Afroswing
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Afroswing is a UK-born music genre that fuses elements of Afrobeats, dancehall, hip hop, and R&B into a melodic, rhythm-driven sound.
Aliases (1)
- Afro-swing ×1
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fusion genre
→
music genre → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Afro-bashment
→
Afro-swing → Afrobashment → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| culturalOrigin |
African diaspora in the United Kingdom
→
Black British communities → |
| developedIn |
2010s
→
London → |
| hasSubculture |
UK urban music scene
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| influencedByMovement |
Afrobeats global popularity
→
UK urban music wave of the 2010s → |
| languageUsed |
English
→
Jamaican Patois → West African pidgin → |
| lyricalThemes |
partying
→
romance → street life → youth culture → |
| musicFusionOf |
Afrobeats
→
R&B → dancehall → hip hop → |
| primaryAudience |
African and Caribbean diaspora listeners
→
UK youth → |
| relatedGenre |
Afrobeats
→
R&B → UK drill → UK rap → dancehall → grime → |
| stylisticOrigin |
Afrobeats
→
R&B → dancehall → hip hop → |
| typicalFeature |
Afrobeats-inspired percussion
→
dancehall-influenced rhythms → melodic vocals → rap verses → rhythm-driven beats → sung hooks → syncopated drum patterns → use of patois and UK slang → |
| typicalMood |
danceable
→
melodic → |
| typicalTempo |
mid-tempo
→
|
| usesInstrumentation |
808 bass
→
Afro-Caribbean percussion → digital production → synthesizers → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Afroswing
("Afro-swing")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Afrobeats
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hasInfluenced |