Fela and Burna Boy are on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers list
Nigerian music star Burna Boy and Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti made Rolling Stone's "Greatest Singers List", which debuted in 2008.
Rollingstone, one of the world's leading music publishing platforms, has released a list of 200 people they claim are the greatest of all time.
Editors say singers were judged on originality, influence, depth of catalog and breadth of musical heritage.
Published on New Year's Day, several notable American singers, from Aretha Franklin to Kelly Clarkson and Toni Braxton, were included in the list.
They wrote, "In any case, what mattered most to us was an artist's originality, influence, depth of catalog and breadth of musical heritage."
The platform says the list differs from the Greatest Voices list. “The talent is impressive; genius is transcendent. Many people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch and unlimited range. Others have rougher, weirder or more delicate instruments."
BURNA BOYThe Rolling Stones placed the Nigerian artist at number 197. They described the "African Giant" as an "ambassador of Afrobeats as a global movement".
“He is the ambassador for Afrobeats as a global movement that can feel equally at home climbing the European charts and maintaining a subtle emotional connection to African genres of the past,” they wrote. written.
Congratulating his vocals, they wrote, "Burna's vocals are sweet as toffee, but can also soar on brilliantly produced tracks like his recent megahit 'Last Last' or 2019's gem" Anybody "excited by deep bass accents and incredibly sophisticated polyrhythms.
“His vocal lines draw inspiration from everything from hip-hop and R&B to catchy pop and dancehall. The world is his playground,” they added
FELA KUTIOn Fela Kuti, the publication described the late icon as an innovator for the high life, "Fela Kuti's signature songs of the 1970s and 1980s are sprawling orchestral instrumentals, an innovative swirl of African highlife, soul American and jazz."
He ranked 188 on the list.
Describing his political influence through his music, they wrote, "Through his music, he shared an anti-colonialist and pan-African vision and challenged the corrupt military government of Nigeria, which regularly subjugated him and those around him. , to immense harm."
"Yet it was not just Fela's lyrical rebellion that made him so important - it was the way his voice carried his vision; the way he sang, his commanding and direct tone, clear and shut up,” they added
"His harsh yet conversational melodies made his movement more accessible.
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"On 1986's 'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense' where he takes on whitewashed education and failing governments, he coos, 'I say, I sing, I beg everyone to join my song'. And he behaved in such a way that they could."
The list spanned multiple nationalities and genres, had Aretha Franklin at No. 1, and other new generation artists like SZA, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey and others appeared on it.
Many writers "have compiled 100 years of pop music as an ongoing global conversation," Rolling Stone noted.
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Nigerian music star Burna Boy and Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti made Rolling Stone's "Greatest Singers List", which debuted in 2008.
Rollingstone, one of the world's leading music publishing platforms, has released a list of 200 people they claim are the greatest of all time.
Editors say singers were judged on originality, influence, depth of catalog and breadth of musical heritage.
Published on New Year's Day, several notable American singers, from Aretha Franklin to Kelly Clarkson and Toni Braxton, were included in the list.
They wrote, "In any case, what mattered most to us was an artist's originality, influence, depth of catalog and breadth of musical heritage."
The platform says the list differs from the Greatest Voices list. “The talent is impressive; genius is transcendent. Many people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch and unlimited range. Others have rougher, weirder or more delicate instruments."
BURNA BOYThe Rolling Stones placed the Nigerian artist at number 197. They described the "African Giant" as an "ambassador of Afrobeats as a global movement".
“He is the ambassador for Afrobeats as a global movement that can feel equally at home climbing the European charts and maintaining a subtle emotional connection to African genres of the past,” they wrote. written.
Congratulating his vocals, they wrote, "Burna's vocals are sweet as toffee, but can also soar on brilliantly produced tracks like his recent megahit 'Last Last' or 2019's gem" Anybody "excited by deep bass accents and incredibly sophisticated polyrhythms.
“His vocal lines draw inspiration from everything from hip-hop and R&B to catchy pop and dancehall. The world is his playground,” they added
FELA KUTIOn Fela Kuti, the publication described the late icon as an innovator for the high life, "Fela Kuti's signature songs of the 1970s and 1980s are sprawling orchestral instrumentals, an innovative swirl of African highlife, soul American and jazz."
He ranked 188 on the list.
Describing his political influence through his music, they wrote, "Through his music, he shared an anti-colonialist and pan-African vision and challenged the corrupt military government of Nigeria, which regularly subjugated him and those around him. , to immense harm."
"Yet it was not just Fela's lyrical rebellion that made him so important - it was the way his voice carried his vision; the way he sang, his commanding and direct tone, clear and shut up,” they added
"His harsh yet conversational melodies made his movement more accessible.
READ ALSO:
"On 1986's 'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense' where he takes on whitewashed education and failing governments, he coos, 'I say, I sing, I beg everyone to join my song'. And he behaved in such a way that they could."
The list spanned multiple nationalities and genres, had Aretha Franklin at No. 1, and other new generation artists like SZA, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey and others appeared on it.
Many writers "have compiled 100 years of pop music as an ongoing global conversation," Rolling Stone noted.
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