KUKU

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Nigerian-American singer-songwriter KUKU allies his Yoruba roots with a uniquely soulful and folky sound. His haunting voice, percussive guitar stylings, and mindful yet playful songwriting create an air that is as much culturally resonating as it is worldly

Top tracks

01	Goodbye Worries	KUKU	Goodbye Worries - EP			02:38
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: Nicolas Giraud - Elkah
02	La dernière fois (Monsieur Scott Remix)	KUKU	Kuku (Revisited) - EP			03:26
	Composers: Nicolas Giraud

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Discography

Albums

℗ 2024 MUSIC WITHOUT PASSION IS NOISE ™: 20-01-2025

Anthology of Obscurity

01	Welcome To The Future	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			03:27
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
02	Life in Motion	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			03:23
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
03	The Better We Feel	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			04:27
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
04	Spaz Out	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			03:15
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
05	What A World	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			04:01
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
06	Kiss My Ass	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			03:44
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
07	Evildoers	KUKU	Anthology of Obscurity			02:05
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku

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MUSIC WITHOUT PASSION IS NOISE ™: 21-09-2022

Kiss My Ass

01	Kiss My Ass	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			03:44
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
02	This Too Shall Pass	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			04:48
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
03	Ase Temi	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			05:03
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
04	Spaz Out	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			03:15
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
05	Olowo	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			03:13
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
06	Kokoro Ton Jefo	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			03:05
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
07	Dide	KUKU	Kiss My Ass			03:46
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku

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Music Without Passion Is Noise ™: 27-03-2020

Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)

01	Commerce or Conscience	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			03:56
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
02	Life Will Move You	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			03:56
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
03	Share Cropper	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			03:02
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku - Langston Hughes / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
04	Who Taught You?	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			04:17
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku - El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
05	Jeje	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			03:41
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
06	Ariyo	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			03:06
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
07	Life in Motion	KUKU	Ariyo (A Sight To Rejoice)			03:23
	Writer: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku / Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku

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2020 Music Without Passion Is Noise ™: 27-03-2020

Ariyo (Songs For My Son)

01	Commerce or Conscience	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			03:56
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
02	Life Will Move You	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			03:56
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
03	Share Cropper	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			03:03
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku - Langston Hughes
04	Who Taught You?	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			04:18
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku - Malik Shabazz
05	Jeje	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			03:41
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
06	Ariyo	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			03:06
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku
07	Life in Motion	KUKU	Ariyo (Songs For My Son)			03:23
	Composers: Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku

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2017 Kuku: 20-01-2017

Kuku

01	Ac1	KUKU	Kuku			04:56
	Composers: Sara Montagni
02	Emily Brontë	KUKU	Kuku			04:34
	Composers: Sara Montagni
03	S.U.S.C.A.	KUKU	Kuku			03:45
	Composers: Sara Montagni
04	Airesim	KUKU	Kuku			04:29
	Composers: Martino Rappelli
05	Retrovirus	KUKU	Kuku			04:43
	Composers: Sara Montagni
06	Baleines	KUKU	Kuku			05:19
	Composers: Martino Rappelli
07	God Save the Glitch	KUKU	Kuku			04:52
	Composers: Tommaso Rosati - Sara Montagni - Martino Rappelli

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Quart de Lune: 25-05-2015

Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)

01	Wáya	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			03:52
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku - Mongezi Ntaka - Hilaire Hega Penda - Anthony Allen / Other contributors: Quart de Lune
02	Evil Doers	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			02:03
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku / Other contributors: Quart de Lune
03	Open Your Eyes While You Pray	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			05:02
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: Cyril Atef - abdulzatar kuku - Mongezi Ntaka / Other contributors: Quart de Lune
04	Aláròpín	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			04:21
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku - Anthony Allen - Mongezi Ntaka / Other contributors: Quart de Lune
05	Ekò (Lagos State)	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			04:02
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku - Mongezi Ntaka / Other contributors: Quart de Lune
06	Owó	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			04:19
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku - Anthony Allen / Other contributors: Quart de Lune
07	Is It All a Game (Séré Ni Ilé Ayé)	KUKU	Ballads & Blasphemy (The Areligious Gospel of Adebola Kuku)			04:17
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku - Mongezi Ntaka - Hilaire Hega Penda - Jean-Emmanuel Fatna / Other contributors: Quart de Lune

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(P) 2013 Abdulzatar Kuku: 13-02-2012

Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)

