Spicollidriver1

When I was in high school friends got me into Kid Forst and Lighter Shade of Brown and some other stuff on compilations that I can't remember now. I would like some suggestions on new cds and artist that I should check out now.

atlantamoi

Can't help ya much with hip hop/rap. Here in Atlanta the local university's station (WRAS) plays a couple of hours of cool hispanic music on Sunday nights. It's a mix of alternative and hip hop stuff. My wife is hispanic... I'll ask her if she can help you out.
We both tend to like things more along the lines of Soda Stereo which is more "normal" sounding alternative rock. Hmmm, I do like Manu Chau and his old band Mano Negra.
They can flirt with hip hop a bit. But that is all I can help ya with for now!

atlantamoi

Oh, go to www.allmusic.com and do a search for those artists you like. Allmusic will list a few similar bands.

krkuhl

i am by no means a music critic, but here are a few of my favorites. imho, el general can start to sound the same after about 5 minutes so i wouldnt go browsing around looking for more of his music. i have all these DLed in case you want me to send them to you. most of these are a mix of spanish and english.

esta loca--2 kool kris
morena--dj laz
que es lo que quiere esa nena--el general
sabrosura--DJ Laz
suavemente--elvis crespo

Spicollidriver1

Yeah I totally forgot about DJ Laz I used his stuff as bass cds. Yeah I wouldn't mind a few tracks if you could krkuhl.

saoirse

Mostly sung in english, but Delinquent Habits and Funkdoobiest.

Spicollidriver1

I used to like Funkdoobiest and I think some of my mix cds have them on it. But Delinquent habits I have not heard.

saoirse

They had connections to cypress hill when they started. I believe Sen Dog helped them get started. I really enjoy them.

atlantamoi

Asked the wife. She doesn't like rap at all! I'm no help for ya.

krkuhl

spicol--tried sending you those mp3 a coupla times but my computer is sucky. mailbox keeps timing out before i can finish attaching it (ah, the joys of a 56K modem via the university). but i DLed all the songs i listed from audiogalaxy so i know that they host them.

Heat

Have you listened to Control Machete? I don't have any of their CDs, but they have three songs on the Amores Perros soundtrack, which I do have.

You might like the Amores Perros soundtrack.

Here are a few 30 second clips:

Si Senor – Control Machete
(used in the "Crazy Legs" commercial).
http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/wm2/muz...asx?obj=v10207

Pesada-Con Maigaz - Control Machete
http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/wm2/muz...asx?obj=v10207

Coolo – Illya Kuryaki / The Valderrames
http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/wm2/muz...asx?obj=v10207

La Cumbia Del Garrote - Los Del Garrote
(cumbia, not rap)
http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/wm2/muz...asx?obj=v10207

UncleGramps

Check out Ozomatli. It's kind of a blend between traditional Latin music and hip-hop. Some songs have Spanish lyrics, others are in English, and a bunch feature people rapping rather than singing. Interesting stuff, and they recently released a new album, "Embrace the Chaos". Has guest spots from Common (previously known as Common Sense) and a few other big names in hip-hop.

talespinner

I'm really into this right now, too!

Here's a couple of good comps:

Latin Hip-Hop (from K-Tel Records no less)
MTV Lingo (a comp from the latin version of MTV)
The Best of International Hip-Hop (hip-hop from all over the world with some especially good latin stuff included)

And here are some artists that I like:
Orishas (Cuban hip-hop)
Ozomatli (with Cut Chemist from Jurassic 5)
Delinquent Habits (Sen Dog from Cypress Hill's cousin - much better than Cypress Hill IMHO)
Plastilina Mosh (Mexico's version of the Beastie Boys)
Molotov (More latino version of Rage Against The Machine)

Those are the top ones but I'm learning about more all the time. I don't even speak Spanish, but this music speaks to me.

Hope this helps,

talespinner

saoirse

These are great posts. I'm going to have to check out as many of these as I can.

Spicollidriver1

I listened to all the clips and they were all very cool, especially liked La Cumbia Del Garrote - Los Del Garrote even though it wasn't rap it seemed pretty cool might have to do some dl'ing and buying this weekend I am in search to create some more minidiscs for work. Thanks guys keep them coming if you think if any.

Spicollidriver1

I downloaded some Delinquent Habits songs today and they are very cool. I was at Best Buy thinking that I might get lucky but alas they didn't have any of there cds.

gilbertr76

If you like stuff with a harder edge at all, you should check out Puya.

You can use this link to go to CDNow and listen to samples of their stuff.

Gallant Pig

Does anyone know who does the song to that Levi Jeans commercial, where they say "Si Senor" a bunch of times while that guy is walking with the funky legs? Heh. Thanks.

UncleGramps

You're welcome.

Gallant Pig

Someone slap me for not reading all the posts in a thread, thanks Heat and Max.