Artist profile
Oxlade is a Nigerian Afrobeats artist known for smooth vocal delivery and melodic sensibilities within contemporary African pop and R&B. His work blends Afrobeats production with introspective songwriting, contributing to the broader wave of Nigerian artists gaining international recognition in the genre.
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Oxlade is a moderate-energy with strong groove artist.
Higher vocal presence but lower warmth than typical African.
Across 15 analysed tracks, Oxlade averages 48% energy — harder than 71% of individual African tracks — and 75% groove, groovier than 64%.
Measured against 540 African tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 91–158 BPM with a median of 106 · predominantly minor keys (73% minor) · most common key: 3A (B♭ Minor) with 3 tracks.
How Oxlade’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 African tempo.
Across Oxlade's catalog, tempos have eased from ~126 to ~100 BPM; production has darkened.

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We scored every transition between Oxlade’s 15 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 479 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.
45 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 5 different Oxlade tracks.
Rising sunday → Press Start Button · 3A → 2A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
34 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 5 different Oxlade tracks.
Nobody Like You → Forward · 8A → 8A · +4 BPM · 87 chemistry
36 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 6 different Oxlade tracks.
Nobody Like You → Shade · 8A → 7A · +2 BPM · 91 chemistry
50 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 7 different Oxlade tracks.
Underground Floor → Pulpo Al Olivo · 12A → 12A · −2 BPM · 93 chemistry
33 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 7 different Oxlade tracks.
Rising sunday → Brooklyn · 3A → 2A · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
34 of the 465 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.7. They come from 5 different Oxlade tracks.
Nobody Like You → Yes We Can · 8A → 9A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
38 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 7 different Oxlade tracks.
Stepback → Just Another Trip · 2A → 2A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
37 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 6 different Oxlade tracks.
Rising sunday → Barracks · 3A → 2A · same BPM · 89 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 Oxlade 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 Oxlade, 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.
Oxlade's tracks in our catalog range from 91 to 158 BPM, with a median of 106 BPM. Across 15 tracks, the most common range falls in the 105–110 BPM bucket.
Oxlade's tracks are mostly in minor keys (73% minor across 15 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Oxlade's 15 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 479 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Arkady Antsyrev, Christian Burkhardt, Daniel Meister 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: Rising sunday into Press Start Button, 3A to 2A, 90 chemistry.
Oxlade sits closest to Victony, Omah Lay, Joeboy 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 Oxlade releases spanning 2020 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.