Has Afrobeat Overtaken Reggae/Dancehall in Global Popularity?

[frush11]

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

I love the music, but let's be funky, most of the music is about nothing.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

only thing I’m curious about is how and what will be the response be over here in America. It gotta be uptempo soulful music not the wack EDM shyt we had early last decade

Would be nice if Soulful House aka New York Garage would make a strong comeback and a mainstream appeal to ADOS outside the Northeast/Chicago/Detroit. Maybe that could be the bedrock of something entirely new.

Would also be dope if ADOS can get back to live instrumentation and musicality in our music to make it organic again. GoGo, Zydeco, Jazz, the Blues, Funk, New Orleans Brass Band, etc. are very good examples of these.

 

[King Sun]

Plus lets be real besides a few newer dancehall cats danchall has been on the decline since 05

 

[Danktoker94]

Most of the thread is opinions fact of the matter a lot of reggae artist:dancehall artist treated like
Kings in africa that Afro beat music just got good beats Koffee jus won a Grammy tommy sparta for shyt hella dancehall artist still making dope music how ya comparing a continent to a island
This vybz being treated like a god in Africa

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Y'all been having this discreet conversation the whole thread and it's been cracking me up. It's so passive aggressive.

You caught it

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

y'all gonna get accused for stealing again, Toronto and London been on this wave heavy since 2010

the patois with the drill wasn't enough



now they up the ante to this

Red Cafe? Where tf this nikka been?

Young MA getting on the wave too?

 

[frush11]

My favorite West African music person at the moment

Juls, Brother is amazing and the visuals

 

[ISO]

It's been like that for a lil while now.

 

[frush11]

So im discovering that Colombians on the Caribbean Coast been fukking with African Music since the late 70s. They created a Genre call Champeta which is them just doing African music in Spanish. Muffuccas been having festivals and random African Artists go over there for over 30 years now.

 

[Budda]

So im discovering that Colombians on the Caribbean Coast been fukking with African Music since the late 70s. The created a Genre call Champeta which is them just doing African music in Spanish. Muffuccas been having festivals and random African Artists go over there for over 30 years now.

https://youtu.be/aA9swi1thvM

 

[invalid]

Yes, but i still prefer reggae






medicine for the soul

I can't explain it but one of the reasons I was never able to fully get with reggae is that the base rhythms are really incongruent with the sounds I grew up on which would have all been influenced by the sounds coming out of the Mississippi Delta.

 

[invalid]

Y'all really downplaying reggae huh

You got Apple Music breh? I can shoot you my SA House playlist if you want. I even got a Chicago House playlist too

Thanks man but I divested from all my apple products the beginning of this year.

 

[Speaking Womanese]

People still sampling ragga beats from the 90s but dAnCeHaLl fell off

It has never and will never be for the masses hence why so many dancehall artistes turn down features and festivals for cacs and battyman events.

They couldn’t bite it so tried to repackage it as, “Tropical House.”

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Trap music is played out. I barely listen to it

Can’t even dance to 90% of that shyt Don’t even gimme started on Mumble Rap, can’t get jiggy to it. I don’t got much rhythm to me unless it’s a certain type of music my body can keep up with my Spirit such as GoGo

 

[CASHAPP]

Can’t even dance to 90% of that shyt Don’t even gimme started on Mumble Rap, can’t get jiggy to it. I don’t got much rhythm to me unless it’s a certain type of music my body can keep up with my Spirit such as GoGo

breh this afrobeat shyt is so relaxing