latin, salsa, merengue - its a fiesta bendekos

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:56 am

Can anyone recommend/up some essential tracks or albums? Mixes?

I know exactly jack shit about merengue and just a little more about salsa so any reco's are appreciated.

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:42 am

no idea about Merengue. but i like Salsa, as you could guess from my sig. not am expert by any means though.
ive heard some not so well known Salsa music fromk a Dj friend whos from Argentina and has a lot of South American Records, but imo you can dig through the Fania label and it wont get much better than their classic material.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:49 am

I know a bunch of loser dudes that can't get laid that take salsa dancing classes to meet women.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:15 am

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:40 am

DLG wrote:I know a bunch of loser dudes that can't get laid that take salsa dancing classes to meet women.

i have taken classes with a female friend once. definitely not the worst spot to pick up women.

on a related note i ordered this lp on Soundway and am still waiting on it. i didnt even listen to it but bought it off the strenght of the first compilation.

I highly recommend the first one

deepfriedjellol · Post by **deepfriedjellol** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:17 am

if you start at flamenco with any flamenco artist, you will hear some really good salsa and merengue without having to listen to shitty salsa and merengue artists

i recommend

STRUNZ & FARAH

get the LIVE album

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:47 am

alright cool thanks. I'll find that strunz and farah album. that panama album looks good more on the central american tip with the cumbia.

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:48 am

DLG wrote:I know a bunch of loser dudes that can't get laid that take salsa dancing classes to meet women.

are they having any luck?

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:08 pm

No. One dude got really good at dancing without gettin to the pink and is now teaching children's classes

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:15 pm

Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:
DLG wrote:I know a bunch of loser dudes that can't get laid that take salsa dancing classes to meet women.
i have taken classes with a female friend once. definitely not the worst spot to pick up women.

on a related note i ordered this lp on Soundway and am still waiting on it. i didnt even listen to it but bought it off the strenght of the first compilation.

I highly recommend the first one

can't wait for that

panama 1 was dope as shit

papito's mixes are dope

From Lagos to Caracas Mix
Funky, Jazzy and Psych cuts from the Andes
selected by Dj Papito

01 - Joselo con Manny Delgado - Tema del pavo Lucas (Comencemos) - Discos Victoria
02 - Grupo Bota - Guarishiguara - Polydor
03 - Jimmy Salcedo y su Onda Tres - Berraquera - Philips
04 - Grupo Atlantis - Zaire - Discomoda
05 - Son Palenque - Palengue Palengue - Felito
06 - Dargil y su Nueva Dimension - Carruseles - A.S. International
07 - Abelardo Carbon

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:34 pm

cool. I got a list of merengue tracks, artists and albums to look for. If any one's interested I'll drop em in here as I find them.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:13 pm

Is it just me or does the term "salsa" encompass an ENORMOUS and diverse body of work that spans era, countries, and styles? Some of the modern shit they play at my barbershop that is called salsa is the absolute pinnacle of faggocity but I've heard other stuff that's completely different.

My guess is that the best music that is usually labeled Salsa comes from Puerto Rico in the late 60s and early 70s and has lyrics about rugged gangster shit sung all pretty. But I could be wrong.

Would anyone with a more formalized understanding of these genres and subgenres like to comment?

360 · Post by **360** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:55 am

I grew up being forced to hear it and don't really dig it that much these days because of that.

I will say this though, any dude who can dance to salsa and merengue is guaranteed to get laid at least every once in a while so don't hate on dudes who take lessons. Their vag appeal increases by about 19%

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:30 am

Thun wrote:Is it just me or does the term "salsa" encompass an ENORMOUS and diverse body of work that spans era, countries, and styles? Some of the modern shit they play at my barbershop that is called salsa is the absolute pinnacle of faggocity but I've heard other stuff that's completely different.

My guess is that the best music that is usually labeled Salsa comes from Puerto Rico in the late 60s and early 70s and has lyrics about rugged gangster shit sung all pretty. But I could be wrong.

Would anyone with a more formalized understanding of these genres and subgenres like to comment?

the percussive rhythms are originally Cuban not PR.
the most important city in the 60s and 70s was New York City though. Ray Barretto, Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri (both more latin Jazz), Willie Colon were raised in NY
Hector Lavoe pretty early in his career and Chamaco Ramirez later moved to New York aswell like Ruben Blades who was from Panama though and not Puerto Rico.
Fania was a New Yorker label.
many of the important musicians though were 1st or 2nd generation Puerto Rican immigrants and the music moved back to Puerto Rico and other parts of Latin America

the lyrics were diverse not solely about gangster shit, they could encompass basically everything just like any other genre. but some of those guys were probably pretty badass. (half of them were from the Bronx)
since Salsa is also a style of dance its true that there is a wide variety of music that can be labeled salsa. over the years the music diversified and there are "subgenres". it pretty much comes down to wether the rhythm is suited for dancing Salsa or not.

im not into the modern stuff ive heard but as far as i know its alive and thriving in Puerto Rico and probably in Latin communities all around

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:34 pm

fucking merengue..this is definitely an acquired taste i'm having trouble acquiring.

hell0maryjane · Post by **hell0maryjane** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:47 pm

my cousin david cede

hell0maryjane · Post by **hell0maryjane** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:37 pm

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RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:44 am

i just copped Panama 2
actually kind of disappointing

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:46 pm

RacquetballGangsta wrote:
Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:
DLG wrote:I know a bunch of loser dudes that can't get laid that take salsa dancing classes to meet women.
i have taken classes with a female friend once. definitely not the worst spot to pick up women.

on a related note i ordered this lp on Soundway and am still waiting on it. i didnt even listen to it but bought it off the strenght of the first compilation.

