Has Afrobeat Overtaken Reggae/Dancehall in Global Popularity?

[newworldafro]

All I know this shytt bangs and grooves

I need some dope rap lyricists to get on this track or type of beats...this greatnrss

 

[3rdWorld]

I prefer dancehall reggae..

Afrobeats has no message, just some nice melodies..its the trap of world music.

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

I prefer dancehall reggae..

Afrobeats has no message, just some nice melodies..its the trap of world music.

yes it does, you probably dont understand pidgin thats why you’re saying that. Burna boy is a prime example of afrobeats having a message

also have you seen dance-hall in its current form right now, shyt is just about fukkin up the pumpum and getting drunk

lol you must have stopped going out in the mid 90s

 

[3rdWorld]

yes it does, you probably dont understand pidgin thats why your saying. Burna boy is a prime example of afrobeats having a message

also have you seen dance-hall in its current form right now, shyt is jsut about fukkin up the pumpum and getting drunk

lol you must have stopped going out in the mid 90s

Slack dancehall has always been around. But that did not negate the Roots and otherwise positive Black message in reggae.
With Afrobeats time will tell..it also does not even dominate in Africa, where the diverse home sounds still rule. Afrobeats is Nigerians stuff.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I listen to Reggae and Dancehall occasionally (need to make a playlist) but I def vibe more to AfroBeats. I love how versatile they sound too...They can sound like R&B on one song, then Hip Hop on the next, then like Dancehall after that, and then like House music in another

As far as America is concerned, Joanna is def the breakthrough song for the AfroBeats wave to invade the American market

I know London is a very big market for AfroBeats and it’s sibling genre Afro Swing and has been that way since more than half a decade ago

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Never

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

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.

That’s how it felt to me as well, even in Brixton to some extent.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

I wanna like it more but I've always been annoyed by autotune

I’ve gotten used to it over time. It was actually the main reason why I wasn’t a fan of AfroBeats initially.

 

[MikelArteta]

That’s how it felt to me as well, even in Brixton to some extent.

well there are only 3 million Jamaicans but 200 million Nigerians

 

[International Playa]

I have reduced the amount of hip hop I listen to. I mostly listen to African music now. Afro Beats, Kizomba & Afro house (Angola & South Africa house)

I'm dating an afro Portuguese & she putting me on a lot of kizomba, pure fire

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[GrindtooFilthy]

Slack dancehall has always been around. But that did not negate the Roots and otherwise positive Black message in reggae.
With Afrobeats time will tell..it also does not even dominate in Africa, where the diverse home sounds still rule. Afrobeats is Nigerians stuff.

a majority of the artist are Nigerian but to say it doesn’t dominate the airwaves in Africa is being facetious

 

[invalid]

Afrobeats has no message

Isn't Fela at the root of afrobeat?

well there are only 3 million Jamaicans but 200 million Nigerians

In London?

 

[invalid]

I love how versatile they sound too...They can sound like R&B on one song, then Hip Hop on the next, then like Dancehall after that, and then like House music in another

This is a good point. I found myself listening to Rema over the weekend and thought the middle eastern vocal runs he does in some of his music had a pretty cool layering effect.

At first, I was questioning why he was jocking middle easterners but it grew on me.

 

[NotaPAWG]

Yes, but i still prefer reggae






medicine for the soul

 

[MikelArteta]

Yes, but i still prefer reggae






medicine for the soul

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