Afrobeat better than dancehall

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Afrobeat better than dancehall

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Afrobeats has grown in popularity to far bypass genres like Dancehall, Soca, and some might argue that it has even surpassed Hip Hop in terms of popularity.
Some say that Afrobeat is a fusion of other genres like Dancehall and Hip Hop, but Vx from the 18 Karat Reggae team begs to differ. She believes that Afrobeat was always there, and it is Hip Hop and Dancehall that was influenced Afrobeat.
In other word, Afrobeat is like the alpha and the omega of music, it was always there, and it will always be there; before it, there was none and after it, there will be no more.

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@rosemiller1448 Жыл бұрын

Dancehall beat is raunchy, also afrobeat is raunchy but not violent, there's a soul connecting and you can't ignore Afro beats. Going back to the roots. Some dancehall never leaves the shores of Jamaica.

@michaeludeze8470 Жыл бұрын

Some Jamaicans claim that Afrobeat is merely a remix of *Dance Hall.* Little did they know that they are not the only country claiming to be the originator of Afrobeat. Even Hip-Hop is making the same claim. So, is Ghana, Cameroon, etc. People who say Afrobeat is a remix of their music are speaking from pure ignorance. Have you all visited Nigeria, and sampled the thousands of native, ancestral rhythms that exist therein? Afrobeat is mostly a creative repackaging of ancestral rhythm, using modern musical instruments. New generation of Nigerians creatively layered western chord progression and melodies on top of raw, ancestral rhythm. *The video below shows how Afrobeat is played in the rural area, without modern musical instrument. Mom and grandma still dance to it.* Every tribe in Nigeria has hundreds of diverse native rhythms, and Nigeria has 330 tribes! Afrobeat artists borrow bits and pieces from thousands of ancestral rhythms, and then enhance the beat with western chord progression and melody. Africa is the root of rhythm. That is why everyone is claiming that Afrobeat is a remix of their music. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7iYjZZymqmznZs.html The world just became exposed to the seductive, pulsating and melodious groove we have been dancing to since creation.

@juniorjames7076 Жыл бұрын

Hip Hop has no heart anymore. I can't see it. Same with current Dancehall- no heart. Just money. Afro-Beat- specifically Nigerian/Ghana/South Africa, the music from these regions still have HEART. You feel and hear the LOVE AND PASSION for LIFE, as they have not sold out yet like we have in the West.

@ochiegodfrey6428 Жыл бұрын

@@juniorjames7076 Afrobeats is purely Nigerian. Nothing Ghanaian or south africa

@Hendrixchick2023 Жыл бұрын

@@ochiegodfrey6428that’s a damn lie. The beat they see in every afrobeats song comes from Ghanaian highlife music.

@phantasytv5878 Жыл бұрын

If you know music you know dancehall drum pattern.....for the 90's straight up the only difference is they use shaker instead of hihat and wi did a build riddim with shakers from the 70s

@michaeludeze8470 Жыл бұрын

@@phantasytv5878 Reggae and Dance Hall do not have even 1% of the pulsating and melodious groove of the type kinds of music that influences Afrobeats. You are speaking with limited knowledge. You have not sampled hundreds of ancestral groves that Afrobeat borrows from. Like this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7iYjZZymqmznZs.html You probably think Jamaica invented Reggae . Listen to Cumbia music with an open mind, and you will discover where Reggae got it's groove. In a documentary on Reggae music, Jimmy Cliff conceded that Cumbia greatly influenced Reggae. Cumbia has been in vogue since slavery days! And all the countries that play Cumbia freely admits that Cumbia is ancestral heritage from Africa. You guys just make a lot of noise out of ignorance.

@a.n4988 Жыл бұрын

am from Rwanda Africa I play all Jamaica music dancehall reggae Afro beat hip-hop, and the way I feel when I play music I feel like it's my people music I don't say this is from here or there I just listen and feel good, we all one at the end of the day

@juniorjames7076 Жыл бұрын

@obinnaezealah2465 9 ай бұрын

What Ghanaian artists do you know?

