NEW REVOLUTION CHAPTER ONE by BAAD JOHN CROSS
SKU | 101761 |
Artist | BAAD JOHN CROSS |
Title | NEW REVOLUTION CHAPTER ONE |
Label | PMG |
Catalog # | PMG 073LP |
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Release | W 18 - 2018 |
Format | Vinyl - EULP |
€ 24,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Gimme Some Lovin'
- Get Up And Dance Salsa
- Jeannie My Love
- This World Is For No One
- Rock And Roll Birthday
- We Need Freedom
Description
Baad John Cross’s New Revolution is a Afro-electro-funk-boogie-disco banger that could only come from 1980s Nigeria. Bright, optimistic, with an unrelenting eye on the dance floor, it is regarded by many as a prototype of the electro rhythms that would become the signature sound of Nigerian boogieA Cameroonian by birth, Cross arrived in Lagos a cheeky smile, a pair of white dungarees and a bag full of songs. After proving his chops with uncredited session work, he signed with the legendary Coconut label, hooked up with producer Modjo Isidore and created a stone cold boogie classic in New Revolution. ’Gimme Some Lovin’ and ‘Get Up And Dance Salsa’ (briefly a dance craze in Lagos, apparently) are dance floor classics, ‘Jeanie My Love’ the obligatory love ballad and ‘We Need Freedom’ a Marleyesque call for peace across the continent. The real surprise is ‘Rock n Roll Birthday’, a rockabilly number straight out of 80’s London. (The cover photo has a similar vibe.) Sadly, New Revolution was to be Baad John Cross’s only album. He was soon back in Cameroon, eking out a career as a session musician, but not before creating one of the freshest Nigerian boogie albums ever made.