American Boy by Estelle, Kanye West Song Details

Estelle, Kanye West's ' "American Boy" was released on its scheduled release date, March 28, 2008. This song is quite longer than the average track at 4 minutes and 44 seconds. With that being said, this track is also considered explicit and may be offensive to some people. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "Shine". In this album, this song's track order is #3. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, American Boy is currently pretty popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With American Boy by Estelle, Kanye West having a BPM of 118 with a half-time of 59 BPM and a double-time of 236 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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