Buju Banton - "Reggae Music Fight to Free Africa, but No African Artist Sings to Free Africa, Just Fukkery!!"

[Field Marshall Bradley]

We gotta be the only people who think music can change our overall condition on this planet

It helps tremendously …. If you don’t think so then someone failed you in your upbringing in that regard

 

[TripleAgent]

tHIs Is XenOPhObIc ANd dIvIsIVe

 

[Shabazz]

This is like asking why K pop artists are not making revolutionary music about the opprssive capitalism in South Korea.

There are dozens of africans artists singing abiut the struggle for decades.

You won't find them among the 'afrobeats' singer. It's not its purpose/DNA

Afrobeat (without the S) had Fela Kuti: he sang about oppression :

I dont think kpop is even close as a comparison. Not its purpose? Its music, you can make it about anything. Hip hop was just party music but they still have conscious hiphop. Whats stopping afrobeats artists from doing what fela was doing?

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

This is like asking why K pop artists are not making revolutionary music about the opprssive capitalism in South Korea.

There are dozens of africans artists singing abiut the struggle for decades.

You won't find them among the 'afrobeats' singer. It's not its purpose/DNA

Afrobeat (without the S) had Fela Kuti: he sang about oppression :

You get it

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

I dont think kpop is even close as a comparison. Not its purpose? Its music, you can make it about anything. Hip hop was just party music but they still have conscious hiphop. Whats stopping afrobeats artists from doing what fela was doing?

Examples have been posted in this thread about Afrobeats artists who do that


Where is the pan African Chicago drill? Or the pan African New Orleans Bounce?

Why doesn’t Travis Scott rap about freeing the Sahel from Franco-American forces?

 

[African Peasant]

I dont think kpop is even close as a comparison. Not its purpose? Its music, you can make it about anything. Hip hop was just party music but they still have conscious hiphop. Whats stopping afrobeats artists from doing what fela was doing?

Why? Afrobeats are essentially pop songs...

Afrobeats and Hip-Hop are not the same. KPop is more suited comparison

 

[ItsPeople]

It helps tremendously …. If you don’t think so then someone failed you in your upbringing in that regard

How does it help?

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Put respect on Buju name

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

How does it help?

Evidently you haven’t heard of or any old negro spirituals which is the foundation of a lot of revolutionary music that followed. Educate yourself. The fact you think music doesn’t motivate or inspire period is mind blowing by itself

 

[Shabazz]

Examples have been posted in this thread about Afrobeats artists who do that


Where is the pan African Chicago drill? Or the pan African New Orleans Bounce?

Why doesn’t Travis Scott rap about freeing the Sahel from Franco-American forces?

Ive been saying mainstream this whole time

 

[RehReh]

Big Up Buju

lol

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Ive been saying mainstream this whole time

Travis Scott isn’t mainstream?

How come you’re not holding African American artists from your own ethnic group to the same standard?

 

[Shabazz]

Why? Afrobeats are essentially pop songs...

Afrobeats and Hip-Hop are not the same. KPop is more suited comparison

fukk that, black people are oppressed worldwide. We should start treating them like people treat Michael jordan, they have a platform and they should use it for the uplifting of their race.

 

[ItsPeople]

Evidently you haven’t heard of or any old negro spirituals which is the foundation of a lot of revolutionary music that followed. Educate yourself. The fact you think music doesn’t motivate or inspire period is mind blowing by itself

Our people don’t need anymore motivating from music to lift themselves up from their situations.

They need jobs, connections, and tangibles that will be there for them after their hard work at college or tradeschool.

Ask the coli brehs that are in the mass layoff thread what’s more important.

 

[African Peasant]

fukk that, black people are oppressed worldwide. We should start treating them like people treat Michael jordan, they have a platform and they should use it for the uplifting of their race.

You will get the same result...