User talk:Iammissbee

May 2022

Hello, I'm Cannolis. I noticed that you recently removed content from Afrobeats without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Cannolis (talk) 03:48, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove the edits by iammissbee. I'm Nigerian myself and I can vouch her comments are wrong and unnecessarily divisive. To allow her edits to persist would discount the contributions of Ghanaian musicians like Fuse ODG, Sarkodie, producers like Juls and the fusion of Ghanaian genres like Highlife, Hiplife and Azonto into modern afrobeats.

Heck, two of the biggest afrobeat songs of the 2010s were Azonto by Fuse ODG and Adonai by Sarkodie. Are we going to ignore their contributions?

Please do not allow this person Iammissbee to edit this page again. Briskman76 (talk) 16:51, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not a mistake. Ghana's hand in afrobeat beat is false and only backed up by blogs created by them. David drake's quote is unnecessary because he's not in the music industry; he's an author, so why does his opinion on music matter? Afrobeats is based solely on the instrumental with no voice added. So dancehall, the highlife influence you speak of is false. Many of the instruments used in afrobeats are Nigerian created, Such as the Sakara drum, Ogene, and shekere ( which are the base of all afrobeats). Then some artists may add the guitar, saxophone, keyboard, etc.the base of afrobeats is found on the traditional music of Nigeria, not Ghanaian highlife, not dancehall. Iammissbee (talk) 08:25, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You do know highlife predates Afrobeat right? And that Fela was a highlife musician before he created Afrobeat? For example, here is an early highlife tune he did with his band Koola Lobitos. Indeed before Afrobeat he tried to create a different fusion called highlife jazz. His first band was a straight up highlife ensemble called Highlife Rakers.

If you need to learn about Fela's influences I suggest reading the following books:

Fela: This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore

Fela: The Life and Times of an African Music Icon by Michael Veal

In the meantime please stop editing these pages to remove references to Fela's influences due to Ghanaian highlife. That is incorrect. Fela was heavily influenced by Highlife. Briskman76 (talk) 02:19, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, please don't post misinformation on the highlife page when there are multiple sources proving otherwise. You changed the date to the 2000s when that doesn't even align with the rest of the information on the page and multiple scholarly sources will tell you highlife was created in the Late 19th century. You also wrote that it is influenced by Afrobeat when that is incorrect. Again, please do not post misinformation. Thank you. Akanmusic (talk) 06:05, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A Note

Hello! Please be advised that you are currently in a content dispute with Briskman76. You have been reverted at Afrobeats and Afrobeat by editors for either removing information without explanation, as mentioned by Cannolis above, or because other editors are in disagreement with your edits. Ignoring such contestations and continually re-inserting your edits is not the right course of action here. It is encouraged that you discuss such edits on the relevant talk pages and try to come to a consensus. You can also visit WP:CONTENTDISPUTE for further advice as to how to resolve the situation. Please feel free to reach out to me if you need any help and I'll do my best to either do so or point you where to get it. Cheers! —Sirdog (talk) 06:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When I came there it said 1800’s so I changed it. If y’all be changing stuff on Afrobeat I will be on your page. For example using words like stemmed from instead of influenced by highlife. Iammissbee (talk) 21:16, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]