“Why I Included Fela’s Record In The Soundtrack Of ‘The Harder They Fall'” – Jay Z

By Iwunze Kingsley October 23, 2021 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 0 Comments

Legendary American rapper, Jay Z has continued to pay his respects to Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti as he includes a record by the music legend in the soundtrack of a new Netflix movie ‘The Harder They Fall‘.

Released on Friday, the 22nd of October 2021, “The Harder They Fall” soundtrack highlights black music from across the world, and Fela’s record ‘Let’s Start’ from 1971 ‘Live’ album is in the project.

Speaking on why he included Fela’s song on the tracklist, Jay Z said Fela’s songs represented black people.

In his words;

“The idea of adding those landscapes to these images is super interesting. If you think about the time when Western was super popular and was the only thing on TV, it was influencing the world,” the hip-hop mogul said in an interview at the London screening of the movie.

“So you had people in Jamaica dress up as Cowboys because these are images they had seen on TV.

“So there is actual that place that exists over Western music and we have a few of those.

“Just that juxtaposition of how art influences life and life influences culture was just interesting to us, and Fela Kuti was so hard it was just the best trailer, music of all time.

“That’s what I listen to in the house, Jeymes (Samuel)-director of the movie- as well; that’s what we listen to when we kicking it. SO we just put the things that we really love. Cause it’s magic and magic going work.”

Watch movie trailer below:

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