Artist
Tony Allen & The Afro Messengers
Tony Allen & The Afro Messengers appears once in our Afrobeat list, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Afrobeat
- Year
- 1979
- Highest placing
- No. 7 in Afrobeat
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
No Discrimination
1979
Ranked No. 7 in Afrobeat
The drummer steps out from behind the bandleader and it turns out the band's whole character was his. Everything you thought was Fela's is audibly still here.