Sampling has always been part of how music is created. Musicians have regularly leaned on the songs that came before them to influence their music, and this has been the case in Afrobeats.
There’s something special about hearing a familiar riff or melody reworked into a brand-new banger. It’s like a big hug from the past, re-energised with new warmth. So, in celebration of this beautiful marriage of the old and the new, we’re counting down 12 of the best Afrobeats songs of the 2020s that sample…
