Idk about the first point but not knowing English is a barrier (depends on genre)
french and creole sound good on trap beats
How did African Americans become the "coolest" race in the world?
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mbewane
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Who has he done beats for? Does he has any instrumental projects too? There's a whole wave of french producers now that are nice, indeed heavily influenced by HH
Ayo Jay, Wizkid, Davido, Burnaboy, Tiwa Savage, Dbanj, etc all have the same contracts the Drakes, Fetty Waps and Rihannas signed. And they all sing/rap in English/Pidgin. Most Afro pop artist do.
As for having no local market, it hasn't really hurt Jamaica has it?
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
I wouldn't even know, I found breh in an FB production group and I was trying to hide the fire...so other nikkas wouldn't find out who I got them from.
"Yo that's dope who made that?"
"A french nikka"
"What's his name?"
"A french nikka"
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
Are they signed to African record labels? If so more power to them and those record labels. The fact they sing in English is my point breh.
Most internationally-known stuff I've heard from Jamaican is indeed in english. And lest we forget there was a sizable Jamaican community in the US already. Even Bob Marley went through the UK and the US to blow up internationally. Obviously having an artist of that stature helped too. So I wouldn't compare Jamaica to say Senegal or Mozambique, or even Guadeloupe or Haiti to stay in that area.
Zouk or Kizomba for example are types of music taht easily could've blown up even more than they did, but the fact it originates from french and portuguese-speaking countries prob stopped their impact somewhat.
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
I wouldn't even know, I found breh in an FB production group and I was trying to hide the fire...so other nikkas wouldn't find out who I got them from.
"Yo that's dope who made that?"
"A french nikka"
"What's his name?"
"A french nikka"
No, it really isn't. I don't even think you know your point because one minutes its about funding and language barriers and the next its about indigenous languages and what not.
Who is talking about Zouk or any of the other traditional musics? I hate to break it to you but those genres are not making way globally because they sound closer to bluegrass, gospel and other earlier forms of American music than they do contemporary stuff.....not because English isn't being spoken on the tracks.
There is a large portion of English-spoken African music that sounds contemporary and is getting funding....by your logic it should be charting the same way AA music did/does and yet...
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
So are they signed on African labels or not?
And I know quite well what my point is, I've posted it about five times now, if you don't get it you don't get it.
Zouk is not "traditionnal" music, not more nor less than reggae, since you were talking about Jamaica, which you brought in the discussion. Kizomba even less, it blew up like 5 years ago
At this point you are talking in circles and don't even have a point and quite frankly its not worth responding to an idiot
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
Nope, gonna check him out...if you want to check some other ones:
Everydayz
Nxxxxs
Skence
Stwo (co-produced a track on Drake album I think)
Dtweezer
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
At this point you are talking in circles and don't even have a point and quite frankly its not worth responding to an idiot
Ah, first white supremacy, then distorting what I'm saying, now ad hominem. I should've known better
im talking in general not just afropop
For example shakira would not be as big if she didn't release English language music
It even affects dancehall artists that primarily deejay in patois