{{Infobox album | italic_title = yes | name = Legacy+ | type = Studio | artist = Femi Kuti and Made Kuti | cover = Legacy+ cover.jpg | released = {{Start date|2021|02|05|df=y}} | genre = Afrobeat | length = {{Duration|m=88|s=18}} | label = Partisan Records<br />PTKF 21892 | producer = Sodi Marciszewer | prev_title = | prev_year = | year = 2021 | next_title = | next_year = | chronology = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Femi Kuti albums | type = album | prev_title = One People One World | prev_year = 2018 | title = Stop the Hate | year = 2021 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Extra chronology | artist = Made Kuti albums | type = album | prev_title = | prev_year = | title =For(e)ward | year = 2021 | next_title = | next_year = }} }}
'''''Legacy+''''' is a 2021 double album by Femi Kuti and Made Kuti.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Kalia|first=Ammar|date=2021-02-05|title=Femi/Made Kuti: Legacy+ review {{!}} Ammar Kalia's global album of the month|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/05/femi-kuti-and-made-kuti-legacy-plus-review|access-date=2021-09-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The album is made up of Femi Kuti's ''Stop the Hate'' and Made Kuti's ''For(e)ward''.<ref name=":3" /> It was released on 5 February 2021.<ref name=":1" />
==Background== The title represents a tribute to Fela Kuti as the pioneering afrobeat musician and also to the future of afrobeat music in general.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Akan|first=Joey|title=Femi Kuti / Made Kuti: Legacy +|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/femi-kuti-made-kuti-legacy/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> It has also been referred to as an immortalisation of Fela Kuti and the afrobeat genre.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Kidel|first=Mark|date=2021-01-30|title=Album: Femi Kuti and Made Kuti - Legacy+|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-femi-kuti-and-made-kuti-legacy|access-date=2021-09-11|website=theartsdesk.com|language=en}}</ref> Femi Kuti's ''Stop the Hate'' album occupies the first 10 tracks of the album while Made Kuti's ''For(e)ward'' album occupies the last 8 tracks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Alake|first=Motolani|date=2021-02-18|title='Legacy+' is a double dose of astute musicianship by Femi Kuti and Made Kuti [Pulse Album Review]|url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/album-review-femi-kuti-and-made-kuti-legacy-foreward-and-stop-the-hate/epn4kpd|access-date=2021-07-18|newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|language=en}}</ref> The cover art is a portrait art of Femi Kuti and Made Kuti by Delphine Desane.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=2021-02-05|title=Femi Kuti, Son, Made Kuti release Joint Album 'Legacy'|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/femi-kuti-son-made-kuti-release-joint-album-legacy/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-07-18|newspaper=Vanguard|language=en-US}}</ref>
Femi Kuti's 10th studio album, ''Stop the Hate'' is described as a sociopolitical recording which proffers solutions to perennial problems highlighted in his previous recordings. He encourages youth participation in politics and urges a quick resolution to problems.<ref name=":1" />
Made Kuti's ''For(e)ward'' addresses national unity, sexual harassment as well as issues relating to police brutality and End SARS.<ref name=":1" /> He also chronicles how Nigeria's problems have remained the same since the 1970s.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Gehzawi|first=Kareem|title=The Quietus {{!}} Reviews {{!}} Femi & Made Kuti|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/29544-femi-kuti-made-kuti-legacy-review|access-date=2021-09-11|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}}</ref>
The music video for Femi Kuti's "As We Struggle Everyday" was released on the same day as the album release. The video was filmed by Optimus Dammy, edited by Audrey Hurtis, and illustrated by Kiki Picasso.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kenechukwu|first=Stephen|date=2021-02-05|title=Made, Femi Kuti deliver two-album project 'Legacy Plus'|url=http://lifestyle.thecable.ng/download-made-femi-kuti-legacy-plus/|access-date=2021-09-11|newspaper=TheCable|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Production and release== The album was produced by Sodi Marciszewer who had worked with Fela Kuti in the past and was released under Partisan Records.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Hutchinson|first=Kate|date=2021-01-31|title=Different beat: how Fela Kuti's son and grandson are modernising the dynasty|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/31/different-beat-fela-kuti-femi-made-afrobeat-nigeria-legacy|access-date=2021-07-18|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> All the instrumentats on ''For(e)ward'' were composed, arranged and played by Made Kuti.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Album reviews: Foo Fighters {{!}} Slowthai {{!}} Femi Kuti {{!}} Made Kuti|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/album-reviews-foo-fighters-slowthai-femi-kuti-made-kuti-3117781|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Tracklist == {{Track listing | title1 = Pà Pá Pà | title14 = Different Streets | title11 = Free Your Mind | length11 = 5;20 | title12 = Your Enemy | length12 = 4:48 | title13 = Blood | length13 = 4:06 | length14 = 7:42 | title10 = Set Your minds and Souls Free | title15 = Higher You'll Find | length15 = 5:03 | title16 = Hymn | length16 = 2:48 | title17 = Young Lady | length17 = 7:13 | title18 = We Are Strong | length10 = 6:04 | title9 = Young Boy/Young Girl | length1 = 3:22 | length4 = 2:32 | total_length = 88:18 | title2 = As We Struggle Everyday | title3 = Stop The Hate | length2 = 4:29 | length3 = 5:19 | title4 = Land Grab | title5 = Na Bigmanism Spoil Government | length9 = 7:56 | length5 = 4:04 | title6 = You Can't Fight Corruption With Corruption | length6 = 5:19 | title7 = Show of Shame | length7 = 3:22 | title8 = Privatisation | length8 = 4:41 | length18 = 4:05 }}
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''And It Don't Stop'' | rev1Score = B+<ref name="xgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=May 9, 2022|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/consumer-guide-march-2022|title=Consumer Guide: March, 2022|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=Substack|accessdate=March 11, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Arts Desk'' | rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=":5" /> | rev3 = ''The Guardian'' | rev3score = {{rating|4|5}} | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4score = 7.8<ref name=":4" /> | rev5 = ''Pulse Nigeria'' | rev5score = 7.7/10<ref name=":1" /> | rev6 = ''The Scotsman'' | rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=":7" /> | title = Ratings }} A reviewer for ''The Guardian'' noted that Femi Kuti's ''Stop the Hate'' is "an unremarkable continuation of the Afrobeat canon" and serves as a springboard for Made Kuti's ''For(e)ward''. It was then rated 4 stars out of 5.<ref name=":2" /> The album was rated 7.7/10 by a Pulse Nigeria reviewer who said "it’s another accomplished show of musicianship - as you would expect from a coalition of the Kutis on a ‘Legacy’ project."<ref name=":1" /> A reviewer for ''The Quietus'' described the album as afrobeat being adapted for a "western palette".<ref name=":6" />
=== Awards and nominations === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Award !Category !Recipient !Work !Result !Ref |- | rowspan="2" |2022 | rowspan="2" |Grammy Awards |Best Global Music Album |Femi and Made Kuti |''Legacy+'' |{{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite news|title=Wizkid, Burnaboy, oda Nigerian artists wey dey 2022 Grammy nomination|work=BBC News Pidgin|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/media-59394925|access-date=2021-11-23}}</ref> |- |Best Global Music Performance |Femi Kuti |"Pà Pá Pà" |{{nom}} |}
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