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Tony Allen

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Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Allen taught himself to play drums by listening to records made by the American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach.

Top songs

  1. Go Back
  2. Every Season
  3. Ikeja Roads
  4. Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same)
  5. Politely
  6. Secret Agent
  7. Day Like This Rework
  8. Ariya
  9. Asiko
  10. Go Back (feat. Damon Albarn)
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  1. Home Cooking
  2. Asiko (In a Silent Mix) - Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix
  3. Afro Disco Beat
  4. Moving On
  5. Get Together
  6. Cosmosis
  7. Crazy Afrobeat
  8. We've Landed
  9. Boat Journey
  10. Jealousy
  11. Moanin'
  12. Celebrate
  13. Tiger's Skip
  14. The Seed - Edit
  15. Kindness
  16. Ewa
  17. Elewon Po
  18. Stumbling Down
  19. The Same Blood
  20. Calling
  21. Go Back - Radio Edit
  22. Hustler
  23. Slow Bones
  24. African Man
  25. Coconut Jam
  26. One inna Million
  27. Jakelewah
  28. Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani)
  29. Koko Dance
  30. Progress
  31. Ijo
  32. Eparapo
  33. Road Close (dance Dub)
  34. Agbada Bougou
  35. We've Landed - Matthew Herbert's Absence Dub Remix
  36. Black Voices
  37. On Fire
  38. Secret Agent (2022 - Remaster)
  39. Nepa
  40. Ise Nla
  41. No Discrimination
  42. Afo KunfFu Beat
  43. Woman To Man
  44. Don't Fight
  45. Mau Mau
  46. Kilode (Carl Craig remix)
  47. Cruising
  48. Moody Boy
  49. Deer in Headlights
  50. What's Your Fashion
  51. Ayenlo
  52. Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony)
  53. African Message
  54. No Beginning
  55. Wolf Eats Wolf
  56. Get Together - Folamour in Harmony Remix
  57. Ire Omo
  58. Busybody
  59. Nite Owl (A.K.A. Night Owl)
  60. Night In Tunisia
  61. Bad Roads
  62. Pariwo
  63. Switch
  64. Obama Shuffle Strut Blues
  65. Cool Cats
  66. Secret Agent - 2022 - Remaster
  67. Ariya - Mixed
  68. Nina Lowo
  69. Where The Streets Have No Name
  70. Tony Wood
  71. Alutere
  72. One Tree
  73. The Drum Thunder Suite
  74. Atuwaba
  75. African Heat
  76. Push and Pull
  77. Aye Le
  78. Morose
  79. Losun
  80. Kilode
  81. Crushed Grapes
  82. Woro Dance
  83. Ole
  84. Moyege
  85. Bag of Breaks
  86. Coonta Kinte
  87. Locked And Loaded - Edit
  88. Don’t Believe The Dancers
  89. Niaja Breaks
  90. Nite Owl

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