US takes Euro inspiration
As established comedians such as vic reeves influence the younger generation of comedians, changing the way the comic scene works as a whole, all music genres take influences from each other in order to develop new sounds and even new genres themselves.
Metal music combined with rap and hip hop gave life to nu-metal, with the likes of Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park taking full advantage of this phenomenon in the Noughties.
However, it has been rare for the United States, where so many UK bands and artists are so desperate to crack, to take such a heavy influence from European style music, as has been the case in the last 12 months.
Hip hop, which is big business across the Atlantic, has seen an influx of Euro dance music riffs and beats, which has become an extremely popular combination.
Jennifer Lopez, with her latest track ‘Get on the Floor’ feat Pitbull, has an intro which takes its influence straight from the Ibiza dance scene.
The latest work from hip hop and r&b star Chris Brown with his newest offering ‘Beautiful People’ has another classic Euro dance intro, which wouldn’t be out of place on the dance islands of the Mediterranean.
Both tracks have been big success on both sides of the pond and have set a precedent for what kind of sounds we can expect from US hip hop artists in the future.
For European dance fans, these riffs and beats are nothing new, but when combined with established American artists, the music we are hearing at the moment is something that will build and build as the US market catches up with the Ibiza classic sound listeners in Europe have been partying to for decades.
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