December 15, 2004
Music Appreciation
MUS 118
Vincennes University- Fort Benning
Rudy Barraca Instructor
This is a review of the song, BE HAPPY. Sean "Puffy" Combs now known as P Diddy produced this song. The song was composed Mary J. Blige, Sean Combs, Arlene Delvalle, and J.C Oliver, however Mary and Arlene DelValle wrote the lyrics to this song with background vocals sang by her sister Latonya Blige. Be Happy contains samples from " You're too good to me" performed and written by Curtis Mayfield.
The song Be Happy is a very creative song and very emotional. A guy named Chucky Thompson played all the instruments played in the song. Chuck Thompson played several of instruments in this song, but the instrument that really stands out are the flute, clarinet, keyboard and the drums. This song starts out with the introduction of the flute with a slow tempo as a solo instrument. The flute plays a solo for about a minute and a half, and then the clarinet joins in for......
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