Kyree


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The purpose of this page is to connect modern day music to African music. I will be focusing on the beats and rhythm, the words and will a liberate on how it compares to African music. There are three songs below each from a different time, or country. The songs go back as 1995. The easy part of this whole thing is listening to the songs, while the trickier part is finding connections between it and African music. Hope you enjoy the music and find connections of you own.

media type="file" key="candy rain.mp3" [|Lyrics] Artist: Soul 4 real Song: Candy rain Genre: R&B Release date: March 28, 1995 Synopsis: The song has a steady beat throughout the whole song. Like African songs it tells a story, this story tells how he feels about his girlfriend, he is also saying he would have never thought the two of them would be together. The beginning of the song gives a gospel feel, how their voices all came to meet one note/tune. This is commonly hear in African songs in the call-and-response, the response is usually a group of people, like the people in a village. It doesn't have a fast pace, its more of a med. pace that goes along with the high pitched voice in the song. In my view, the beginning of the song starts off with a beat that gets faster over time, and in other African songs they too have a similar beat/rhythm.

media type="file" key="05 Cupid.mp3" [|Lyrics] Artist: 112 Song: Cupid Genre: R&B Release date:January 1, 1996 Synopsis: The song has a steady beat throughout the song. It also has a call-and-response as seen in other African songs. Like the first song it's like a massage to he's girlfriend. Like the first song it too has call-and -response, where one person calls and the other three respond. The drums have a call-and-response with the clicks. It goes "boom boom, click click". It too has a gospel feel with the soft voices, and the dramatic notes they song. In African songs the drums are like the main instrument in the song, while in this song the guitar is the main one, each song has a main instrument.

media type="file" key="03 La bom ba.m4a" [|Lyrics] Artist: Reberto Vernisos Song: La bomba Genre: Reggie Release date: Synopsis: Although I can't understand what is being said in the song, I'm pretty sure it's telling some kind of story. the rhythm in the song goes "1 2 3,4,5". the guitar is in sync with the clicks. The voices are projected so that it is heard to many in a large area or to show strong feeling, often shown in African music. This song makes you want to dance to the beats. The bass guitar and lead guitar are really in sync, both sound both sound good alone, but when put together it sounds great.