Born into Afrobeats

Greetings everyone🤲

There was a certain time I wrote about music and I said some trash to some genres because I wanted to sound deep and probably win a contest, and a lady came with her correctional manners and sat me down with her long 400-word comment. She poured out and touched every angle, and ever since then, I don't say things like that openly. It sounds funny, right?
The truth is that all music genres are good; it all depends on the individual involved. I remember meeting a lady on this blockchain, a Nigerian who's in love with Korean music.
"How are you doing it? How are you getting to what they're saying?" I asked her, and she smiled and returned my question with a question: "I know you don't hear Yoruba, but you like listening to songs; how do you enjoy it?"

Oh! I just smiled and kept silent.

That's absolutely how it works; we have a special genre that's fused in us that we can't do away with.
As for me, it's Afrobeats all the way!

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The uniqueness and richness in the African style of music is one thing that be over emphasized. The beats(both the 'rough' abs calm) have a way of tickling the body system to either get up and start dancing or imagining how the instrumentalists come up with such craft.

Since my childhood, I've never fancied foreign songs; that doesn't mean I don't listen to them; I do, but not on a regular basis, the way I vibe with African music.
Afrobeats has this special homely vibe in it that whenever it's played, a part of the body, such as a leg, hand, head, or ear, must get awakened and begin to shake, dancing to the tone.
I don't want to bring up the argument about which part of Africa has the most of this African kind of music. However, I've been following some living legends in this space ever since I became sensible, and my life has been inculcated therein to the extent that I can't pull out.
Afrobeats is a genre that has many sub-patterns in it, especially the trending Amapiano initiated from South Africa, which got 'tushed_ up in Nigeria with Ojapiano.

There are so many patterns of it, and all of them play very well in portraying the rich African culture.

Let me share some of these songs;

Ogene by Zoro and Flavor

This song was crafted from the Igbo cultural dance style, popularly known as Ogene. It's a mixture of cultural vibes and the modern-day pattern of music.
Any African who loves our own song can't overlook this without shaking his or her head, at least.

Shekini by Psquare

I haven't really read much about foreign musicians, but I think there's absolutely no twins that collectively rocked the music world more than these twins (Psquare: Peter, and Paul) did.
Shekini is just a danceable song with soothing local beats.

Nawti by Olu Maintain

The "Nawti" here means Natural African Women Totally Inspiring.

This is not so a danceable one, but its collective, calm, and deep beats will send you to heaven.
The lyrics consist of both Yoruba and English, and they talk about the blessed nature of African women.

Thank you for reading.

_{This is response to the HiveGhana prompt and also for #TTT for the week}