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Afrobeat
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
- 2010s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Afrobeat is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Ebo Taylor, Fela Kuti and Orlando Julius.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreAfrobeat
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2010s · West Africa · Afrobeat
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings2010s starting recordings
01O.D.O.O. (edit version)2013 · Afrobeat · afrobeatOpen in new tab 02Victory2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 03Sokosokool2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 04What Is Life?2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 05Go Back2014 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 06Mizin2010 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 07Obra2010 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 08Hot Pants2010 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 09Love and Death2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 10Oce2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2010s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2010s albums
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