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Bongos playing a cumbia beat. Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. [1] The pair consists of the larger hembra (lit. ' female ') and the smaller macho (lit. ' male '), which are joined by a wooden bridge. They are played with both hands and ...
Phonk took inspiration from trap roots in the Southern United States in the mid-1990s. [1] Artists or musical groups like DJ Screw, X-Raided, DJ Spanish Fly, [2] DJ Squeeky, [3] and the collective Three 6 Mafia all helped pioneer the foundations for the genre to emerge many years later, with the Houston chopped and screwed seen as the precursor to the genre. [1]
A phonk producer, DJ Yung Vamp's music draws inspiration from 1990s and 2000s hip hop, and also features samples from south rap and crunk. [2] He defined his music as "nostalgic and relaxing at the same time". [2] Radio Juicy – his record label – has defined it as "the super contrast of chill and hard". [11]
While it is compatible with a traditional GameCube controller, Jungle Beat is designed for use with the DK Bongos, a controller that resembles a pair of bongo drums and was previously used for the Donkey Konga (2003) music game. Hitting the individual drums causes Donkey Kong to move; the player hits both drums to jump and claps in front of the ...
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records, producer, MGM Records executive and Curb Records founder Mike Curb and arranger Perry Botkin Jr. [1] [2] Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the B-film The Thing With Two Heads. [3]
Zaytoven, whose beats heavily influenced the emergence of plugg music. The origins of plugg music are traced to the gospel and soul-influenced production style of Zaytoven, [12] and other southern rap influences, such as OutKast, [12] as well as to a loosely related subgenre of hip-hop called Chicago bop, which is a euphoric, fast-paced subgenre of drill music. [13]
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2022. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
While many scholars and journalists use Bongo Flava and Hip Hop interchangeably, distinctions are made by many Bongo Flava and Hip Hop artists. [9] [10] Bongo flava borrows from Tanzanian hip hop, with fast rhythms and rhymes in Swahili. The name "Bongo Flava" comes from the Swahili word for brains: ubongo. Bongo is the nickname of Dar es Salaam.