Masta Killa - Eyes A Bleed f/ Bounty Killer (4:02) From the Wikipedia entry: Masta Killa was the last member to join the Wu-Tang Clan; consequently he did not appear on the group's debut single "Protect Ya Neck." He... more

Woke up feeling tangy this morning. Shortly after rolling out of bed I had remembered to download a song that I heard in the background of a Columbus restaurant that I ate in during the weekend. I guess you can... more

Robin Thicke - Got 2 Get Down f/ Faith Evans (4:33) One of the best songs I've ever heard, for a number of reasons. It's pretty much all I've been listening to for the last 48 hours.... more

I am not too much of a big radio fan. Growing up in Columbus, Georgia where "the radio" is limited to "BET FM", I call it, radio has tended to lack the diversity and eclectic value that is required to... more

Little Walter - It's Too Late Brother (2:39) One of the tracks I'm using to guide me in my mission to learn the harmonica. This track popped up on my iTunes random and has quickly grow to be one... more

Acoustic guitar, a Ukrainian sounding somewhat like Matisyahu, and heavy breaks. Welcome to "Бумбокс" (pronounced Boom Boxx). Aside from this, there's not much I can say about Бумбокс, for everything that pops up on Google (even after clicking "Search English... more

Silk. Pure silk. First allow me to paint the scenario: I was driving from Aguas Buenas to Santurce (about a 45 minute drive) flipping through the downloads of the day. A pinch of played out Tjader, some shitty Brazilian 70s... more

John B - Vampire Eyes (6:26) Blade + 8mm = Vampire Eyes. Dark. Bubba Sparxxx - Take a Load Off (4:23) An oldie but goodie. A hidden gem from Timbalan and the underestimated Bubba Sparxxx. Sparxxx's albums were especially... more

Click on "Homenaje a los timbaleros" for one of the most impressive displays of the timbal I've ever seen. Thanks Jesus.... more

I'm trying to get a hold of recordings from Kenyon Hopkins whom is described as "one of the busiest composers during the fifties and sixties, truly is one of the unsung heroes of his time." I first heard of... more

Cumbia Sobre el Rio (4:42) Blanquito Man & Control Machete Sound: Cumbia + old school dembow + old school dancehall It sounds cheesy to he who is not familiar with the genre, but those who like oldschool dembow and... more

Click below for the first barriomulas.com podcast, hosted by yours truly. Either listen to it streamed or download it for keeps. Jam it in your office while you work, download it and burn it in your CD, or slap that... more

Carl Graig - People Make the World Go Round (Slum Village mix) Anubian Lights - Starvox Natalie Imbruglia - Sanctuary Ryan Adams - Lovesick Blues Shirley Scott - Feeling Good Seven Star - The Missing Zraumwohnung - Mit Viel... more

Eek-A-Mouse - Wa Do Dem Full album: http://www.mediafire.com/?embjddl4zmr Ludicrous, bizarre, and uniquely original, few DJs have made such a splash in the dancehall scene than Eek-A-Mouse. An artist who in any other country would have been a one-hit wonder,... more

Kim Hiorthoy - Hei Full album: http://www.mediafire.com/?3mnvz3onybd Kim Hiorthoy is an Oslo-based 30-something. An internationally admired graphic artist and filmmaker turned electronic musician who, in fact, prefers to ignore such rigid labels. It's probably fairer to think of him... more

Mulatu Astatke - Afro Latin Soul Vol. 1 & 2 Full album: http://www.mediafire.com/?168smphidxx Mulatu Astatke (var. Astatqé) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger. He is known as the "Father of Ethio-Jazz." Born in 1943 in the western Ethiopian city... more

Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo Full album: http://www.mediafire.com/?bj5tlwkkhog Ben's first full-length record, this 1969 release contains the hit singles "Mas Que Nada" and "Chove Chuva" and typifies the light yet propulsive rhythms that has afforded Ben a four-decade-and-running... more

Rashaan Roland Kirk - Slightly Latin Full album: http://www.mediafire.com/?9aptjr7sr9z A note on Roland Kirk: Preferring to lead his own groups, Kirk rarely performed as a sideman, though he did record with arranger Quincy Jones, Roy Haynes and had especially... more

Bar-Kays - Soul Finger Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?2m9whf0mkvr The album contains 11 instrumental tracks, each of them catchy, danceable and all around attention-grabbing. Soul Finger is marked by Phalon Jones and Ben Cauley's infectious horn riffs and Jimmy King's sparse yet... more

Chet Baker & Piero Umiliani - Italian Movies http://rapidshare.com/files/1902020/piero_umiliani___chet_baket_-_italian_movies.zip.html Probably the best piano/jazz crossovers that I've ever heard. Trumpet god Chet Baker (who I've posted quite freqently) and the first man to ever apply jazz music to Italian movie... more

Let's see if we can pull off an album a day... Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First Probably my most favorite Wu-Tang album next to GZA's "Liquid Swords". The Production on "The Last Shall Be First" is... more

