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Highlife
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
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Meet Highlife
Highlife is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Highlife is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Timbaland.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreHighlife
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2000s · United States · Highlife
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
2000s starting recordings
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KEY ARTISTS
2000s artists
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