Friday, December 6, 2013

Who influenced Sean Kingston's music?

While I think that the arc of Kingston's career has yet to
be fully developed, we can see some definite elements present.  The previous post about
Ben E. King is certainly well warranted.  The song, "Me Love," is inspired by Led
Zeppelin's "D'Yer Maker."  On the flip side of the song and released on the UK version,
Kingston sang a cover of Marley's "No Woman, No Cry."  Being a fusion artist where much
is connected to Jamaica, I would say that Marley would be another influence on his
music.  Another influence on Kingston would be music from the 1980s.  On his self titled
album, one can find samples of Phil Collins' classic, "In the Air Tonight," as well as a
presence of the Ice- T song, "Colors."  As previously mentioned, Kingston is taking and
pulling from many different influences and styles of music.

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