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Highlife
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
- Starting recordings
- 65
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
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 Togo All Stars, Timbaland and Gabriel Uaangue.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreHighlife
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Free MeHighlife · highlifeOpen in new tab 02Free Me2026 · Highlife · highlifeOpen in new tab 03Afrosoul Anthem2025 · Highlife · afrobeatOpen in new tab 04This Life2026 · Highlife · reggaeOpen in new tab 05Adze Gbalo2022 · Highlife · jazzOpen in new tab 06Ancestors Calling2022 · Highlife · jazzOpen in new tab 07Kent's Bounce, Pt. 1Highlife · afrobeatOpen in new tab 08For Nothing2022 · Highlife · jazzOpen in new tab 09Everybody Get It2022 · Highlife · jazzOpen in new tab 10Fa Kan Masa2022 · Highlife · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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