Ike Quebec - Bossa Nova Soul Samba http://rapidshare.com/files/1740036/ike_quebec_-_bossa_nova_soul_samba.zip.html I felt the urge to venture into full length albums. New Jersey Saxaphonist Ike Abrams Quebec presents one of the most calmbing Bossa albums I have ever heard. (I don't really... more

Strange Fruit Project – Move (3:20) Imagine J Dilla-sounding snares, a D’Angelo and Dwele feel, and a group of skilled neo-soul emcees. Very jazzy. Very soulful. But chill. From the “Soul Travelin’” CD Jehro – All I Want (3:29)... more

Rob da Bank & Chris Coco - Listen Again Superb. One of the best compilation albums I've ever heard. BBC radio hosts Rob da Bank succeeds in carefully picking tracks from every music genre to make an a banging... more

I have not had much time to post lately, but here's a couple nuggets and gems for you guys to munch on: Yusef Lateef – The Plum Blossom (5:03) Bold saxophonist and flutist Yusef Lateef charms the ears with this... more

I classify the music in my iTunes via a very strict standard of classification. Songs which "officially" do not belong to a certain gender will be classified under such simply by maintaining certain characteristics. For example, any music with a... more

Barrio Jazz Gang - Linda Cancao (3:26) Rokia Thaore - Finini (?) (4:57) I'm quite a buff for both Brazilian and electronic rhythms. Female vocals in Portuguese, batucada, kicks and snares, and especially the congas (that seem to have... more

Madlib - Mystic Bounce (3:56) Gnarls Barkley - Boogie Monster (2:50) As a beat junkie, I have naturally grown accustomed to strong kicks and snares. Within the last few days I have stumbled upon two songs - "Mystic Bounce"... more

Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces (3:05) Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2:58) Sometimes I have my head dug so deep in albums performed by dead people that I fail to notice that there exists precious gems of sound in more... more

Chet Baker - Angel Eyes (4:38) Mose Allison - Stop This World (3:25) Chet Baker and Mose Allison have some of the most amazing voices that I've ever heard. You can't really tell if they are black, white, male,... more

Canibus - No Return (4:53) Canibus - I Honor U (4:34) Canibus - How Come (4:07) Canibus has been mainly known for his rough voice, battle skill, and hard-hitting punchlines. One quality often overlooked is his sharpened story-telling skills.... more

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Remedy - Words to Live By 3:22 Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom 7:09 I should have got this one years ago.... more

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Aesop Rock - No Regrets (4:31) Yet another break-laced symphony with impressive story telling skills. (That sitar-sounding instrument scratching away at the sample near the 0:35 mark is spectacular.) More impressive than Bazooka Tooth's 11:35. Expand for more lyrics.... more

Aesop Rock - 11:35 f/ Mr. Lif (4:23) I first heard Aesop Rock on the Definitive Jux Vol. 1 CD back in 2001. (I actually ordered the EP from Amazon Germany months before it was available via American websites.)... more

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Miriam Makeba - Xica da Silva (5:17) Di Melo - A Vida em Seus Metodos Diz Calma (3:42) Gal Costa - Lost In Paradise (2:55) 1970s break beats, melodious vocals, organs, and Brazilian percussion. Can't beat it. Sure they... more

Hed P.E. - Firsty (2:31) Rage Against the Machine - In My Eyes (2:58) Nonpoint - Orgullo (4:30) Offspring - Nitro (2:29) Insolence - Runaway (2:16) As I began to involve myself in underground hip-hop culture during my high... more

Master P lyrics: All the bitches I done broke fo' they bank, I got so many cocktales I need a muthafuckin' fish tank. I got hoes like acorns fallin' outta trees, No Limit niggas don't say hoes, ain't no caps... more

Offspring - Living In Chaos (3:30) I have no idea how a place as shitty as Orange County can produce metal bands like Offspring and Rage Against the Machine. Well; I guess that if I was from Orange County... more

Pigeon John - The Art of Falling Off (3:13) Pigeon John - Sam the Goat (2:01) "White people hip-hop," I said when Flux first showed me the music of Pigeon John. While many rap and hip-hop artists obsess themselves... more

Tonedeff - Bring It (4:01) Back in the days during my last years of high school I had the honor to cross Tonedeff on a number of occasions on Rapmusic.com and Rhymearena's emcee battle tournaments. Throughout the following years... more

CannedHeat - Going Up Country (2:53) I had always heard this song on commercials and movies but it wasn't until watching Meet the Fockers that I Googled the lyrics and downloaded that bad boy. Canned Heat's vocals are weird... more

Dwele - Interlude (A.N.G.E.L.) (2:19) Dwele - Possible (3:35) This is proabbly the first time that I've heard an R&B artist write his lyrics as if they were emcee rhymes. (How often does an R&B singer refer to his... more

Earlier this week I lost my iPod headphones on a domestic flight. After spending long hours searching for replacement headphones, I finally gave into the curiosity of purchasing those new inner-ear neo-headphones. I must say that I am quite... more

Eklips from France Joe Turner from Australia Shlomo from the UK... more

I stumbled upon the above mix maker while playing with my daughter on nickjr.com. Check out my track here: Dora Mix (MP3) 1. Go here 2. Click on Dora 3. Click "la Casa de Dora" 4. Click on the... more

