Legacy+

The title represents a tribute to Fela Kuti as the pioneering afrobeat musician and also to the future of afrobeat music in general.{{Cite web|last=Akan|first=Joey|title=Femi Kuti / Made Kuti: Legacy +|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/femi-kuti-made-kuti-legacy/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Pitchfork|language=en}} It has also been referred to as an immortalisation of Fela Kuti and the afrobeat genre.{{Cite web|last=Kidel|first=Mark|date=2021-01-30|title=Album: Femi Kuti and Made Kuti - Legacy+|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-femi-kuti-and-made-kuti-legacy|access-date=2021-09-11|website=theartsdesk.com|language=en}} Femi Kuti's Stop the Hate album occupies the first 10 tracks of the album while Made Kuti's For(e)ward album occupies the last 8 tracks.{{Cite web|last=Alake|first=Motolani|date=2021-02-18|title='Legacy+' is a double dose of astute musicianship by Femi Kuti and Made Kuti [Pulse Album Review]|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/album-review-femi-kuti-and-made-kuti-legacy-foreward-and-stop-the-hate/epn4kpd|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en}} The cover art is a portrait art of Femi Kuti and Made Kuti by Delphine Desane.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-05|title=Femi Kuti, Son, Made Kuti release Joint Album 'Legacy'|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/femi-kuti-son-made-kuti-release-joint-album-legacy/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US}}

Femi Kuti's 10th studio album, Stop the Hate is described as a sociopolitical recording which proffers solutions to perennial problems highlighted in his previous recordings. He encourages youth participation in politics and urges a quick resolution to problems.

Made Kuti's For(e)ward addresses national unity, sexual harassment as well as issues relating to police brutality and End SARS. He also chronicles how Nigeria's problems have remained the same since the 1970s.{{Cite web|last=Gehzawi|first=Kareem|title=The Quietus {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Femi & Made Kuti|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/29544-femi-kuti-made-kuti-legacy-review|access-date=2021-09-11|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}}

The music video for Femi Kuti's "As We Struggle Everyday" was released on the same day as the album release. The video was filmed by Optimus Dammy, edited by Audrey Hurtis, and illustrated by Kiki Picasso.{{Cite web|last=Kenechukwu|first=Stephen|date=2021-02-05|title=Made, Femi Kuti deliver two-album project 'Legacy Plus'|url=http://lifestyle.thecable.ng/download-made-femi-kuti-legacy-plus/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=TheCable Lifestyle|language=en-US}}

The album was produced by Sodi Marciszewer who had worked with Fela Kuti in the past and was released under Partisan Records.{{Cite web|last=Hutchinson|first=Kate|date=2021-01-31|title=Different beat: how Fela Kuti's son and grandson are modernising the dynasty|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/31/different-beat-fela-kuti-femi-made-afrobeat-nigeria-legacy|access-date=2021-07-18|website=The Guardian|language=en}} All the instrumentats on For(e)ward were composed, arranged and played by Made Kuti.{{Cite web|title=Album reviews: Foo Fighters {{!}} Slowthai {{!}} Femi Kuti {{!}} Made Kuti|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/album-reviews-foo-fighters-slowthai-femi-kuti-made-kuti-3117781|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Pà Pá Pà

| title14 = Different Streets

| title11 = Free Your Mind

| length11 = 5;20

| title12 = Your Enemy

| length12 = 4:48

| title13 = Blood

| length13 = 4:06

| length14 = 7:42

| title10 = Set Your minds and Souls Free

| title15 = Higher You'll Find

| length15 = 5:03

| title16 = Hymn

| length16 = 2:48

| title17 = Young Lady

| length17 = 7:13

| title18 = We Are Strong

| length10 = 6:04

| title9 = Young Boy/Young Girl

| length1 = 3:22

| length4 = 2:32

| total_length = 88:18

| title2 = As We Struggle Everyday

| title3 = Stop The Hate

| length2 = 4:29

| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = Land Grab

| title5 = Na Bigmanism Spoil Government

| length9 = 7:56

| length5 = 4:04

| title6 = You Can't Fight Corruption With Corruption

| length6 = 5:19

| title7 = Show of Shame

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Privatisation

| length8 = 4:41

| length18 = 4:05

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = And It Don't Stop

| rev1Score = B+{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=May 9, 2022|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/consumer-guide-march-2022|title=Consumer Guide: March, 2022|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=Substack|accessdate=March 11, 2023|url-access=subscription}}

| rev2 = The Arts Desk

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 7.8

| rev5 = Pulse Nigeria

| rev5score = 7.7/10

| rev6 = The Scotsman

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| title = Ratings

}}

A reviewer for The Guardian noted that Femi Kuti's Stop the Hate is "an unremarkable continuation of the Afrobeat canon" and serves as a springboard for Made Kuti's For(e)ward. It was then rated 4 stars out of 5. The album was rated 7.7/10 by a Pulse Nigeria reviewer who said "it’s another accomplished show of musicianship - as you would expect from a coalition of the Kutis on a ‘Legacy’ project." A reviewer for The Quietus described the album as afrobeat being adapted for a "western palette".

{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:2021 albums

Category:Music of Nigeria

Category:Femi Kuti albums

Category:Afrobeat albums