I highly recommend the first one

can't wait for that

panama 1 was dope as shit

papito's mixes are dope

From Lagos to Caracas Mix
Funky, Jazzy and Psych cuts from the Andes
selected by Dj Papito

01 - Joselo con Manny Delgado - Tema del pavo Lucas (Comencemos) - Discos Victoria
02 - Grupo Bota - Guarishiguara - Polydor
03 - Jimmy Salcedo y su Onda Tres - Berraquera - Philips
04 - Grupo Atlantis - Zaire - Discomoda
05 - Son Palenque - Palengue Palengue - Felito
06 - Dargil y su Nueva Dimension - Carruseles - A.S. International
07 - Abelardo Carbon

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:48 pm

Huldrich Bullsh!t wrote:
Thun wrote:Is it just me or does the term "salsa" encompass an ENORMOUS and diverse body of work that spans era, countries, and styles? Some of the modern shit they play at my barbershop that is called salsa is the absolute pinnacle of faggocity but I've heard other stuff that's completely different.

My guess is that the best music that is usually labeled Salsa comes from Puerto Rico in the late 60s and early 70s and has lyrics about rugged gangster shit sung all pretty. But I could be wrong.

Would anyone with a more formalized understanding of these genres and subgenres like to comment?
the percussive rhythms are originally Cuban not PR.
the most important city in the 60s and 70s was New York City though. Ray Barretto, Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri (both more latin Jazz), Willie Colon were raised in NY
Hector Lavoe pretty early in his career and Chamaco Ramirez later moved to New York aswell like Ruben Blades who was from Panama though and not Puerto Rico.
Fania was a New Yorker label.
many of the important musicians though were 1st or 2nd generation Puerto Rican immigrants and the music moved back to Puerto Rico and other parts of Latin America

the lyrics were diverse not solely about gangster shit, they could encompass basically everything just like any other genre. but some of those guys were probably pretty badass. (half of them were from the Bronx)
since Salsa is also a style of dance its true that there is a wide variety of music that can be labeled salsa. over the years the music diversified and there are "subgenres". it pretty much comes down to wether the rhythm is suited for dancing Salsa or not.

im not into the modern stuff ive heard but as far as i know its alive and thriving in Puerto Rico and probably in Latin communities all

around

old cuban mambo and cha cha is sick, very complex

puerto rico and newyoricans probably had some of the hardest hard hard badass msuic. but both are dope

yeah its a very wider term!

great primer, all those guys are sick!

eddie palmierie, lavoe, la lupe, ray barreto, tito puente etc, ruben!

dope!

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:50 pm

Jonny wrote:fucking merengue..this is definitely an acquired taste i'm having trouble acquiring.

word

learn the dance, then u will start to get it

its from Haiti originally, folkloric sacred msuic, u can still hear the beat in haitian roots msuic (rasine and rara) as well as in konpa. initially it was jsut drums and singing

konpa, bachata and merengue are all connected as well as conencted to the folkloric music of hispanola, the merengue folkloric dominican msuic on tamboras (they play tamboras and congas in popular merengue too) and the rara and rasine and folkloric msuic of haiti thats one bitg pool of interconnectivirty!!! also linked to the zouk and gwo ka of the other frnehc colonized islands

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:55 pm

DLG wrote:I know a bunch of loser dudes that can't get laid that take salsa dancing classes to meet women.

i guess ur name isnt taken from puerto rican group DARK LATIN GROOVE huh?

boogie shoes · Post by **boogie shoes** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:44 pm

yo sebastian gets busy

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:25 am

word thanks for the recos and info Sebastian!

i got elvis crespo and la banda gorda on a short list now.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:57 pm

this bachata song gets played constantly in orlando.

it's tight. a sitar sounding thing in the chorus.

VIDEO

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MP3

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yoor2qmdjdn

shortyblack · Post by **shortyblack** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:07 pm

Whats that famous juan luis guerra song with the pretty horn line? That one is good. They play it all the time.

Putomayo or one of those rough guide companies have done a few merengue and dominican music collections that are worth tracking down.

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Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:24 am

i didnt want to make a new thread for this so i put it in here

this is a mix of some records i bought on my trip to Colombia a few weeks ago. most of it is Salsa but theres some Cuban and latin Jazz, and in the end some more traditional Colombian stuff like Vallenato

http://www.storage.to/get/iRfin0ny/Colombia1.zip

House of Games · Post by **House of Games** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:33 pm

I'm not up on any of this shit, can you school me to some shit that would have gotten a house party in spanish harlem bumping in 1981?

Dunnnnleavy · Post by **Dunnnnleavy** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:37 am

getbusy

deepfriedjellol · Post by **deepfriedjellol** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:26 pm

bump for hogames

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