Ayala's [Daddy Yankee] persistence over ten years eventually paid off. His sudden ascent to wealth and fame was a result of the hit song Gasolina, from his 2004 album "Barrio Fino". The album has sold over 1,000,000 copies in Puerto... more

Click the above screen shot to check out a recording of a live performance of Nuyorican hip-hop/jazz/Latin band "Welfare Poets." The performance was for Hugo Chavez, who had visited the Bronx for a humanitarian project. Even if you don't... more

MF Doom - Figaro Beat (1:55) I can't tell if it's a dipset blues set or if it's some Eastern Indian music genre. (I'm too lazy to load it up in my graphic music editor and play it slower.)... more

Local producer and friend Phylum Unknown summed it up well: "It doesn't matter what your into; underground hip-hop, rock, whatever. If you grew up in Puerto Rico during the early days of reggaeton, you listened to it. You can be... more

Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours (4:01) I don't even think I knew what hip-hop was when I heard "The Choice Is Yours" by Black Sheep on In Living Color. I didn't know what it was. All I... more

Once in a blue moon one will come across a unique gem tucked away in the fondo of your CD collection. If your lucky a song with a similar "vibe" might pop up a few years later. These tracks are... more

Paul Simon - I Was Born in Puerto Rico (5:03) Paul Simon - Vampires (5:14) One of my mother's favorite albums was Paul Simon's "Capeman," the soundtrack for a Broadway play of the same name. The album was not... more

Aerosoul - Llevate (5:40) Strunz & Farah - Twilight at the Zuq (4:48) I knew that I had heard that melody from somewhere. From flamenco to R&B, baby.... more

Fressssh. I'll tell you in a few days where you can get your hard copies.... more

Baby Rasta y Gringo - Noise Vol. 6 (4:22) Guanabanas Podrias - The Crew Vol. 1 (1:47) Ivy Queen - Noise Vol. 6 (2:07) Bobby Jack y Chinito - Totally Reggae Mix (3:08) Maicol y Manuel - Maicol y... more

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Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin - Andate (4:03) Jedi Mind Tricks - Heavenly Divine (4:36) Spending the last years of my high school listening to "Heavenly Divine," it was a surprise to hear the almost untouched sample from when... more

Ismael Rivera - Las Caras Negras (7:14) Ismael Rivera - El Nazareño (5:35) Kicking it in a gritty rural Bayamon bar with Pablo and Cynthy when the beautiful sounds of trumpets and a cuatro echo from the juke box.... more

X-Clan - Tribal Jam (4:51) Music that makes you want to be Black. I love the sound of monkeys and other jungle noises in the background. "I'm harder than the diamond that the edomites steal."... more

James Brown - Think (2:52) Little Johnny Walker - You Win, I Lose (2:32) I went from listening to hip-hop music to jamming trio and jibara. Looking for samples for my newly found craft of hip-hop beat making ('beat... more

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (5:43) Jamiroquai - Falling (3:47) Jamiroquai - Drifting Along (4:08) I always had difficulty classifying the music of Jamiroquai. Hell, it took weeks until I could properly even say his name. Spelling it was another... more

Jack Johnson - Sexy Plexi (2:07) Few things had endured from my last relationship. I had pushed to 'cleanse' myself of anything that had occurred for an entire 9 month span. I'm the book burning kind of guy. All but... more

MF Doom - Let Me Watch (4:27) More genius music from MF Doom. The echoing guitar sample is strictly divine with its Non-Phixion feel.... more

Oscar Brown - Get 'Em In (1:30) Oscar Brown - But I Was Cool (2:55) After hearing "Working Song," I had quickly become a fan of songs written by Oscar Brown Jr. without even having to listen to anything... more

Sonny Rollins - Alfie's Theme Differently (3:46) Sonny Rollins - I've Found a New Baby (3:40)Mose Allison - It Didn't Turn Out That Way (2:43) Mose Allison - Seventh Son (2:41)Milt Jackson - Used to be Jackson (5:08)Rashaan Roland Kirk... more

System of a Down - Shame on a Nigga f/ RZA (2:40) System of a Down's heavy metal version of the Ol' Dirty Bastard single. Fresh. You know for sure that if RZA was not on the track that these... more

Beggin' Frankie Valli & The Four Reasons Anthology Forty years before Moby, break beats, beat drops, and classic rock make this a bumping track. Salsa y Bembe The Joe Cuba Sextet Salsa y Bembe The voice of a young... more

Three Little Babies Texas Garden Southern Journey Vol. 2 Nothing but depressing vocals in this bluegrass/chain gang hick track.   Old Joe Clark Wade Ward Southern Journey Vol. 2 Don't Explain Billie Holiday Verve Unmixed Vol. 1 I had... more

Trying a new format, guys, so bare with me. Click on the song titles or album covers to download MP3. Travelers Dezarie Gracious Mama Africa Kick-ass guitar intro. Reggae from the Virgin Islands. Bonus Track Susana Baca Eco de Sombra... more

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