JOHHNY JUST DROP (J. J. D.)

Recorded in autumn 1976 six months before the army attack on Kalakuta Republic the title track is a lampoon of been-to s Nigerians who had been to Europe or the US and who came back with inferiority complexes about African culture. Ghariokwu Lemi s front-cover portrays a suited-up been-to dressed like a cartoon British toff as he parachutes into a Lagos street to the bemusement of passers-by. The back cover shows a more funkily dressed been-to wearing US-style ghetto-chic but looking equally out of place. See how these JJD s dress and talk sings Fela they are trying to be foreigners. In response the chorus repeat the single word original. This is a reference to Fela s closing line on 1973 s Gentleman I no be gentleman at all-o I be Africa man original.