Saturday, December 24, 2011

Calle 13 - Self Titled

El Residente y El Visitante.  A DJ and a vocalist from San Juan who had been homies since they were kids who grew up off of Calle 13, or 13th Street, which has been, for a long while, the cultural and musical center of the city.  Musicians of solid caliber of fucking talent and who knew how to mix a track and just make a solid down ass record.  I'm unabashedly such a fan of homemade records because the accessibility of the gear makes the field so much more competitive and the cats who make the records have to climb mountains of forgotten or bypassed music to stand on top and shine the new sound.  And everywhere in America (other than the United States, of course ; ), THESE guys.....were one of the most popular groups around for a good minute.  

Half haard-ass Reggaeton, half suuper conscious ass hip-hop, half fuucking goofy as fuck down hard conscientiousness, makes for 150% of dance music that drops hard, and I won't explain it anymore, because the chances lie, that if you've read this far, you're probably going to download the album.  

Sooooooooo, I only have one piece of advice, friend(s).  Listen to it with something that actually makes BASS.  It makes the record 100%  different.  

(Sorry for all the math, folks ; )































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