Word: bahamians
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...original version was a soca (soulful calypso), a horn-heavy, up-tempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded Dogs, they explored beats more familiar to American audiences--throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo of the islands. The rest of the CD cleverly vamps on this formula, with the Men at their best when they stay true to Caribbean textures...
...right. The original version was a soca (soulful calypso), a horn-heavy, uptempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded "Dogs," they explored beats more familiar to American audiences - throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo of the islands. The rest of the CD cleverly vamps on this formula, with the Men at their best when they stay true to Caribbean textures...
...helped bring about the end of the Cold War, served as the youngest provost in Stanford's history and is now the top foreign policy advisor for Governor George W. Bush. She has a Bahamian-flagged supertanker named after her, sits on the board of investment giant Charles Schwab and knows more about sports than most...