Afrobeat Essentials

The legacy of Fela Kuti looms large over Afrobeat, decades after his death. Kuti's potent mixture of electrified highlife, U.S. funk, Yoruba chants, sprawling horn sections, and fierce politics has proven an irresistible concoction—jazz musicians and DJs continue to mine its deep vein of killer grooves. Our intro allows Afrobeat's original Ghanaian and Nigerian innovators to really stretch out.