OG’S and WANNABE’S

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what do BEETHOVEN, JAMES BROWN, and ALICIA KEYS all have in common?

what do BEETHOVEN, JAMES BROWN, and ALICIA KEYS all have in common?

What do Beethoven, James Brown and Alicia Keys all have in common? Well, you'll just have to listen to this episode to find out! Alicia Keys released "Fallin'" in April 2001. On this inaugural episode of OG'S and WANNABE'S (OGW) we'll talk about whether Alicia Keys sampled Ludwig Van Beethoven's popular song and James Brown's when she came up with "Fallin.'" And we will dig a little deeper into the songs "Moonlight Sonata" (Beethoven) and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown) that Keys (our "Wannabe") may or may not have sampled from those esteemed OG's.

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what do BEETHOVEN, JAMES BROWN, and ALICIA KEYS all have in common?

what do BEETHOVEN, JAMES BROWN, and ALICIA KEYS all have in common?

What do Beethoven, James Brown and Alicia Keys all have in common? Well, you'll just have to listen to this episode to find out! Alicia Keys released "Fallin'" in April 2001. On this inaugural episode of OG'S and WANNABE'S (OGW) we'll talk about whether Alicia Keys sampled Ludwig Van Beethoven's popular song and James Brown's when she came up with "Fallin.'" And we will dig a little deeper into the songs "Moonlight Sonata" (Beethoven) and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown) that Keys (our "Wannabe") may or may not have sampled from those esteemed OG's.

OG'S and WANNABE'S - COMING SOON!

OG'S and WANNABE'S - COMING SOON!

Each episode will begin with an introduction summarizing the podcast. What it's about, how it came to be, the origin and evolution of OG's and Wannabe's. Then we will segue way into the Song of the Day. We will focus on a song, its origins, evolution and its impact.