@rosemiller1448 Жыл бұрын

Afro beat has a strong base line. Afro beat is African music, there's a soul connection with Afro beats, when you hear it you have to move

@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799 Жыл бұрын

Afrobeats is African music why Afro beat is Nigerian genre

@NnamdiAnekwe Жыл бұрын

@@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799Both are Nigerian genres. They were both created and pushed 🫸 single-handedly by Nigerians.

@olamitiadeoyejoseph.6703 Жыл бұрын

Afrobeats created by Late icons Fela 🇳🇬 which Big wiz , OBO and Burna boy take to the global world , now it has take over the world 🌎, afrobeat represents Africa and all black people in the world 🌎 is what to celebrate rather than criticize and angry 😡 over , one love ❤️ all blacks people across the world 🌎.

@Chainbreak2023 Жыл бұрын

No it was created by Ghanaian musical artist lol

@godsanointed3397 Жыл бұрын

@@Chainbreak2023 Ghanaian musical artist my foot! Lol 😂😂😂

@temioluwa120 Жыл бұрын

@@Chainbreak2023 afrobeat was NOT created by any ghanaian!. afrobeat was created by fela kuti by fusing different sounds togethet e.g juju, Fuji, jazz and high life. the only reason why ghanaians are trying to claim afrobeat is because of the high life influence. just because afrobeat has high life influence does NOT make it ghanaian!. juju and Fuji are also part of afrobeat and they are Nigerian genres.

@Chainbreak2023 Жыл бұрын

@@temioluwa120 that type of music was already being played in Ghana before fela relocated to Ghana and discovered it

@michaeludeze8470 Жыл бұрын

@@Chainbreak2023 Everyone claims to be the originator of Nigeria's Afrobeat, but none of them can produce it. Jamaica, Ghana, Cameroon, US, etc, we challenge all of you to produce Afrobeat, But you can't, because Afrobeats is mostly a repackaging of Nigerian ancestral, native rhythm, using modern musical instruments. Nigeria has 330 tribes. Each tribe has hundreds of ancestral musical genres, and we abandoned our rich and diverse musical resources to borrow from Ghana. Ghana is not even Nigeria's neighbour. We crossed 2 countries! Nigerian-Americans are the most successful immigrants in America. Nigerian immigrants have the highest levels of education in America. A Nigerian is the richest man in Africa. Chinese and Indian Movie Industries were already long established, but Nigeria took over and became the second biggest Movie industry after Hollywood. In many things, Nigeria is enterprising......except..... music! Nigerian has to depend on Ghana to teach them music. And this makes absolute sense to Ghanaians! Ghana's is famous for associating with Nigeria's success, instead of trying to learn from Nigeria. Enjoy this groove. It is one of the Nigerian genres that influences Afrobeat: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7iYjZZymqmznZs.html Enjoy this one, too. You will hear a peculiar rhythm that feature in almost all Afrobeats track. Here the sound is made with small slit-drum and shekere. In Afrobeats, the artists will replace native instruments with multiple different modern instruments, like Snare, Clave, Hihat, Bassline, etc. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbdpndaBzNK0kZs.html It is unfortunate that these videos are made with phone camera, but hearing the music live will give you an idea where Afrobeats gets its seductive, pulsating and melodious groove. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNSFnpCXntvckmw.html

@JohnJohnson-ch6xq Жыл бұрын

I'm a Nigerian,afrobeat has been there before reggae or any kind of music. We invented music,the African continent invented music. Finally,afrobeat is more runchier than dance hall music. You guys just don't understand the language 😅😅.

