
Altered Zones is reporting that Questlove, known best for his production and drumming as part of the Roots, has put together a six-piece vinyl box set for Knitting Factory Records. It is called Fela Kuti Box Set 1 and, as you might also gather from its name, it could be the first in a series of artist-curated Kuti compilations. The first set features the following albums with recreations of the original artwork: Everything Scatter, Expensive Shit, Fear Not For Man, Sorrow Tears And Blood, Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, and Beasts Of No Nation.
Questlove had the following to say about the project:
"It's the story of Hip Hop ... It's the story of taking nothing and turning it into something."
The first Kuti set drops Feb. 1.