Mama se mama sa mamacoosa

Music in this episode:Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (1982)Manu Dibango - “Soul Makossa” (1972)Manu Dibango - “Mouvement Ewondo” (1972)A Taste of Honey - “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978)Manu Dibango - “Electric Africa” (1985)Michael Jackson - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (home demo)” (1979)Fugees - “Cowboys” (1996)Will Smith - “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (1997)Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz (feat. Chauncey Black) - “Startin’ Somethin’” (1998)Björk - “I Go Humble” (1998)Missy Elliott - “Intro/Go To The Floor” (2002)Rihanna - “Don’t Stop the Music” (2007)Charles Hamilton - “Brooklyn Girls” (2008)Geri Allen - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (2013)ReferencesMy MusicRadar column about this songNelson George - Thriller: The Musical Life Of Michael JacksonManu Dibango and Danielle Rouard - Three Kilos of Coffee: an AutobiographyGeorge Echu - “Multilingualism as a Resource: the Lexical Appropriation of Cameroon Indigenous Languages by English and French”Ben Zimmer - “Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa” Get full access to Ethan teaches you music at ethanhein.substack.com/subscribe