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Balkan Beat Box

How Middle East sounds drive Jason Derulo’s ‘Talk Dirty’

May 7, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Three Israelis recorded a song with a catchy saxophone riff. Seven years later, it’s the musical hook for a Top 10 tune. Fans wonder how it happened. We get the story behind the catchy sound of “Talk Dirty.”

Balkan Beat Box

How Middle East sounds drive Jason Derulo’s ‘Talk Dirty’

May 7, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

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