Has Afrobeat Overtaken Reggae/Dancehall in Global Popularity?

[MikelArteta]

dancehall has fallen the hell off its all about sex and violence and obscenities

 

[How Sway?]

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.

I always thought this as well.

how else would a small island in the Caribbean have such a massive cultural output.

 

[010101]

dancehall will always rule in the party

that type of rawness has its place

but it's not gonna work to take it international

*

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Nope.
Trend vs Legacy. But

here come the agent

talk about something you know you mutt

 

[MikelArteta]

Yeah it is, it's more sanitized.

It's gonna take another Shaggy type artist to come out to have a similar type pop impact. Koffee and Chronixx are great but their content isn't that lane

Chronixx/proteje/koffee are more roots reggae though than dancehall



is not the same as

 

[HiphopRelated]

Chronixx/proteje/koffee are more roots reggae though than dancehall

thread title had dancehall/reggae, so I went with it from that angle. No other J'can artist is at that level of global recognition currently.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Yes it has. Dancehall lost its way when it started copying other genres.

Dancehall always took influence from other genres, that's why it lasted so long lol.

However, I will say dancehall riddims from the 90's to mid 2000's sound like epics compared to the watered down fukkry they're calling riddims now. U can barely identify a lot of these new riddims from each other. They are boring as fukk and the lyrical conent (fukk fukk, suck suck, gunshat buss him head, gal yuh p*ssy tite) is vapid as fukk. Empty riddims, weak lyrics.

lissen dis riddim ya


compare it to teh weak fukkry dem calling riddims now.

 

[T'krm]

here come the agent

talk about something you know you mutt

Take ur own advice...aint nobody ask you about anything. Either refute what I said: Legacy vs Trend, or keep quiet!

 

[010101]

i mean koffee did win a grammy & got songs placed all over media though so.........*

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Take ur own advice...aint nobody ask you about anything. Either refute what I said: Legacy vs Trend, or keep quiet!

nah there's already a discussion being had agent. you don't dictate it non Black culture vulture agent... always taking shots at Africans.

 

[How Sway?]

 

[GreatestLaker]

Outside of the Northeast, Florida and London so average American brehs know that both genres are different?

Clearly they don't.

 

[Everydayimshufflin]

Afrobeats taking over the world

 

[GreatestLaker]

yes

and i love dancehall but i been saying on this site for years that the genre is suffering because of the overwhelming toxic content.

dancehall being slack has given room for reggaeton and afrobeat to shine

they need to switch up the subject matter and profanity

You're right. You can't play dancehall around older people, kids and Christians. That's the main reason I stopped listening to it. Its too vulgar.

 

[Soundbwoy]

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.

I fukks with afrobeat as much as the next person but do you have to be disrespectful like that breh