"After forty years in the Latin and Soul business

BigSpliff

"After forty years in the Latin and Soul business it is time that the Latin Soul artists get there due and be recognized at this years GRAMMY'S----------They have tried to exclude the Latin Soul artists from that period of Latin history as well as the Disco contribution and finally Vibe magazine not recognizing the Rap contribution in English and Spanish. We need your help in pressuring the GRAMMY'S THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE THIS RICH PART OF HISTORY at the winter awards show. The purists have had there way long enough. Remember that Latin music was dying in the late 60's until the Bugulu came along and spread Latin Soul fever. PETE RODRIQUEZ, JOE CUBA, TITO RAMOS, JOHNNY COLON, JOE BATAAN, LEBRON BROS, ETC. We plan to start this campaign over the world with letters to the proper personnel-won't you help us because you are a important part of the history of Latin music. --God bless"--Joe Bataan (as written to Joe Conzo).No latin = no disco = no rap. Discuss.

The_Non

They have Latin Grammys, whats the bfd? What if the Grammys did best Latin album, single, etc? Having all best Latin hip hop, rock, metal, etc. releases seems a bit overkill.

No gay people + No latin+ No black people hanging out together=no disco=maybe rap

soulmarcosa

The purists have had there way long enough. Remember that Latin music was dying in the late 60's until the Bugulu came along and spread Latin Soul fever.

Right on Joe! The latin boogaloo sound hardly ever gets enough credit from latin music critics, or even the artists who played it at the time; it's always treated as a footnote at best and an embarrassment at worst.

BigSpliff

No gay people + No latin+ No black people hanging out together=no disco=maybe rap

too vague!


But the overkill is more like Carlos Santana getting 7 lifetime acheivement awards.

SoulOnIce

...good timing for it, with the JLO Fania
flick coming out - CD reissues on the way, too,
with what I expect to be a big push.

I can already picture the "they killed latin soul" 8-pagers.

pickwick33

The purists have had there way long enough. Remember that Latin music was dying in the late 60's until the Bugulu came along and spread Latin Soul fever.

Right on Joe! The latin boogaloo sound hardly ever gets enough credit from latin music critics, or even the artists who played it at the time; it's always treated as a footnote at best and an embarrassment at worst.

I once saw an 80's interview with Willie Colon that testified to this...he pompously insisted that the Latin bugalu was nothing more than a "rotten backbeat" so he decided to break from the pack do something more experimental ("tipical" was the word he used). The man sounded like country singer George Jones disowning his (excellent!) rockabilly sides.