Inspiration:Afrobeat is a music genre that fuses African music with Black American influences to produce a compelling hybrid of culture and sound. The genre is largely the creation of Nigerian artist Fela Kuti who, with his band Africa 70, forged a rhythmic mix of West African beats (predominantly Nigerian and Ghanaian) and American jazz, soul, and funk, which was shot through with a potent streak of political awareness.
What it does: The genre is easy-listening and packed with fun. Recent releases have pointed at a fusion with R&B, American pop music and dancehall. Like its predecessor, it is beat-heavy and created with the primary purpose of getting you on your feet and moving.
How we built it: The history of Afrobeat began in the early twentieth century when musicians from Ghana combined West African regional music with Western jazz and calypso. The resulting new sound became known as highlife, which continued to fold additional Western influences into its heady mix over the next few decades
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