Artist profile
Emmanuel Jal is a South Sudanese-British artist and activist known for his work in hip-hop and spoken word, addressing themes of conflict, displacement, and social justice. His music blends storytelling with production rooted in contemporary African sounds, contributing to conversations around identity and resilience in diaspora communities.
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Emmanuel Jal is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Afro House pocket.
Across 31 analysed tracks, Emmanuel Jal averages 59% energy — harder than 64% of individual Afro House tracks.
Measured against 12,606 Afro House tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Emmanuel Jal’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Afro House tempo.
Across Emmanuel Jal's catalog, energy has eased; vocal content has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Emmanuel Jal’s 30 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 964 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
93 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 19 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
112 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 23 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Amazigh - Dub Mix → Salela · 6A → 5B · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
96 of the 930 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 22 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Guaja feat. Emmanuel Jal, Nyaruach, Benjy - N-You-Up Freaky Dub → Mwini - Da Capo' Touch Remix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
101 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 24 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Gorah - Extended → Ngoma Yekwedu · 12A → 12A · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
96 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 23 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Bilebile → Bame Dame - Extended Mix · 12A → 12A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
121 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 21 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Kuar - FNX Omar Remix → Nyosso - Walid Martinez Remix · 5B → 6A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
113 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 20 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Budáh → Lisan Al Gaib - Extended Mix · 9B → 9B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
120 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 17 different Emmanuel Jal tracks.
Gorah - Extended → Olympia · 12A → 11B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Emmanuel Jal by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Emmanuel Jal, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Emmanuel Jal's tracks in our catalog range from 94 to 125 BPM, with a median of 122 BPM. Across 30 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
Emmanuel Jal's tracks are mostly in minor keys (68% minor across 30 tracks). The most common single key is 2A (E♭ Minor) with 6 tracks.
We scored every transition between Emmanuel Jal's 30 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 964 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and &lez, Darksidevinyl, Djeff are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Budáh into Venus, 9B to 9B, 91 chemistry.
Emmanuel Jal sits closest to Nyaruach, Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim, Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Emmanuel Jal releases spanning 2008 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.