@saralove6974 6 ай бұрын

Great show🔥👍 New Afrobeat🎶 Chyna dain🔥

@azeezedo-omozuwa1820 Жыл бұрын

Facts! Afrobeats 💪💪💪🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

@tankelvis6255 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ58pZBolZrFc6c.htmlsi=9WFbPVQk1ItNeAnd 😊

@africanherbsman9488 Жыл бұрын

Sensible lady! I have a feeling she's SeneGambian origin. Make no mistake,nobody can do music better than the Africans. Even at the height of reggae,a local Senegalese Artist Youssou Ndour was making more sales than all of them in Africa. The difference is we now do it in English like you and can finally export it. The whole world will feel our music.

@goodnessoluwa.3260 Жыл бұрын

EVERYTHING IS AFRICA. I'M GOING BACK TO MY ROOT. ✊

@arcsys Жыл бұрын

Brick n Lace went international, their music was lyrically palatable accross cultures. Dancehall artistes can take some cues from that type of lyrics. Sean paul had a number of songs with that type of sexually subtle lyrics. Love this from Kenya, hope to see you grow brother

@emmanuelmenoji7853 Жыл бұрын

Who's this lady behind the voice? She's smart, wise, mature, and so wise.

@user-rp9ml6fl6r Жыл бұрын

It's so simple, the sound is new with a catchy melodies, people are always obsessed with new things and that's what's making it so big to mainstream

@NaeNae23 11 ай бұрын

The sound is not new it's just new to the West.

@amlegion.547 Жыл бұрын

You must respect 🙏 Nigeria 🇳🇬 & Nigerians, we are born to conquer 💪; Afrobeat for life.

@NaeNae23 11 ай бұрын

South Africa is right there too and I don't come from either country!

@rosemiller1448 Жыл бұрын

Dancehall is our culture and people gravitate to all genres......

@vibeskeyzmusic934 Жыл бұрын

Afrobeats is cleaner vibrate music. Dancehall is not the way it used to be like in the 90s. The music is very dark and demonic. Even soca is doing better than Dancehall right now.

@SILVARYDAH Жыл бұрын

exactly. lots of the 'dancehall' that young jamaican 'artists' are making is demonic on the surface AND the lyrics, imagery, etc.

@idongisaac8258 Жыл бұрын

Interestingly, in the hinterland of many states in Southern Nigeria, Reggae is still very strong. It is widely played at local events and churches. The difference is that big promoters are no longer investing in it. Promotion/marketing should be taken seriously, in today's music business. Jamaican artists should do a lot of it, and also consider connecting with Nigerian artists.

@valentineanthony5615 Жыл бұрын

Reggae is not strong anywhere in Nigeria stop selling fake narrative.

@iheanyi1 Жыл бұрын

@@valentineanthony5615 Common, reggae was very strong in Nigeria back in the days. Many FM studios in the East and PH had reggae night. I listened to reggae primarily till early 2000

@valentineanthony5615 Жыл бұрын

@@iheanyi1 read before you respond. His statement is that "Reggae is still very strong "

@iheanyi1 Жыл бұрын

@@valentineanthony5615 Chill. No need to go this tone. Sure, I don't know if reggae is still very strong anywhere, maybe he knows where, but yeah i agree with you, that will be a stretch

@malikbey5522 Жыл бұрын

What about those who are not African but are Indigenous to the America's what we not real My point of view is nothing stays the same so it's Africa's time to shine the light But being from North America we always was in the light but hats off to Africa.. Peace 🙏🙏

@obinnaezealah2465 9 ай бұрын

Then you should go to your indigenous spaces, why come here to tell us about your indigenousness?

@Mia_-kr3kt Жыл бұрын

This lady is a good music analyst.

@Skillashy 9 ай бұрын

I don't understand why everyone makes videos like this. All this time hip-hop and all other genres have been taking space and no one made any video like this. No one made a video asking why hip-hop took over from dance hall or reggae or whatever. Now Afrobeats is here and suddenly everyone seem bothered. Is it that no one wants anything good to come out of Africa or no one expects Africans to do anything good? Why can't we just enjoy it for what it is? Afribeats has always been around . The fact that it wasn't known world wide doesn't change its existence. Just enjoy the music and wait for the next big thing.

