{"id":634,"date":"2018-09-17T01:10:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T01:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/?p=634"},"modified":"2018-09-17T01:10:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T01:10:59","slug":"fugees-bob-marley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/blog-08\/fugees-bob-marley\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugees\/Bob Marley"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the mid 1970\u2019s Bob Marley released the famous reggae song, \u201cNo Woman, No Cry\u201d, and nearly 20 years later The Fugees released a very similar cover of the track. When first listening the thing I immediately noticed was the beat change along with the speed. In the original song, the beat is relatively slow with not very much exaggeration of the instruments in the background other than a clear organ\/piano. In the cover, the song has the same rhythm but it is sung faster with a more hip hop influenced beat. Instead of the piano\/organ instrument that was most noticeable in the original version, the cover has a noticeable percussion element while maintaining a very similar guitar sound to the original. Vocally, other than the speed change,The Fugees in their cover seem to make an effort to replicate the emotion and sound of Marley\u2019s voice in the original song. Both songs have vocals that are drawn out into an almost throaty sound at points as well as tempo changes from long slow words to faster singing. Also in the original piece it seems as if the singing itself was the key element of the song and what the focus was on while the beat just sort of hung around in the background. This makes the listener focus heavily on the words being sung. In The Fugees cover the instrumental is more present and almost seems to take the focus off the words to a point and allow the listener to just appreciate the sounds of the drums without thinking about the words quite as much. Finally, although not very important, is the changing of the original lyrics involving Trenchtown to Brooklyn in the cover. This is just to differentiate the song and covers roots and the way the music flows with the vocals reflects this as well. Hip-hop is a primarily american genre and the Fugees have a clearly hip-hop style drum beat in the background of their cover while the original maintains a traditional jamaican roots style beat.<\/span><\/p>\n