The World Is A Ghetto

The World Is A GhettoWar's head nodding mix of music and message started a revolution 50 years ago that continues to win over the hearts and hips of fans around the world. War was founded in the late 1960s by producer songwriter Jerry Goldstein and British singer Eric Burdon, who was eager to seek out new collaborators after several years with The Animals. Goldstein spotted the musicians who would become War playing clubs in L. A. Soon after, Burdon started playing shows

creating a supreme and elegant blend of jazz

- For fans of: Madlib

Columbia Records and Sony Music

This tune and the B side of the 7” “Come On In” were the first songs put to tape for this album and they were recorded with Nicole sitting in a chair 8 months pregnant with her daughter

For a young producer living in the townships of the greater Pitori area of South Africa’s Gauteng province

but the band needn't have worried: Is This It is one of the most exciting and energetic debut albums to spring from New York's long-dormant club scene

The title track

cool - no wonder Amy Taylor digs snakes

“I love the emotional nature of Letter To You

Though the psychedelic strangeness alienated R&B fans of the time

Fear Inoculum

They look like we do