@sentientbeingsnews1098 Жыл бұрын

Afroabests is not separate from Jamaica or america no mater what you say it’s al woven together but Africa is the Mother Source of all her children

@egheosagie7071 Жыл бұрын

The lady 💯

@azeezedo-omozuwa1820 Жыл бұрын

Oviedo

@NaeNae23 11 ай бұрын

Afrobeats is family music. Anyone can enjoy it. Young, old, male or female .. thats it has become popular!

@jstone7764 Жыл бұрын

This lady is smart in her reasoning

@NaeNae23 11 ай бұрын

Why is this even a discussion? I Didn't know this was even a competition. There are so many genre of black music globally so why focus on Afrobeats as a comparison? Rather than comparing just make great music. If you make great music it will be popular globally!

@booblam6919 Жыл бұрын

Afrobeats is nice....but i love soul divine music...Reggae is the most Spiritual music on earth....time will reveal what am saying.

@ibrahimasanogo8240 Жыл бұрын

Afrobeat belong to all black ppl

@lordschild673 Жыл бұрын

Well then why are they saying black Americans are trying to steal their music???

@Undo002 Жыл бұрын

@@lordschild673 no one that matters says that ! It’s evident it isn’t tru , we are enjoying on the sidelines

@lordschild673 Жыл бұрын

@@Undo002 Afrobeats fans are saying that, I’d say they matter…

@godsanointed3397 Жыл бұрын

@@lordschild673 the reason is: some music pundits are claiming Beyonce, drake etal make afrobeats global. It's grotesque!

@lordschild673 Жыл бұрын

@@godsanointed3397 non of those artists are Afrobeat artists and drake isn’t black American… And let’s be real, America is the big stage, if music those collaborations help afrobeats…

@demlot9695 Жыл бұрын

The guy asking questions is novice and asking unlearning questions and gives stupid opinions. He's jealous 😭

@OgooMbogu Жыл бұрын

Real facts!

@riddimrider706 Жыл бұрын

Hip hop sells worldwide

@jstone7764 Жыл бұрын

Trust me african population will push their genre population is bigdont compare i was a dj and i played konshrn , vybs popcoon etc cos we accepted them like our blacks

@lindamccoy9543 Жыл бұрын

Dance hall is not similar to hip-hop dance lost it's lyrics and beats so afro beat replaced them.

@gevento1 Жыл бұрын

Dancehall music a revolutionary music it’s goes against there agender they don’t want a next bob Marley, sizzla kolonge that for one. Also they change the tongue of the younger generation and lack out the pioneers of the original dancehall music and created there own dancehall music world wide so dancehall is not dead a lot of all those music are heavily influence by dancehall and reggae the narrative is different it don’t have that flames to start a revolution it limits the movement of u spiritually so u can’t connect with ur true self.

@phantasytv5878 Жыл бұрын

Thats the thing with people talking about dancehall....as if wi only sing slack,gun man and scaming song.....what about the other good songs we sing isnt it still danchall....why lalee n ding dem nuh get more highlights and dem talking about contents of the song ....she nah support dancehall artist is not just the mainstream artist dem alone a sing song

@maricehuff7903 Жыл бұрын

No dancehall is not sampled after Africa. Jamaicans originated early music from American radio and so on and so on. They kept the mentality of pure African not the lifestyle. Same as Americans keep the lenage, make orignal identity. Now dancehall was with lyrical toasters that run with the rhythm. Same as hip hop rap the bass line. No disrespect but African didn't have this heartbeat yet, Jamaica did. That's why dancehall went worldwide, and we all it wasn't because of the topics. It wasn't until they started learning the island lingo that it went another way, a la gangster. Nobody can ever tell me that dancehall copied anybody. Like American hip hop, nobody can say they copied anybody. Now other places I beg to differ. They are saying now because afrobeats is all inclusive now, but dancehall wasn't back then, and it still made it's way because of the heartbeat of the music.