01	Mr Goodluck	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			04:23
02	Baba Lo Lopẹ	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			04:11
03	Too Much Pride Is A Sin	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			04:15
04	Yoruba Girl (Mojẹ Dodo)	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			04:30
05	Yeye	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			04:26
06	Spiritual	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			04:31
07	Rise	KUKU	Soldier Of Peace (Bálógun Ìròrùn)			03:03

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Abdulzatar Adebola Kuku: 28-09-2010

Love In a Time of Hope & Recession

01	Where Are We Now	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			03:05
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
02	I Love Me	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			04:00
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
03	Pleasures & Treasures	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			05:09
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
04	Perfect	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			03:45
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
05	More Than Friends	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			05:40
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
06	Ówùn mí	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			04:32
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku
07	The Ballad of Her	KUKU	Love In a Time of Hope & Recession			04:08
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: abdulzatar kuku

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2007 Abdulzatar Kuku: 01-01-2007

The Absence of Cool

01	The Cure	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			04:37
	Composers: KUKU
02	Troublelina	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			04:38
	Composers: KUKU
03	Waba Mi Ló	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			03:21
	Composers: KUKU
04	The Ballad of Her (Like Music)	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			03:41
	Composers: KUKU
05	Baba Lo Lópe	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			04:04
	Composers: KUKU
06	Chu Chu	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			04:35
	Composers: KUKU
07	Ómólara	KUKU	The Absence of Cool			03:51
	Composers: KUKU

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2006 MR KUKU: 01-01-2006

Unexpected Pleasures

01	Unexpected Pleasures	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			05:20
	Composers: Kuku, Chris Mendelis & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi
02	Perfect Reality	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			04:23
	Composers: Kuku & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi
03	Ife	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			04:41
	Composers: Kuku & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi
04	She Said I’m Done	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			03:52
	Composers: Kuku & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi
05	After and then	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			07:43
	Composers: Kuku & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi
06	Love	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			02:50
	Composers: Kuku & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi
07	I Love I Adore	KUKU	Unexpected Pleasures			06:01
	Composers: Kuku & Alexei Tsybine Jendayi

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EPs

℗ 2016 AMAURY: 20-01-2017

Goodbye Worries - EP

01	Goodbye Worries	KUKU	Goodbye Worries - EP			02:38
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: Nicolas Giraud - Elkah
02	Goodbye Worries (Club Mix by Monsieur Scott)	KUKU	Goodbye Worries - EP			03:25
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: Nicolas Giraud - Elkah
03	Goodbye Worries (Yoruba Twist by Monsieur Scott)	KUKU	Goodbye Worries - EP			03:12
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: Nicolas Giraud - Elkah
04	Goodbye Worries (Acoustic Live Version)	KUKU	Goodbye Worries - EP			03:02
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: Nicolas Giraud - Elkah
05	Goodbye Worries (A cappella)	KUKU	Goodbye Worries - EP			02:38
	Writer: abdulzatar kuku / Composers: KUKU

: 03-05-2005

LOVE SESSIONS (EP)

01	LOVE	KUKU	LOVE SESSIONS (EP)			02:49
02	SUNRISE IN BED	KUKU	LOVE SESSIONS (EP)			05:08
03	OVER DREAMING	KUKU	LOVE SESSIONS (EP)			03:38
04	IT'S ALRIGHT TO SING SO BLUE	KUKU	LOVE SESSIONS (EP)			06:17
05	CALL IT WHATEVER	KUKU	LOVE SESSIONS (EP)			05:13
06	LIFER OR ONE NIGHTER	KUKU	LOVE SESSIONS (EP)			04:24

2005 Mr Kuku (ascap): 01-01-2005

Love Sessions [ep]

01	Love	KUKU	Love Sessions [ep]			02:51
	Composers: KUKU, CHRIS MENDELIS
02	Sunrise in Bed	KUKU	Love Sessions [ep]			05:10
	Composers: KUKU
03	Over Dreaming	KUKU	Love Sessions [ep]			03:38
	Composers: KUKU
04	It's Alright to Sing So Blue	KUKU	Love Sessions [ep]			06:17
	Composers: KUKU
05	Call It Whatever	KUKU	Love Sessions [ep]			05:16
	Composers: KUKU
06	Lifer or One Nighter	KUKU	Love Sessions [ep]			04:24
	Composers: KUKU

Singles

2025 Sardhana Brothers: 16-06-2025

CASTE OF LOVE

01	CASTE OF LOVE	Krishan Tatarpurwala	CASTE OF LOVE			03:24
	Writer: Prince / Composers: Krishan Tatarpurwala

9055987 Records DK: 13-03-2025

Simplicity

01	Simplicity	KUKU	Simplicity			02:59
	Writer: Hammad Khan