kuti’s massive and manifold creative career. Fela was a musician, arranger, producer, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. This is the first time the complete compilation is available on vinyl. It is a 4 LP set, with updated cover art in a hardbound book jacket and printed inner sleeves. The individual LPs are pressed on red (sides A/B), green (sides C/D), blue (sides E/F) and yellow (sides G/H) vinyl. This edition features a Ludo game board as the back cover and comes with a perforated set of game pieces, dice, and instructions on how to play. Limited edition of 3000 for the world.
The release of this special edition coincides with the 12 episode podcast on the life and legacy of Fela, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, produced by the Obamas and hosted by Jad Abumrad (Radiolab, Dolly Parton’s America). The series features dozens of interviews including Burna Boy, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Ayo Edebiri, David Byrne, Santigold, and President Obama himself. It was initially released on Audible on 9/15/25 and had a wide release across all podcast platforms on 10/15/25
Tracklisting:
LP1
A1. Lady
A2. Shakara (Oloje)
B1. Gentleman
B2. Water No Get Enemy
LP2
A1. Zombie
A2. Sorrow Tears and Blood
B1. No Agreement
B2. Roforofo Fight
LP3
A1. Shuffering And Shmiling
B1. Coffin For Head Of State
B2. ITT
LP4
A1. Army Arrangement
B1. O.D.O.O.
- Formats:
- Vinyl 4LP
- Label:
- Knitting Factory Records
- Cat#:
- KFR10018
