2000 Blacks Got to Be Free
Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers’ 1980 recording of “2000 Blacks Got to Be Free” is the earliest release on file. Carl Clay and Wayne Garfield are credited as its writers. J. Cole’s “Intro” (2018) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
Cole's "Intro" runs on a song Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers put on record together back in 1980, so the opening of his record has roots well older than him. Play theirs first, then go back to his and listen for what he kept.
▶2000 Blacks Got to Be FreeCredited writers: Carl Clay and Wayne Garfield.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.
J. Cole’s “Intro” (2018) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
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