Tag: Afrobeat

Afrobeat is a Nigerian music genre that involves the combination of West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) and American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.

Afrobeat was developed in Nigeria in the late 1960s by Fela Kuti who, with drummer Tony Allen, experimented with different contemporary music of the time. Afrobeat was influenced by a variety of genres, such as highlife, fuji, and jùjú, as well as Yoruba vocal traditions, rhythm, and instruments.

In the late 1950s, Kuti left Lagos to study abroad at the London School of Music where he was exposed to jazz. He returned to Lagos and played a highlife-jazz hybrid, albeit, without commercial success.

D’Banj Drops New Single “Face Show” Featuring Skiibii – LISTEN

  Ace Nigerian singer D’Banj is back with a bang as he releases new song titled “Face Show” featuring Skiibii. The song which was inspired by a popular slang on the street came with a special kind of dance step. In the build up to the release of the song, D’Banj posted a viral video […]

Watch DJ Neptune In Epic Heist For ‘Abeg’ Video Featuring Omah Lay And JoeBoy

Off the award-winning Nigerian disc jockey’s second album, ‘Greatness 2.0’, DJ Neptune releases incredible visuals for the anticipated fan-favorite collaboration ‘Abeg’. The song talks about how both artists are intoxicated by the love of a lady, which is looking almost impossible to have, while the video creates an epic heist that looks incredible. Abeg was […]

BOJ Teams Up With Fireboy DML In A New Tune, ‘Owo Ni Koko‘ – LISTEN

Singer, BOJ has released another amazing groove, ‘Owo Ni Koko‘ featuring YBNL protege, Fireboy DML. The pop sensation is the first single off BOJ’s third solo album, ‘Gbagada Express’ which houses 16 songs. The project was written and recorded amid the most limited phases of 2020’s lockdown, finding the alté pioneer and DRB Lasgidi alum […]

[Music] Diamond Platnumz – First Of All EP

First Of All (FOA) is a debut Extended Play (EP) by Diamond Platnumz consisting of 10 world class songs. They  feature different genres including Afrobeats, Bongo Fleva, Afropop, Amapiano, Zouk and Soukus. It is a Love, Life and Party EP sets to pave way for his upcoming Album later this year. This is the first […]

[Music] Black Sherif – Kwaku The Traveller

 Black Sherif drops Kwaku The Traveller following the huge success of Second Sermon Remix featuring Grammy Award winning singer, Burna Boy, Blacko dishes out a new potential hit record titled “Kwaku The Traveller”. And The story continues… Black Sherif’s unique sound is geared towards creating a mass cult following, with the end goal of creating a […]