@obinnaezealah2465 9 ай бұрын

This is nonsense. Africa had this "heartbeat" before Jamaica was even a thing, don't disrespect the ancestors. That you didn't know it doesn't mean it didn't exist. The essence of black music is the same no matter what form it manifests itself into, very rhythmic and expressive. Shout outs to my Jamaicans and Americans and every other black diasporian that took this essence and fashioned a unique style but to say Africa didn't have a heartbeat is wrong and disrespectful. Correct yourself.

@maricehuff7903 9 ай бұрын

@@obinnaezealah2465 there are different heartbeats. The heartbeat of a runner, of an elder, of a smoker, of a child, of a swimmer, of a dancer, of an airplane pilot, etc etc. Everyone of one of these bodies come from a momma and their heartbeat is different. No disrespectful address to Africa, but this heartbeat is Jamaicas. As you see Everyone has an option to pick their own heartbeat with music. One love!

@goodnessoluwa.3260 Жыл бұрын

You gonna look at, WHAT BURNA GOT, THAT I DONT HAVE. Hmmmmm.. VERP DEEP.

@riddimrider706 Жыл бұрын

Hip hop is not jamaican

@uncensored2282 Жыл бұрын

burna boy is not even the biggest artist out of Nigeria, yet you guys talk like he's the hottest out of Africa.

@aframaco9491 Жыл бұрын

He is!! Unquestionably so!

@ayenioluwaseun-sd8ye Жыл бұрын

Statically it shows that he is one of biggest artist presently

@militantboymusik3754 Жыл бұрын

He is the biggest

@riddimrider706 Жыл бұрын

Not everything is african.

@obinnaezealah2465 9 ай бұрын

Yes but there are somethings that are.

@rosemiller1448 Жыл бұрын

Dancehall lyrics is raunch

@rosemiller1448 Жыл бұрын

Afro beat is palitable

@luvwisdom2 Жыл бұрын

Please prove to me afrobeats is the original. I don't wanna hear the soul. And no African is not the original man. I want proof

@ayenioluwaseun-sd8ye Жыл бұрын

Proof is in how?

@aframaco9491 Жыл бұрын

That you are asking for proof, is proof enough 😂😂😂. 👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬

@luvwisdom2 Жыл бұрын

As I thought. The truth is afrobeats is copying reggae. Reggae is more original than afrobeats. Your just saying that because you think Africa is the original

@aframaco9491 Жыл бұрын

@@luvwisdom2 Reggae had its moments for sure, that can never be denied or forgotten, But Reggae too copied from calypso, rhythm and blues and jazz, so sharrap! In fact all the early reggae songs were direct lyrical covers of American songs! It then evolved into what is today, a Jamaican sound! Afrobeats is different in its culture and applications because we don't do "versions",our artistes don't "ride a riddim" and all that! Every artiste comes with his own production fresh and intact! Our various traditional languages, slangs and age old culture gives Nigerian Afrobeats its own distinction! Rema, Oxlade, Ayra Starr, Tiwa Savage, Kizz Daniel, Fireboy, Joeboy...there's nothing "reggae" about their music. When reggae morphed into Dancehall, it lost its musicality and melodies! That's why they are reaching a by far bigger audience than reggae artistes nowadays! So sick and tired of people biiatching about how Afrobeats copied this and was influenced by that! It's genre for the time being, and like other genres of music, it might lose its appeal and popularity in another decade or so!

@jstone7764 Жыл бұрын

Ur ignorant Jamaican culture is rooted from Ethiopia where is that from , first of all afro beat has been here cos but not many artists were signee to labels like Jamaicans were but no afrobeat is here to stay if u beef it ur wasting time with it

@NaeNae23 11 ай бұрын

Afrobeats is family music. Anyone can enjoy it. Young, old, male or female .. thats it has become popular!