{"id":1451,"date":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/best-of-the-listening-room-the-lagos-thugs-afrobeat\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:56:13","slug":"listening-room-lagos-thugs-afrobeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/listening-room-lagos-thugs-afrobeat","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Listening Room: The Lagos Thugs Afrobeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a dose of vibrancy we all need. They may be new, but <a href=\"https:\/\/lagosthugs.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lagos Thugs Afrobeat<\/a> are already giving a seasoned, polyrhythmic, horn-laden sound. Check out their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/v\/listeningroom\">Listening Room below<\/a>, and then keep reading for a little more about this rising group.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72qbB4gR3Q4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Can you describe your music style in six words?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Exceptional, hardcore, extraordinary, addictive, educational and revolutionary.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Name an accomplishment you are most proud of.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We started the band in 2020, and within six months we\u2019ve played over twenty gigs and two international festivals.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are you working on right now?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We are working on our new release titled &#8216; &#8216; &#8221; Wetin I see &#8221; to be released soon.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Are there any specific albums or artists that have had a big influence on your music career and style?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, Seun Anikulapo Kuti. He really has influenced our compositions and (teaser!) we might have him on our debut album.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dream collaboration and why?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Burnaboy and Seun Kuti. They\u2019ve each really carried the culture of Afrobeat out to the world.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>If you could play a Sofar show anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would you want it to be?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sofar London!<\/p>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/\">Check out The Lagos Thugs Afrobeat and other incredible artists at a Sofar near you!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a dose of vibrancy we all need. They may be new, but The Lagos Thugs Afrobeat are already giving a seasoned, polyrhythmic, horn-laden sound. Check out their Listening Room below, and then keep reading for a little more about this rising group. Can you describe your music style in six words? Exceptional, hardcore, extraordinary, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[661,426],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-community","tag-lagos-thugs-afrobeat","tag-listening-room"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}