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Hips Don't Lie

Latin pop
Latin popReggaeton

Hips Don't Lie is a Latin pop and Reggaeton act. Their sound grew out of Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Pras and Jerry Rivera. Those roots explain a lot about how Hips Don't Lie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sweet but Psycho, Whenever, Wherever, Sun Is Shining, It Wasn't Me and It's My Life, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Gotye, Nelly Furtado and Chamillionaire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Hips Don't Lie, reaching back through Wyclef Jean and forward to Jennifer Lopez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Hips Don't Lie" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean, released by Epic Records on 28 February 2006. The single is a reworking of Jean's 2004 track "Dance Like This", therefore it features additional composing credits by Omar Alfanno, Jerry Duplessis, Luis Días, and LaTavia Parker. The song was released as the lead single from the reissue of Shakira's seventh studio album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2, and second overall. Shakira and Jean wrote the lyrics and jointly composed the music with additional co-writing by Shakira's percussionist Archie Pena. The song was produced by Shakira and Jean with additional production by Jerry Duplessis. The song incorporates samples from "Amores Como el Nuestro" written by Alfanno, and "Carnaval " written by Días.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Hips Don't LieWyclef JeanLauryn HillPrasJerry RiveraJennifer LopezBeyoncéGotyeNelly FurtadoChamillionaireKrayzie BoneChristina AguileraRihannaSweet but PsychoWhenever, WhereverSun Is ShiningIt Wasn't MeIt's My LifeAlaneCake by the Ocean

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Hips Don't Lie grew out of Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Pras and Jerry Rivera, shares an orbit with Sweet but Psycho, Whenever, Wherever, Sun Is Shining and It Wasn't Me, went on to shape Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Gotye and Nelly Furtado. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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