and all sorts of sounds. anthony: this is mind-blowing, like amazing stuff. man in black glasses: this was a game changer. anthony: it s as if everybody took acid at the same time. man in black glasses: it was less the acid and more let s just freak out. anthony: these new sounds, mutations on funk, jazz, and rock, marked an explosive change in nigerian culture. how d it do when it came out? man in black glasses: it was wildfire. anthony: really? it was a hit? man in black glasses: it was a massive hit. anthony: timmy castro is a collector and aficionado. man in black glasses: this is really where it started from. anthony: uh-huh. man in black glasses: blo, they had a very trippy song which i ll play for you.
dealing with this you probably would win. anthony: that s not quite democracy though is it? seun: no, it s not. nigeria is not really a democratic state. struggle music struggle sounds struggle people struggle now struggle music struggle sounds struggle people struggle now struggle music struggle sounds what is going on in africa today for me is i think a perverse kind of hopelessness. working for a system that is oppressing you and you know it s oppressing you, but you ve given up that there is nothing i can do about it. anthony: i mean is that what you see because, honestly, i ve never been in a country where everybody are working so hard at something. femi: they re hustling. anthony: they re hustling, right. i ve been to drc to ghoma and kisingani, and those were not hopeful places. seun: yeah, but nigeria is the same way as drc in the north.
caused a whole shift in the sound because before the war it was high life. and after the war, it was rock and all sorts of sounds. anthony:this is mind-blowing amazing stuff. man in black glasses: this was a game changer. anthony: it s as if everybody took acid at the same time. man in black glasses: it was less the acid and more let s just freak out. anthony: these new sounds, mutations on funk, jazz, and rock, marked an explosive change in nigerian culture. how d it do when it came out? man in black glasses: it was wildfire. anthony:really? it was a hit? man in black glasses: it was a massive hit. anthony: timmy castro is a
you have to give a lot of money for him to get all his gang members to vote for you. and if you do a good job in dealing with this you probably would win. anthony:that s not quite democracy though is it? seun: no, it s not. nigeria is not really a democratic state. struggle music struggle sounds struggle people struggle now struggle music struggle sounds struggle people struggle now struggle music struggle sounds what is going on in africa today for me is i think a perverse kind of hopelessness. working for a system that is oppressing you and you know it s oppressing you, but you ve given up that there is nothing i can do about it. anthony:i mean is that what you see because, honestly, i ve never been in a country where everybody are working so hard at something.
anthony:that s not quite democracy though is it? seun: no, it s not. nigeria is not really a democratic state. struggle music struggle sounds struggle people struggle now struggle music struggle sounds struggle people struggle now struggle music struggle sounds what is going on in africa today for me is i think a perverse kind of hopelessness. working for a system that is oppressing you and you know it s oppressing you, but you ve given up that there is nothing i can do about it. anthony:i mean is that what you see because, honestly, i ve never been in a country where everybody are working so hard at something. femi: they re hustling. anthony:they re hustling, right. i ve been to drc to ghoma and kisingani, and those were not hopeful places. seun: yeah, but nigeria is the same way as drc in the north.