Dennen Gets Kuti on Album
By Team JamBase Aug 22, 2008 • 7:22 am PDT

FIRST SINGLE, “MAKE YOU CRAZY,” FEATURES AFROBEAT KING FEMI KUTI
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The album’s first single, “Make You Crazy,” (listen below) is a deceptively infectious song featuring Nigerian Afrobeat star, Femi Kuti. Dennen explains, “I made the song catchy but it’s about all the injustice in the world. ‘It’s enough to make you go crazy… and I’m amazed I haven’t yet.'”
HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS was recorded at the Village Recorder Studios in Los Angeles with multi-platinum producer John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band). Dennen cites inspiration ranging from Fela Kuti’s Expensive Shit/Ransome Kuti, to Joni Mitchell’s Court And Spark, to The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main St. – not to mention his time spent crisscrossing the country performing to audiences that continue to double with each return.