7/19/2011
The best remixes do more than switch a beat or tweak tempos; they take a track somewhere unforeseen and completely remove it from the original. "Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Music - The Coldcut Remix …
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7/12/2011
A heartfelt ballad, Fito Pßez's "11 y 6" describes a romance between two street children in the heart of Buenos Aires. Sandro's "Rosa Rosa" made an entire generation of Latinas sigh with desire, wherea …
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7/12/2011
Ah, the '90s - the change-the-game moment where hip-hop switched from a street-level movement to a full-on cultural institution. And what a fine time it was for anyone into groundbreaking beats and rab …
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7/12/2011
There are far too many radio dial regulars in the following Deep Cuts to classify them as mere fan favorites, from total Top 40 touchstones like "Big Poppa," "Regulate," and "All About the Benjamins" t …
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7/12/2011
Class is in session and - in the words of Boogie Down Productions MC KRS ONE - "you must learn." So, crack open your fold-up headphones and start listening. We've got Will Smith reminding us "Parents J …
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7/5/2011
Can you listen to Los Calchakis' "Llorando Se Fue" without thinking of the ubiquitous lambada? A luminous reading of "Volver A Los 17" by Chile's Violeta Parra illustrates the precise junction w …
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7/5/2011
A groundbreaking collaboration between one of flamenco's leading young vocalists, Diego El Cigala and Cuban pianist Bebo ValdTs took the flamenco world by storm in 2003. Around this time Latin jazz tru …
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7/5/2011
In the beginning, the mambo flourished in Cuba as performed by PTrez Prado, Cachao and El Bßrbaro del Ritmo himself, crooner Beny MorT. Soon enough, however, it was embraced with zeal by the top …
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6/28/2011
Las baladas clßsicas de los '70 se caracterizan por una sensibilidad muy especffica - combinando melodfas sofisticadas, producciones cßlidas, y un clima de nostalgia perpetua. "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" …
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