Afrobeat all sounds the same to me?

[Caponeflowers]

Afro beats artists all look the same sound the same act the same smh....some straight up clone shyt , the music is good but man I get bored cause all these dudes be doing that sing talking shyt, there needs to be real legit singers In afro beats....only Tems can actually sing, the rest are on some Drake shyt

 

[popogogo]

I was listening to a song yesterday and before I realized, about 10 songs had played and I barely recognized that the songs were changing.



Still like it though.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Afro beats artists all look the same sound the same act the same smh....some straight up clone shyt , the music is good but man I get bored cause all these dudes be doing that sing talking shyt, there needs to be real legit singers In afro beats....only Tems can actually sing, the rest are on some Drake shyt

You can’t listen to Afro beats all the time

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Gqom has a more aggressive sound...Amapiano uses Gospel/Soul chords...anybody who grew up in church or on R&B soul will gravitate toward amapiano. They grew out of Kwaito (house based) and got HOUSIER somehow...

always nice to see a fellow music head

Afro beats artists all look the same sound the same act the same smh....some straight up clone shyt , the music is good but man I get bored cause all these dudes be doing that sing talking shyt, there needs to be real legit singers In afro beats....only Tems can actually sing, the rest are on some Drake shyt

Bro on the 2nd page please go through what I posted. I feel like a broken record atp

The style of afrobeats presented to the USA sounds the same yes. But go to the UK or Nigeria and You’ll here stuff that will never make it to the American airways

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

I like the deep house amapiano

Put me on. That amapiano shyt is wavy from da tracks that I've discovered.

 

[Astroslik]

Put me on. That amapiano shyt is wavy from da tracks that I've discovered.

Check out Kelvin Momo

 

[Noriega]

you just not exposed and that's why he gets annoyed, you are basing your views on very little knowledge. Americans are not used to being on the outside looking in when it comes to music. take a deep dive. don't walk on the surface.

I’m Panamanian I grew up on reggaeton, dancehall, calypso don’t lecture me

 

[perfectblack999]

Different strokes for different folks. Everyone doesn’t have to like everything

 

[Spade]

I think the issue has to do with West African and Caribbean drumming patterns. Drumming patterns are the rhythmic root of a song. And many West African and Caribbean drumming patterns can be interchangeable, which speaks of their close cultural connection.

But to African American ears, the drumming patterns don't really come natural to us. Our rhythms are informed moreso by the boom bap hi hat that is the rhythmic root of a lot of hip hop music. And rhythmically there is a difference in the boom bap hi hat and afro-caribbean drumming.

It's one of the reasons why I couldn't get into reggae because the rhythms we're repetitive, boring, and not complex enough for my ears and I think for many African Americans, Afrobeats is the same way. We zero in on the drumming pattern (because it's noticeably different from the boom bap hi hat that we're accustomed to), without really noticing the other instruments and how they contribute to the sound.

I think on both sides, because we're so used to our respective percussion rhythms, we don't really pay attention to them in our music because they make up so much of our musical sound. But when confronted with others, we tend to notice and zero in on the others more. It's more pronounced.

I'm pretty sure the boom bap hi hat, central to most hip hop songs, makes hip hop sound repetitive and the same to Afro-Caribbean ears.

South African rhythms are a bit different however. The drumming is a bit more complex and add to that the incorporation of Afro-American derived House, their music comes easier to our ears.

I personally love Afrobeats so I don't have a problem with it. I tend to focus on the melody, singing, lyrics. Couldn't stand reggae growing up with a few exceptions. So I'm only speaking on what I perceive to be the same issues that I had with reggae, that other Aframs may be having with Afrobeats.

And I'm very aware Afro-beat rhythms are diverse and complex. But those who only hear the mainstream songs may not be aware.

This is likely why I like Amapiano and prefer it to Afrobeats.

 

[Grizzly]

Amapiano and Afro House has always been where it's at. Afrobeat nowadays is too copy and paste.

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

Check out Kelvin Momo

Props. Will do.

 

[JaytheOne]

Yep that’s him, he has mad potential go check out his latest album. Lagos city vice 2

Ohh yeah South Africans and housy jazz music is like pbj. They’ve evolved their sound so much from afro-house to gqom to amapiano. I don’t doubt they’ll come out with another sound within the next 3-5 yrs

Checked out that album, dude can sing

 

[Uachet]

I gave it a try and found I do not like it. After awhile it all seemed to sound pretty same-like to me. It kind of reminded me of how I did not like D.C. Go-Go music either.

 

[Thelonious Napz]

I can listen to it in small doses. Not really for me tbh.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

The original Afrobeat created by Fela Kuti is way superior

Peep the greatness of Fela the god