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Brand new funk

Broken Ground launch their Sneak Attack
Evan Hanson and Brendon Bjorness-Murano, better known as lyricist 90Sevan and beatminer/composer Low B, teamed up just seven months ago to form Broken Ground.
By CHRIS CONTI  |  November 24, 2009
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The doctor is in

Claw’s Boston takeover, DPP’s fractal affinity
Saturday night in late January and the Channel Center in Southie is having a gathering. Dr. Claw and Miss Thang, "State of Emergency Promo Mix" (mp3) DPP, "Amative Entanglement" (mp3)
By DAVID DAY  |  February 13, 2007
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Cuban gold

Pitbull takes the boat to the bank
Since riding a crunked-up reggae riddim to popular acclaim with the 2004 single “Culo,” Miami rapper Pitbull has been angling for club dominance.
By WAYNE MARSHALL  |  January 17, 2007
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Top 20 of 2006

 ThePhoenix.com's 20 most popular stories of the year
Unsexy men, terrible lyrics, season finales, SuicideGirls, sex, MySpace, and sneakers. The stories you clicked on most in '06.
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  December 29, 2006
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Reyes Brothers

Ghetto Therapy | Lightyears
Mellow Man Ace, who had the first hit Latin hip-hop single in 1989 (“Mentirosa”), and Sen Dog, of the seminal group Cypress Hill, are actual brothers.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER  |  December 04, 2006
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Moving in stereo

Music-video gurus Lumen Eclipse, plus hip-hop news
Boston is home to too few public art spaces, and precious few get any national attention. DJ Rugged One, "Interlude" (mp3 via MySpace)
By DAVID DAY  |  November 20, 2006
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Dear iPod listener

A few things for the next five years
I can hear you all the way over here.
By CAMILLE DODERO  |  October 30, 2006
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Número uno

Tego Calderón hits a reggaetón peak
Tego Calderón’s debut album, 2003’s El abayarde , caught the ears of both the reggaetón street and the critical elite. The rise of reggaeton: From Daddy Yankee to Tego Calderón, and beyond. By Wayne Marshall
By WAYNE MARSHALL  |  October 20, 2006
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On the racks: August 29, 2006

Tego Calderon, Bob Dylan, Ray LaMontagne . . .
. . . plus Method Man, Motorhead, and Pete Yorn
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 30, 2006
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Heatseekers

The rise and triumph of Luny Tunes
When in 2002 Francisco "Luny" Saldana and Victor “Tunes” Cabrera left their jobs at a Harvard University cafeteria to make music full-time as Luny Tunes, the word “reggaetón” meant nothing to most English speakers. Listen to five Luny Tunes classics
By SIMON W. VOZICK-LEVINSON  |  July 25, 2006
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Indie rock en Español

The Clandestino rock in Spanish party
If Shakira singing with Mana in a reggaeton remix is your idea of the Latin-American music scene, check out the nomad Clandestino party ― this Friday at All Asia in Cambridge ― and listen carefully.
By ANA RIVAS  |  July 12, 2006
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Mix matters

The secret success of Certified Bananas
In recent years, our random cultural generator has produced a new breed of DJ, blog-fueled crews who brazenly mix R&B with post-rock and reggaeton with pop punk as they host parties in cities from Seattle to Atlanta and cultivate their audience on-line.
By DAVID DAY  |  May 15, 2006
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Tortas out the trunk

Chingo Bling, ‘Tamale Kingpin’
The video for Chingo Bling’s “Walk like Cleto” opens in a dank basement full of scantily dressed chicas wrapping packages in butcher paper, drug-cartel style.
By JULIANNE SHEPHERD  |  May 02, 2006

Ghetto superstar

Alan Manzi in the club, plus DJ Hectik’s reggaeton revolution
"Special Guest DJ.” Too often, the term is a misnomer.
By DAVID DAY  |  March 20, 2006

Fruity loops

Certified Bananas and Disorganised Crew at Enormous Room
It used to be, come the first week of the month, you could count on a new Certified Bananas MP3 mixtape showing up on-line, clocking hits of the day (reggaeton, rap, dancehall) alongside the Providence DJ duo’s inimitable blends and remixes.
By ELISABETH DONNELLY  |  February 21, 2006
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The rise of reggaeton

From Daddy Yankee to Tego Calderón, and beyond
That beat you’ve been hearing — the steady boom-ch-boom-chick  rattling the trunks of passing cars and moving masses in the club — isn’t just another fleeting hip-hop trend.
By WAYNE MARSHALL  |  January 19, 2006
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Recommended Reggaeton

CD Guide
Essential releases by Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, Ivy Queen, and more.
By WAYNE MARSHALL  |  January 18, 2006

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