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Shakira Ft. Wyclef Jean
Why we feature this artist The production roles behind Hips Don't Lie Hips Don't Lie places Shakira and Wyclef Jean together at several levels of the recording. Both perform and contribute to the writing, while the original 2006 credits also identify their wor…
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- Colombia, Haiti
- Sound
- Latin pop, hip-hop
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Why we feature this artist
The production roles behind Hips Don't Lie
Hips Don't Lie places Shakira and Wyclef Jean together at several levels of the recording. Both perform and contribute to the writing, while the original 2006 credits also identify their work in arranging and production.
The shared studio setting
Shakira is credited with vocal and performance arrangement, and Wyclef with guitar, programming and production. Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis is another producer, with a wider percussion and instrumental cast adding detail around the two featured voices. The song's physical character comes from a specifically assembled session.
A rhythm with several points of contact
The performers do not have to deliver the same kind of phrase to sound connected. Wyclef can introduce or punctuate an idea while Shakira carries a longer melodic response, giving the arrangement another way to change direction. Percussion and instrumental accents keep supplying small answers beneath them. The result is most revealing when heard as an exchange between working musicians: the broad hook catches attention, but the timing of those shorter responses helps keep the whole record in motion.
Essential releases
Hips Don't Lie
The Shakira-Wyclef collaboration combines shared writing and production with a detailed instrumental session.