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Afrobeat
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
- Starting 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 Fela Kuti, Orlando Julius and Femi Kuti.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreAfrobeat
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01O.D.O.O. (edit version)2013 · Afrobeat · afrobeatOpen in new tab 02Afrosoul Anthem2025 · Highlife · afrobeatOpen in new tab 03love nwantiti (ah ah ah) (remix)2020 · Amapiano · afrobeatOpen in new tab 04Alagbon Close1974 · Afrobeat · jazzOpen in new tab 05Everything Scatter1975 · AfrobeatOpen in new tab 06I Go Shout Plenty1986 · AfrobeatOpen in new tab 07Ye Ye de Smell2004 · AfrobeatOpen in new tab 08Sokosokool2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 09Go Back2014 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 10Suffering & SmilingAfrobeatOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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