If you have that MUDBOY album in rotation, one of the most played tracks is probably “Mo Bamba” — considering the song is ringing out in the streets and turning shit up across the nation.
The other day we caught this tweet from Take A Daytrip during a tweet discussion between A-Trak and Zedd about the buzzing song and it really made us curious about the making of the beat. Luckily, Deconstructed was here to the rescue.
The 1st two chords are Emaj & Fmaj acting as the 5th & 6th chord in A harm min, the 3rd chord Bmaj is not present in A harm min so it is borrowed from E harm min. This interval of F-B is a tritone, which is common in classical music to build tension.
Love,
Mo Bamba producers— Take A Daytrip (@take_a_daytrip) October 2, 2018
As you can see from the video up top, 16yrold & Take A Daytrip break down the progression of chords and how Sheck Wes instructed them to make the beat more aggressive, especially on the bass line. Take A Daytrip also break down how they linked with 16yrold and how part of another song made it to this smash hit.
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