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Summer Heat of the 2000s: Beyoncé and Black Eyed Peas (Pt. II)
FromSwitched on Pop
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Aug 23, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The final episode of our Switched on Summer throwback series finds us deconstructing more early aughts bangers. Under consideration: two of the biggest hits since Y2K, Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" and the Black Eyed Peas' "I Got a Feeling." Tune in to dig how these tracks keeps the temperature rising through harmonic suspension, and to ask if will.i.am cribbed "Chopsticks."Switched On Summer Winner: Slow DanceCongrats to Slow Dance for winning our Switched On Summer contest with their song "I'm Your Guy Tonight." Listen to the whole track here: https://soundcloud.com/slowdancemusic/im-your-guy-tonightYou can get all of our song of summer chord loops, song packs and listen to the awesome entires to our Splice Firestarter competition on Splice here: http://splice.com/onpopSongs Discussed:• Beyoncé - Crazy in Love• The Chi-lites - Are You My Woman• Jay Z - 99 Problems • Black Eyed Peas - I Got a FeelingLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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