What made Afrobeats special was the rawness, the local bounce, the identity. Now everything sounds like it was engineered for TikTok in LA.
Same flows. Same accents. Same production.
At this point, are we exporting culture or slowly replacing it?
Because if the goal is global success, I get it. But must everything lose that Ajegunle, Surulere, Lagos essence before it can cross borders?
Feels like we’re winning globally but diluting what made the sound ours in the first place.
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You guys complain too much. Music evolves. You can’t go global sounding local forever.
But that “local” sound is literally what made it global in the first place.
Let’s be honest, if they don’t adapt, they get boxed into “African niche artist” forever.
Ifedistar
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You guys complain too much. Music evolves. You can’t go global sounding local forever.
But that “local” sound is literally what made it global in the first place.
Let’s be honest, if they don’t adapt, they get boxed into “African niche artist” forever.