Co-written in Accra with KillBeatz during a late night production session, \u201cMotherland Journey\u201d uses the vocals of none other than Fela Kuti<\/a>, as the estate of the music legend gave BLB their full blessing to release the song. The vocals are taken from the Afrobeat pioneer\u2019s “Everything Scatter\u201d, while the single represents the first time the duo have really honed in on incorporating their jazz sound and merging it with different African genres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Motherland Journey\u2019 is a very special song to us especially having a legendary Fela Kuti feature on this track<\/em>,\u201d Blue Lab Beats<\/a> explain. \u201cWhen we got confirmation to have Fela Kuti\u2018s vocals from his publishers in Nigeria we were honestly blown away that he could really feature on our tracks. An absolute dream come true. When we got Poppy and Kaidi to play the horn line then we definitely got the song we wanted<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n An album that has been years in the making, Motherland Journey<\/em> is \u201ca celebration of pushing boundaries, taking risks and overcoming adversity<\/em>\u201d. It will feature recent singles \u201cLabels\u201d featuring Tiana Major9 and Kofi Stone, \u201cDat It\u201d with Kiefer, \u201cSensual Loving<\/a>\u201d in collaboration with Ghetto Boy and \u201cBlow You Away (Delilah)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherland Journey<\/em> by Blue Lab Beats, out on February 25 via Blue Note. <\/p>\n\n\n\n