Alt.Latino: Isabella Lovestory, Vicente García, more

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Our selections this week feature a crate diggers' delight from Colombia and the sound of modern rap in Mexico.

Featured artists and songs:

• Óscar Agudelo y El Combo Moderna, "Está Como Mango"

• Isabella Lovestory, "Fresa Metal," "Eurotrash," "Tu Te Vas"

• Grecia Albán, "YO POR TI"

• Vicente García, "Mambo Violento," "El Huracán," "Abusadora"

• BALTHVS, "Flesh and Soul"

• Gera MX, "Ciclo Vital," "1 Millón"

Credits

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Noah Caldwell. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed.

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0:00.0	I had something to say, but I can't remember.
0:03.2	I guess that means the show's over.
0:05.5	I'll come up with something. Don't worry.
0:07.3	I think you'll find something that's like, well, you always have something to say.
0:11.0	But only important things, right, Felix?
0:13.6	That is correct.
0:18.1	From NPR Music, this is all Latino. I'm Felix Contreras.
0:21.5	And I'm Anna Maria Sayer.
0:23.2	Let the Chisemet begin.
0:24.5	Felix, do you have any good Chisemay for me?
0:26.0	Because I feel like I've been really over-indexing on the quality stories.
0:29.3	Okay, so I do have a bit, I guess it's chis-me.
0:33.1	I do have something I have to do right off the top.
0:35.5	I have to offer a correction on the air here.
0:37.8	Yours or mine?
0:38.9	It's a correction about something that I said.
0:40.6	Of course it is.
0:41.3	Okay, so last week in the show, we talked about the Carol G album, the great Carol G album.
0:45.9	And the one song that was sampled the Pettis Prado tune, you said it was Mumble number five.
0:53.1	And I corrected you.
0:54.5	I said, no.
0:55.0	Oh, my God.
	...

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