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Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango

Artist Biography For Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango December 12 1933 In Douala Cameroon-March 24 2020 In Paris France Was A Cameroonian Saxophonist And Vibraphone Player. Leaving Cameroon To France To Study He Got To Study Music Where He Enrolled For Piano Lessons. Though A Piano Student Manu Fell In Love With His Friend And Classmate's Instrument The Saxophone. Not Having A Keyboard At Home To Rehearse His Music Lessons He Spent Time Using His Friend's Saxophone Which Has Today Become His Longest Companion. He Developed A Musical Style Fusing Jazz And Traditional Cameroonian Music. He Is A Member Of The Yabassi Ethnic Group Though His Mother Was A Douala. He Has Collaborated With Many Musicians Including Fela Kuti Herbie Hancock Bill Laswell Bernie Worrell Ladysmith Black Mambazo And Sly And Robbie. In 1998 He Recored The Album CubAfrica With Cuban Artist Eliades Ochoa . His Soul Makossa Is Often Considered The First Disco Record Jones And Kantonen 1999 . Prominent And Loved By His Country He Just Celebrated His 50th Musical Anniversary In Cameroon Where He Was Greatly Supported By The Wife Of The President Of Cameroon. Manu Dibango Was The Sole African Who Exposed African Traditional Music To The Western World. His Style Took The World By Storm When The American Superstar Michael Jackson Took Manu's Soul Makossa Which Featured In Jackson's Album In You Wanna Be Startin' Something. I/ This Same Hit Today Vibrates The Music Chart Which FeaturesAkon. Obviously Jackson Lost The Suit And Had To Pay The African Saxophonist For Damage. He Has Influenced So Much Africans And Buyam Sellam Has Been Modeled In An Eclassified. Cameroon Jobs Accomodation Www.Buyamsellam.Org

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Soul Makossa

"Soul Makossa" Is A 1972 Single By Cameroonian Makossa Saxophonist Manu Dibango. It Is Often Cited As One Of The First Disco Records. In 1972 David Mancuso Found A Copy In A Brooklyn West Indian Record Store And Often Played It At His Loft Parties. The Response Was So Positive That The Few Copies Of "Soul Makossa" In New York City Were Quickly Bought Up. The Song Was Subsequently Played Heavily By Frankie Crocker Who DJed At WBLS Then New York's Most Popular Black Radio Station. Since The Original Was Now Unfindable 23 Or More Groups Quickly Released Cover Versions To Capitalize On The Demand For The Record. Atlantic Eventually Licensed The Song From The French Record Label Fiesta. Their Release Of It Peaked At #35 On The Billboard Chart In 1973 In 1999 Dave Marsh Wrote That It Was "the Only African Record By An African" To Crack The Top 40. At One Point There Were Nine Different Versions Of The Song In The Billboard Chart. It Became "a Massive Hit" Internationally As Well.
"Soul Makossa" Was Originally Recorded As A B-Side For "Mouvement Ewondo " A Song About Cameroon's Association Football Team. It Is Probably Best Remembered For The Chanted Vocal Refrain "Mama-Ko Mama-Sa Ma-Ka-Ma-Ko-Ssa" Which Was Also Used In Michael Jackson's 1983 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Albeit In A Different Key With A Not-So-Monophonic Melody During The Song's Final Bridge. It Is Also Sampled In The Hip Hop Song "Face Off" By Artist Jay-Z On His Album In My Lifetime Vol. 1 As Well As The Single "Don't Stop The Music" By Rihanna. "Makossa" Means "dance" In Duala A Cameroonian Language.

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