WEST AFRICAN CLASSICS (Afrobeat, Highlife, Juju, Afrojazz, Afro-blues etc)
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1 days, 5 hours, 58 minutes
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Playlist Last Updated
January 31, 2024
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Mixed Mood
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Deep
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Varied
Average Release Decade
2010s
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Beirut and Gogol Bordello. Khruangbin also incorporate a lot of world pop music but they are much less lyrical / vocal based. Then of course, you could dig into the African pop music that inspired VW - [stuff like highlife and soukous](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5kfE1hGYhu97qxW3n6h4S6?si=4loDzy5FRS6J_F4C38vS0g) Ezra was a big fan of guitar based pop music from West Africa, [shallowrewards put a great playlist of music that Ezra likely listened to and/or featured on his pre-VW blog](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DogvwiJ5KUdLdDTD2DfJ9?si=GyCErRnkRTSo6_23Iao65g) Awesome Tapes From Africa and Sublime Frequencies are two reissue labels worth digging into.
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joshuatx
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1/10/20 15:50
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