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Best of Afrobeat

The most popular Afrobeat songs on Spotify • Featuring Menahan Street Band, The Poets Of Rhythm, Cymande, The Budos Band, El Michels Affair, Mulatu Astatke, Ikebe Shakedown, Letta Mbulu, Orchestra Baobab, Manu Dibango, Hugh Masekela, Akalé Wubé, Fela Kuti & Ernest Ranglin • By volt.fm
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AfrobeatAfropopWorldFunkInstrumental FunkEthio-JazzHighlifeModern FunkLatin AfrobeatBrass Band
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Popular Artists

Popular artists in this playlist.
Menahan Street BandThe Budos BandEl Michels AffairMulatu Astatke

Also Featuring

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Popular Songs

Popular songs in this playlist.
Queens HighwayMenahan Street Band
The TraitorMenahan Street Band
More Mess on My ThingThe Poets Of Rhythm
Up From the SouthThe Budos Band
Brothers On The SlideCymande
C.R.E.A.M.El Michels Affair
T.I.B.W.F.The Budos Band
Tezeta (Nostalgia)Mulatu Astatke
Road SongIkebe Shakedown
DramIkebe Shakedown

Hidden Gems

Songs you might not have heard before.
Ojah AwakeOsibisa
Truth Don DieFemi Kuti
E Go BettaDele Sosimi
HayeelinDur-Dur Band
Yekor Ye A YeabaGyedu-Blay Ambolley

All Songs

1
Queens HighwayMenahan Street Band
1:07
2
The TraitorMenahan Street Band
2:42
3
More Mess on My ThingThe Poets Of Rhythm
4:12
4
Up From the SouthThe Budos Band
3:26
5
Brothers On The SlideCymande
4:11
6
C.R.E.A.M.El Michels Affair
2:54
7
T.I.B.W.F.The Budos Band
2:40
8
Tezeta (Nostalgia)Mulatu Astatke
6:16
9
Road SongIkebe Shakedown
3:00
10
DramIkebe Shakedown
4:03
11
Yègellé TezetaMulatu Astatke
3:14
12
VillaEl Michels Affair
2:45
13
NomalizoLetta Mbulu
5:11
14
Soul MakossaManu Dibango
4:24
15
Utrus HorasOrchestra Baobab
8:39
16
RiotHugh Masekela
2:00
17
Surfin'Ernest Ranglin
5:43
18
Water No Get Enemy - EditFela Kuti
9:51
19
White Sands Pt 1The Fabulous Three
2:01
20
AnbessaAkalé Wubé / Manu Dibango
3:41
21
Ikeja RoadsTony Allen
2:40
22
Water No Get EnemyFela Kuti
9:51
23
Love and DeathEbo Taylor
6:55
24
PIMPBacao Rhythm & Steel Band
3:14
25
Eye Nyam Nam 'A' Mensuro - Henrik Schwarz BlendEbo Taylor / Pat Thomas / Henrik Schwarz
9:23
26
DoveCymande
10:55
27
CoconutManu Dibango
2:11
28
Thunder ChickenThe Mighty Imperials
3:08
29
SurfinErnest Ranglin
2:26
30
Go BackTony Allen / Damon Albarn
4:03
31
Enkèn YèlélèbeshGirma Bèyènè / Akalé Wubé
3:58
32
Drum SongJackie Mittoo
3:40
33
Dog eat dogThe Souljazz Orchestra
7:05
34
Grazing In The GrassHugh Masekela
2:37
35
NightbirdThe Fabulous Three
2:07
36
MataAkalé Wubé
3:50
37
Come on HomeLijadu Sisters
5:18
38
Come On HomeLijadu Sisters
5:16
39
Jungle FeverBacao Rhythm & Steel Band
2:47
40
Jody's WalkThe Mighty Imperials
2:34
41
Fantastic ManWilliam Onyeabor
6:26
42
Cramp Your StyleBreakestra
2:06
43
South CarolinaThe Poets Of Rhythm
2:28
44
Get Up and Get ItJackie Mittoo
2:44
45
Who Knows WhoOrgone / Fanny Franklin
3:36
46
Fantastic ManWilliam Onyeabor
6:26
47
Kelen ati leenOrchestra Baobab
3:38
48
Kingdom ComeThe Souljazz Orchestra
4:12
49
Sakla BeniKutiman / Melike Şahin
4:40
50
Maasai - Doctor Flake RemixKutiman / Doctor Flake
7:50
51
Petit SékouBembeya Jazz National
5:59
52
Sophisticated HonkyOrgone
4:56
53
Darkest LightLafayette Afro Rock Band
6:26
54
Safari StrutWhitefield Brothers
3:19
55
HidingBreakestra
4:31
56
The Coffee Cola SongFrancis Bebey
5:06
57
Disco Hi - LifeOrlando Julius
8:55
58
Kingdom of D'mtKarl Hector & The Malcouns
3:15
59
RubberneckSpeedometer
3:21
60
Dirty MoneyAntibalas
6:15
61
What's Wrong With Groovin'Letta Mbulu
2:53
62
Sunshine DayOsibisa
5:01
63
Dou CoulaArat Kilo / Mamani Keïta / Mike Ladd
4:43
64
Blofonyobi Wo AtaleThe Psychedelic Aliens
2:55
65
KashmirSpeedometer
3:55
66
Kuku Kee Me - RemixSeun Kuti / Black Thought
2:57
67
Darkest Light - RemasteredLafayette Afro Rock Band
6:25
68
Gyae SuPat Thomas / Kwashibu Area Band
4:12
69
DooyoDur-Dur Band
3:49
70
Akula Owu OnyearaThe Funkees
7:28
71
Abyssinian Suite, Pt. 4The Shaolin Afronauts
4:52
72
HijackingThe Psychedelic Aliens
2:56
73
Feqer Endè Krar - YebèqagnalGirma Bèyènè / Akalé Wubé
3:52
74
Disco Hi - LifeOrlando Julius
9:00
75
El Diablo Y El Ñau Ñau (feat. Chico Mann)Ocote Soul Sounds / Chico Mann
3:57
76
Akula Owu OnyearaThe Funkees
7:28
77
You No Fit Touch Am - Medlar RemixDele Sosimi / Medlar
9:30
78
KilimanjaroThe Shaolin Afronauts
6:26
79
Summoning the Monkey GodThe Sorcerers
4:28
80
Dia BaraniArat Kilo / Mamani Keïta / Mike Ladd
4:41
81
Summoning the Monkey God - 45 EditThe Sorcerers
3:19
82
TelephoneBembeya Jazz National
5:35
83
La vie c'est bonVaudou Game
3:32
84
Tattletale, Pt. 1Antibalas
4:34
85
Ene Nyame 'A' MensuroPat Thomas / Ebo Taylor
6:16
86
Pas contenteVaudou Game / Roger Damawuzan
3:35
87
HighlifeGyedu-Blay Ambolley
4:59
88
Push Na YaKarl Hector & The Malcouns
2:32
89
Contigo JamásOcote Soul Sounds
4:32
90
Black Times - Radio EditSeun Kuti / Egypt 80 / Santana
4:55
91
Forest NativityFrancis Bebey
4:23
92
Merciful GodKing Sunny Ade
6:36
93
AppreciationKing Sunny Ade
6:49
94
Prowlin'Whitefield Brothers
5:52
95
Yekor Ye A YeabaGyedu-Blay Ambolley
5:05
96
HayeelinDur-Dur Band
5:40
97
E Go BettaDele Sosimi
6:09
98
Truth Don DieFemi Kuti
6:15
99
Ojah AwakeOsibisa
4:52

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