highlife
Champagne and caviar
Highlife is a style of popular music that emerged in West Africa, particularly Ghana and Nigeria, blending African rhythms with Western jazz and brass band influences.
The genre features upbeat tempos, intricate guitar work, and horn sections: The band played highlife at the wedding reception.
As two words, high life refers to luxurious, extravagant living: After the promotion, she was living the high life.
West African funk-jazz fusion
Stressed unexpected beats
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- percussionSound through impact
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- swingSuspended recreational seat
tempo · drumming · bassline · horns · guitars · call-and-response · upbeat · downbeat
Abundance of valuable resources
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
privilege · elite · socialite · jet-setter · indulgence · champagne · glamour · elegance
Afrobeat
West African funk-jazz fusion
Afropop · clave · worldbeat · Lagos · Accra · dancehall · nightclub
syncopation
Stressed unexpected beats
- polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
- percussionSound through impact
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
swing · tempo · drumming · bassline · horns · guitars · call-and-response · upbeat · downbeat · clave
wealth
Abundance of valuable resources
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
extravagance · privilege · elite · socialite · jet-setter · indulgence · champagne · glamour · elegance · splendor
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
exuberant · vivacious · buoyant · effervescent · joyful · carefree · festive · colorful · dynamic · uplifting
dance
Rhythmic bodily movement
merriment · gala · soiree · ballroom · carnival · jubilee · conviviality · toast · jollification · shindig
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- cultural artsart, music, dance, theater, opera
- "life" phraseslifeblood, wildlife, lowlife
- African MusicAfrobeat, afrobeat, Afro-pop, African rhythms, Afro-jazz
- Black DiasporaAfrican American, African Americans, African diaspora, African heritage, African roots
- hybrid genresjazz fusion, rock opera, blues rock, folk rock, country rock
highlifepoverty
Severe lack of resources
frugality · austerity · deprivation · penury · hardship
highlifelowlife
Disreputable, despicable person
low life · underclass · dregs of society · riffraff · hoi polloi
highlifeasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
abstinence · self-denial · monasticism · puritanism · temperance
- highlight reelEdited best-of footage
highlight, highlighted, highlighting, highlighter, highlighters