Aug 7, 2023P2J (one of the biggest Nigerian producers) gave credit to One Dance as being the song that gave afrobeats a mainstream push in America
Give it time and more people will be giving credit
Aug 8, 2023
Block MutesonI think he'd rather just have the millions he's made off of it. Yet another trendy sound he's pimped out for his own gain. It's not like he's ever ahead of the curve. He shows up fashionably late like Apple and makes it accessible to the dumbest, most superficial base possible. $$$$
and it’s trendy because of who. exactly.
Aug 8, 2023
yungkulfiiI'm sure some dweeb will say rapper x or singer y did it first in 2015 / 2016
But truthfully, it's different when you're one of the 3 biggest pop stars in the world. It's a huge risk to make One Dance or Hotline Bling a lead single.
He for sure should get more credit for that. I'm going into parties where they're having full on afrobeats / dancehall segments and like...yeah, Drake did that.
Well hotline bling doesn't really have anything to do with this point
Aug 8, 20233 days later, i'm glad the site in general knows how to just give these type of inaccurate threads from people that genuinely do not like music at all dust.
- Aug 10, 2023
One Dance/Controlla in 2016 was incredibly consequential.
However, Bieber’s 2015 hit song “What Do You Mean?” Got a lot of western listeners used to the Afro-pop/Afrobeats Rhythm.