So, you or your friend want to hop on Afrobeat and don’t know where to start? You want to start with something simple, not too intense, but not an Afro-fusion, either. You want the raw, authentic thing. Although TikTok has slowly westernized Afrobeats, you think that there is more to that, and it’s a pleasure to say you are right. These are 5 Afrobeat songs that will get you to love and adore it.
According to Wikipedia “Afrobeat is a Nigerian music genre that involves the combination of West African musical styles from mainly Nigeria such as the traditional Yoruba and Igbo music and highlife with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. With a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.”
Its parent genres are Jazz, funk, music of Nigeria, and highlife
5. Remember by Asake
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Remember is a song by popular Afrobeat artist Asake. It was released on the 15th of June, 2023, alongside 13 other songs in his second album, ‘Work of Art,’ and as the name implies, it was a work of art. Remember is an Afro medley to his lover/ girlfriend, reminding her of his unending and undying love for her and how he’s ready to do anything she wants him to.
Remember is basically one of the new Afrobeat love songs around and you should most definitely check it out. It’s a mix of English, Pidgin as well as the Yoruba language, and although if you are a first-time non-Nigerian Afrobeat listener, you might not really get what he’s saying, but there are translations out there, and the beat is fire enough for you to pretend like you actually get it.
4. Orente by Adekunle Gold
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Afrobeats are 80% of the time a love song, and we simply can’t get enough of that. This song is part of the 80%. Orente was released in 2016, and the song officially debuted Adekunle as an artist with excellent writing skills. Orente is a song thanking his lover (who we later found to be another Afrobeat artist) for always standing by him.
‘Dorobuchi dey toast you
You tell am say you nor do
Say you no go leave me
Omoge to loyal baby mi to sure ju’
These lyrics simply talk about her loyalty to him even when she gets tempted and toasted by more affluent men and women. The song also talks about their love regardless of their financial situation, and it’s simply the most beautiful song ever.
3. Killin Dem by Burna Boy featuring Zlatan
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I know you guys see on the internet that afrobeat dancers are always moving to super fast music, this is one of those. It’s not a love song or a cry for help, it’s just afrobeats at its simpliest. You can’t help but burst a move when this song comes on. You can legwork your way into forgetting your problems as they should be, leave the sad, depressing music for another day, and burst some moves.
2. Me and You by Tems
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Another love song yet again, but this is just about love generally, not necessarily a man or woman but just love for everyone, love for life and love for everyday you get to experience a new thing. This might just be the slowest song on the album and that’s why it’s number 2. You need to start slowly and this is the best song to do that to.
In this song by Tems, she speaks only English, so you don’t have to pretend to understand words that you don’t. It was released in 2023 and has gotten over 88 million streams on Spotify alone.
1. Holy Ground by Davido featuring Nicki Minaj
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Coming number one for a reason, you don’t have to deepen the lyrics and they are mostly English with a little pidgin. It’s a great starting point for people new to Afrobeats because it features an artist they’re definitely not new to. The beat is not too fast or too slow, something everyone can easily get on.
Remember it’s important to broaden your horizon when it comes to music, but if you listen to these five songs and you still think afrobeats isn’t for you, then don’t worry because there are millions more.
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