Has Afrobeat Overtaken Reggae/Dancehall in Global Popularity?

[Ugo Ogugwa]

this isnt contemporary afrobeat but if you arent up on the classics you gotta be. one of my favorite songs ever (extremely long though):

Also Fela isn't just for easy listening. You have to look up the song lyrics and read an article or two sharing the background.

For example Beasts of No Nation is a diss to many leaders at the time including General Buhari who is the current president of Nigeria.

If you look closely at the cover, Buhari and Regan are there with horns of a devilish beast on their heads.

 

[010101]

Some posters are ignoring this part.
For such a tiny island. It sure produces talented people.
Reggae and dancehall will never die out.
I do agree that the current wave of dancehall is not the same as in the '80s and early 2000s.
That I will agree with. I listen to more Reggae than dancehall.

I'll definitely check out some Afrobeat. I need to expand on that genre of music.

it's the most populated english speaking caribbean island with a healthy diaspora in some major areas

y'all ain't hitting your expected potential

you know that's a fact

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[Baka's Weird Case]

Also Fela isn't just for easy listening. You have to look up the song lyrics and read an article or two sharing the background.

For example Beasts of No Nation is a diss to many leaders at the time including General Buhari who is the current president of Nigeria.

If you look closely at the cover, Buhari and Regan are there with horns of a devilish beast on their heads.

yeah he put fire to the feet of lots of devils in the 80s with this one.

still remember the first time i heard it and he said "this united united nations, one veto vote is equal to 92 or more"

craze world that be

 

[invalid]

Check out

Mr Eazi he has less auto tune in his songs

 

[mykey]

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) has estimated that the Nigerian music industry will be worth US$86 million in 2020-a HUGE sum in Nigeria. This growth may be accelerated by the foreign interests in Afrobeats as well as great revenues from digital platforms, ringtones, etc

In recent years, Wizkid and Davido inked a deal with Sony RCA , Tiwa Savage has a management deal with Jay-z’s Roc Nation, Burna Boy with Warner Records and the Naija "Chris Brown" Tekno has a $4 million deal with Sony, etc




The good thing with Afrobeats is that non-blacks will never bite the genre. Imagine a cac singing in Naija Pidgin.

 

[T'krm]

you need to be worried about reggeaton having staying power

Not really. That subject is beyond this one, and needs no worry. Stick to this one.

 

[diggy]

now ain't no way a dancehall artist can make a song like that & not talk about how the pum pum fat

 

[invalid]

Tekno has a $4 million deal with Sony, etc

Jawn in that video is exactly my type. Love petite women.

The good thing with Afrobeats is that non-blacks will never bite the genre. Imagine a cac singing in Naija Pidgin.

Aight, y'all gone fukk around next year and have some English guy from Derbyshire come out with the hottest afrobeat song of the decade on some...

 

[Guizmo]

I haven't followed there his case

who was he accused of killing again?

There was a brawl between two hoods and one guy got jumped, ran over with a car and stabbed. The guy died. And they say it was his car that was used and he was involved in the fight.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Some posters are ignoring this part.
For such a tiny island. It sure produces talented people.
Reggae and dancehall will never die out.
I do agree that the current wave of dancehall is not the same as in the '80s and early 2000s.
That I will agree with. I listen to more Reggae than dancehall.

I'll definitely check out some Afrobeat. I need to expand on that genre of music.

Jamaica is the largest English speaking Caribbean island as far as English speakers go. It’s not a surprise that many talent comes from there plus Jamaica has the largest diaspora in the Caribbean also.

98.8% of places you travel to Jamaicans will have bigger numbers than other English islands.

 

[Guizmo]

 

[invalid]

Jamaica is the largest English speaking Caribbean island as far as English speakers go. It’s not a surprise that many talent comes from there plus Jamaica has the largest diaspora in the Caribbean also.

98.8% of places you travel to Jamaicans will have bigger numbers than other English islands.

And the fact that they had the largest Caribbean migration to New York and London, they had a easier platform for their artist to get put on.

If African immigrants got to England before Jamaicans had time to leave their footprint, I don't think their music would be as big as it is. Afrobeat or whatever music was popular among Nigerians or Ghanaians at the time, would be dominating.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

And the fact that they had the largest Caribbean migration to New York and London, they had a easier platform for their artist to get put on.

If African immigrants got to England before Jamaicans had time to leave their footprint, I don't think their music would be as big as it is.

I always joke that Jamaica is a luckily island. Have the largest diaspora in the largest cities and they so happen to speak English the most popular language across the globe.

 

[Soundbwoy]

 

[invalid]

I always joke that Jamaica is a luckily island. Have the largest diaspora in the largest cities and they so happen to speak English the most popular language across the globe.

Yep, lucky is a good way to describe it. And timing. It was the first to hit.