Fill Collins
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Afrobeats, Drill, Latin trap; all that shyt is equally terrible
They're on Burna Boy's head for "appropriating" black American dances and gear
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Yes, Fela was a Jazz artist when he was in the UK & his short sojourn in the US.
But when he returned to Nigeria after the advice from his Black Panther gf - Highlife (created by Ghanaians) was big in Nigeria due to the influx of Ghanaian migrants in Nigeria. So, he fused Yoruba traditional sound x Jazz x Highlife to create Afrobeats which is a unique sound.
Saying he was using African American music is like saying African Americans used Sahel music to create Jazz/Soul/Blues. He never denied his Jazz background since but his sound was unique cos there are many components of his sound that aren’t in Jazz.
ADOS used the music of there ancestors. Not that I have issues with (respectful) cross cultural influence but this analogy does not quite work.
Big up Burna Boy.
Dukedeuce talking that dumb shyt in the comments and people co-signing him. They never came from Africa they ancestors were here already. #injuns
Dumbest era to be alive. Someone explain DNA to these fools and genetic tracing
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These folks want to gaslight with that we “all from Africa” shyt like our culture didn’t develop in America.
It’s master gaslighting.
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I’m proud of the Instagram comments FBA/ADOS are waking up and pushing back against the bullshyt 
Dude need to make a original crossover hit
Tired of these samples
Next song probably be a Guy or Tony toni tone sample
Tired of these samples
Next song probably be a Guy or Tony toni tone sample
He also incorporated funk and R&B. James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone were some of his biggest influences.
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I hear that. But Fela Kuti was a descendant of free slave of Yoruba ancestry whose ancestors returned to Nigeria.
This is his grandad (I think it’s the first African album):
I think that was recorded in the late 1800s.
Anyway, Fela studied music in the UK hence he started off as a Jazz artist cos that’s the popular music back then & it was the Pan-African era. And he never denied the Jazz influence in his sound.
Yes, he was influenced by African American music but he never made “African American music” after he returned to Nigeria & started making music full time. He created his own sound. There’s a difference.
Most likely but you can’t say his sound isn’t unique. Even AA legends say his sound is unique & he has been sampled by a lot of AAs as well.
