Has Afrobeat Overtaken Reggae/Dancehall in Global Popularity?

[invalid]

They even have that tictoc challenge with the afrobeat music that's been going around.

I'm not going to lie, I don't care for reggae that much. A few songs here or there that I vibe with. But I've been listening to a shyt ton of afrobeats.

And I vibe more with Fela Kuti then with Bob Marley.

Is afrobeats overtaking reggae in global appeal?

 

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[EndGame]

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I think so! Afro Beats is even popular in reggae clubs and events.

 

[Gold]

Live in denial brehs
Its 2020, Afrobeat has crushed the buildings. Even got Future on Davido tracks now



I'll be around 100% Black Americans and they all know every word to "Ye" and "Joanna"


No rush challenge everywhere u turn your head

Got girls singing "money fall on me"

 

[Gold]

I think so! Afro Beats is even popular in reggae clubs and events.

People who disagree either live in Jamaica or haven't been to a club in a couple years

 

[CrimsonTider]

this has been true since 2016

the Afro beat wave has died down

 

[Carlton Banks]

Afro beats are easier on the ears, that's for sure .. I know people who hate reggae but love afro beats. There's times it sounds like R&B, times when it sounds like party music... But doesn't sound like loud ass gibberish like reggae.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

People who disagree either live in Jamaica or haven't been to a club in a couple years

yea Jamaicans would never admit it lol.

I think it’s better to get the opinions from other West Indian cats and the ADOS who are into that music such as the ADOS in the NorthEast and Florida

 

[invalid]

I think so! Afro Beats is even popular in reggae clubs and events.

On a popular hip hop station in Chicago, they even do a afrobeats show on Sunday nights.

nikkas from Englewood to Roseland now have exposure to international black music on the airwaves which I think is incredible.

This wouldn't have happened 15 years ago and neither would it have been popular.

I love the show and apparently it's popular from what I hear.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

On a popular hip hop station in Chicago, they even do a afrobeats show on Sunday nights.

nikkas from Englewood to Roseland now have exposure to international black music on the airwaves which I think is incredible.

This wouldn't have happened 15 years ago and neither would it have been popular.

I love the show and apparently it's popular from what I hear.

This is true. Brooklyn which is West Indian capitol used to only have Reggae and soca vibes. You never really heard Caribbean cats listening to African music of any sort. It was the other way around really.


Now most of these Caribbean cats know about Wizkid and Burna Boy etc.

 

[invalid]

But doesn't sound like loud ass gibberish like reggae

Now that you bring this up, I think this is another impediment. The patois. It goes hard on some tracks, but generally, listening to reggae is like listening to spanish music because you can't understand shyt.

 

[010101]

they have a bigger base of support to draw on

reggae ain't as much of a factor as even dancehall

afrobeats cleans up the dancehall sound making it more suitable for mass consumption

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[Cave Savage]

How much different is Afrobeats from dancehall anyway? Joanna and Fall sound like they could have came out of the Caribbean aside from the vocals

 

[invalid]

People who disagree either live in Jamaica or haven't been to a club in a couple years

I feel like Jamaican migration to England helped push the global appeal of reggae at it's heights.

But the last time I was in London, I felt that African immigrants were overtaking the Jamaican community in influence. I don't know.

And with the African community having large numbers now in Paris, Italy, and Spain, afrobeats is bound to take over even american music.