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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

The roots of rock

Concord unearths the Specialty catalog
In 1939 Arthur Goldberg went to Hollywood and crowned himself Art Rupe, a suitably slick moniker for an entrepreneur in the booming post-war culture industry.

By: WAYNE MARSHALL | January 02, 2007

More gems from the Studio One vaults
Heartbeat Records’ Studio One reissue series continues not only to shore up the legacy of Studio One honcho Coxsone Dodd but to present an expansive, rich portrait of Jamaican popular music.

By: WAYNE MARSHALL | December 06, 2006

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

Sound Lab

Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Studio One genius
When people think reggae, the first name that comes to mind is Bob Marley.

By: WAYNE MARSHALL | April 12, 2006

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