featured latin albums
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- Mexican Institute of S …
- Politico
- Camilo Lara's Mexican Institute of Sound comes up with the perfect social consciousness and frenzied dance party music on Politico.
- Pitbull
- Global Warming
- Christina Aguilera, J. Lo, Afrojack, and others join Mr. 305 on this somewhat messy but ultimately satisfying party album.
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- Tito Puente
- Quatro: The Definitive…
- Quatro: The Definitive Collection contains four classic chronologically recorded Tito Puente albums from 1955 to 1960 in a deluxe remastered package.
- Café Tacuba
- El Objeto Antes Llamado…
- After five long years, Mexico's Cafe Tacuba return with El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco, their most ambitious and accessible record yet.
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- Daddy Yankee
- Prestige
- A whirlwind mix of swaggering reggaeton and other Latin music flavors, the slick Prestige is another career high point for "The Big Boss."
- Poncho Sanchez / Ponch …
- Live in Hollywood
- Pancho Sanchez celebrates his 30-year anniversary with Concord Picante with the burning Latin jazz set Live in Hollywood.
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- Ricky Martin
- Playlist: The Very Best…
- Budget-line collection of Ricky Martin's biggest pop crossover hits.
- Freddy Fender
- Before the Next Teardrop…
- Raven's 2012 two-fer combines 1974's Before the Next Teardrop Falls and its 1975 sequel, Are You Ready for Freddy?
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- The Souljazz Orchestra
- Solidarity
- On Solidarity, the Souljazz Orchestra feature a host of vocalists and deliver their strongest set yet.
- Tim Maia
- World Psychedelic Classics,…
- Ten years in the making, Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia, was well worth the wait.
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- Romeo Santos
- The King Stays King: Sold…
- The former lead singer of Aventura is captured in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden.
- Tommy Torres
- 12 Historias
- Featuring the singles "Querido Tommy" and "El Abrigo," the singer's fourth solo effort is diverse, moving, and rich.
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- Los Temerarios
- Mi Vida Sin Ti
- Heartache is the main topic, but this post-breakup album is much more versatile, alive, and hopeful than fans will expect.
- Maná
- Exiliados en la Bahía:…
- An easy introduction for newcomers or a portable hits set for fans, Exiliados en la Bahía is the superstar "best-of" done right.
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about latin
Latin music is a catch-all term for a number of diverse styles from different regions and countries in Latin America. Often, the term refers to Latin pop -- either dance-based or pop oriented-music sung in Spanish or Tejano. Tejano has a number of different styles, from romantic ballads to the narrative nortenos, and they're usually performed by large groups with acoustic instruments and horns. In the '80s and '90s, Tejano has also adopted smooth production techniques from American pop-rock and soft rock. Latin America is also known for such dance music as salsas and sambas, which have layers of percussion, blaring horns and an infectious sense of style. A related style to salsa is the bossa nova, a cool, laid-back style that crossed dance music with jazz. With the exception of tejano and mariachi, which is folk and pop based, most Latin music is defined by its strong rhythms.