First person to tweet @conrazon with the tag #rakataka gets a pair of tickets to the Los Rakas show at SOB’s this Saturday in New York. Since that kind of goes against the Ghetto Bassquake spirit of sharing, below’s a special Rakataka treat so you non-tweeting non-New Yorker types don’t feel left out. (sorry to …
Category Archive for: "Panama"
Chancletas y Camiestas Bordada
It was on this site that my public fascination with Plena first materialized, (it’s actually really interesting to track) after a pre-carnaval wedding trip to Panama. Then I met Los Rakas in San Francisco, ended up recording with them in Oakland, and this past Friday I celebrated with them at the release party for the …
Yo Hablo Californiano
Rico “Filthy Rich” of Los Rakas recently released his mixtape, El Flow Californiano. This one’s great for cruising down International Boulevard in Oakland on a sunny summer day, (I write this as a heavy rain starts to pour in Monrovia where I am for a couple of months). At minimum, car bumping is a must. …
Shards of Light For January
Takinging a break from an Entourage marathon I thought I’d share a few things I’ve been into recently. New York’s Cool Places Sound System’s visual Tumblr library site is a well worth a bookmark for a cool selection of images and videos that you might well like if you read this blog. Check out this …
Los Rakas Abrazame Video
Following their excellent turfed up video for Soy Raka, our favourite Panamanian/S.F. duo Los Rakas come in with another banger of a video for the Uproot Andy remix of Abrazame (summer anthem). Got to admit that even though I’m a tough guy, this makes me come over a bit tearey eyed, but don’t tell anyone. …
Panama Turf War
Everyone’s favourite Panamanian-Bay Area reggaetonica hyphie rockers, Los Rakas have just dropped their sick new video for ‘Soy Raka’. As you can see it’s mad sunny and full of nuts dances I can’t do. If you haven’t got it yet, grab their Hold Yuh refix by Uproot Andy that Boima posted and their highly awesome …
Panama vs. Nigeria Part 2: The Jerk Off
Global trends really surprise me sometimes. It’s amazing to see how far something goes when it really catches on. In a previous case study Vamanos pitted Panama vs. Nigeria in the Alien Vocal Wars. Well now let’s see who wins with remixes of You’re a Jerk. Esto no puedo creer (Todo el Mundo Jerkeando!): El …
Oh Isthmus in the Sun
Already the Carnaval tunes are sonando in that crossroads land of the Central American Isthmus. Hopefully Vamanos will be bringing some back to share from his trip. I posted a comment earlier linking to the video of the Wo Tang Clan’s version of the Coolie Dance Riddim: The Wo Tang Clan was (is?) a Reggae …
Reggaeton Round Up, Part 3: Típicoton
(Photo from Carlos Restrepo’s Flickr account) All Cumbia heads and Colombiaphiles must watch the documentary EL Acordeón del Diablo. A friend let me borrow the DVD the other day and now I can’t get it out of my head. This is the beginning of it: One of the styles that I’ve been hearing out of …
Reggaeton Round Up, Part 1: Puro Plena
A few months ago a friend emailed me pointing out the name of the popular latin artist Nigga. After doing some poking around on the net I discovered that Nigga is Panamanian and got his name because someone said he sings like a Jamaican. Probably in a move not un-similar to the Nas album name …
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