What did the Afrobeats inherit from Jùjú Music?
A significant thing the Afrobeats genre inherited from the traditional Jùjú music is the “Call-and-Response” vocal tradition.
Peculiar to Jùjú music, the vibrant call-and-response tradition is one whereby the lead vocalist (usually the artist himself) presents a line or phrase known as the “Call”, while the backing vocalists (or sometimes, the audience) responds with a complementary phrase known as the “response“.
This is now very common in contemporary Afrobeats as you can hear echoes of this in Afrobeats where lead artists frequently engage their background vocalists or audience during live performances & even within recorded tracks.
What this does is that it gives the audience a participatory feel in the case of live performances and gives off a vibe of uniform energy and connection in recorded tracks. Afrobeats artists renowned for this include Burna Boy, Rema, Omah Lay, amongst others.
Which other Afrobeats artist comes to mind after reading this?
@Alaro Basit
