Anyone who knows me knows I’m a salsa aficionado. My love for salsa doesn’t necessarily match my salsa dancing skills (a strong 8), but they are closely coming together. This is one of my favorite groups El Grupo Niche. They are from Bogota, Colombia and salsa legends. This is one of my favorite ritmos “Lo [...]

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Lately, I’ve been on this Boricua craze with one of my amigos. Women, pasteles, rooting for Miguel Cotto, and days of listening to Lavoe, Marc Anthony and Santa Rosa on the iPod. I don’t know what’s happening, but I’ve become a Boricua enthusiast within the last month or so. Anyways, this is Hector Lavoe live [...]

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Last night, I was running through my extensive CD collection and got down to ranking all my favorite albums, songs, and artists. I actually had fun doing it late into the night. All of this is in order and I figure I’ll raise some eyebrows here and there, but my list is my list. I [...]

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Chip on my shoulder Big enough to feed Cambodia See I never fit into they quotas Sneakers wasn’t fittin’ and my knees needed lotion Long before I knew the significance of a comb I roam like phone with no vocal reception Immigrant parents had me feeling like a step kid And black Americans never did [...]

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Two Fridays ago, I came home from a long day of work and logged onto my Twitter account at about midnight. I was about to scroll through to see what people were talking about. To my surprise, I saw something I would never imagine seeing as the #1 trending topic and that was rapper Jay-Z. [...]

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A girl I grew up with from Kindergarten till 8th grade and then out in Westchester for 2 collegiate years. I’m happy to see that she’s done everything from billboards in Times Square to Hip-Hop videos. Kudos. As for the video, its weak. I actually dig the song when I’m in the club, but in [...]

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