In this episode Lyd the SBW listens to Soul Makossa. Soul Makossa and its musical children exemplify the call-and-response nature of music. Black American music has its roots in west Africa. Enslaved Africans brought their musical traditions with them as they were sold across the Americas creating rhythms and music that would give birth to gospel, blues jazz, samba, rhumba, soul, funk, rock, r&b, pop, reggae, soca, bachata, merengue, house, hip-hop and innumerable sub-genres, including, makossa, a style of funk-dance music from Cameroon. Little tidbit, kossa means "I dance" in Duala.
Song Credits in order of appearance:
Zombie
Zombie
Fela Kuti
1977
Nigeria
Soul Makossa
B-side of Hymne de la 8e Coupe d'Afrique des Nations
Manu DiBango
1972
Cameroon
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
Thriller
Michael Jackson
1982
Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
USA
Don’t Stop the Music
Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna
2007
Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tawanna Dabney
USA
Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Welden Johnson (lyrics) and John Rosamond Johnson (music)
Poem written by James in 1900 and set to music by his brother John in 1905
Déjà Vu
(B’Day, 2006)
Homecoming
2019
Beyoncé Knowles, Rodney Jerkins, Delisha Thomas, Makeba Riddick, Keli Nicole Price, Shawn Carter
USA
LINKS:
Homecoming samples playlist
A Sample, A Cover playlist
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The SpaceTimeMusic theme is a sample of the Ana-Tole x Jonah Christian Remix of Ready or Not by the Fugees.
