Alt.Latino's best new music round-up: Wyatt Flores, Danny Ocean and Grupo Frontera

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Ana and Felix collect their favorite recent releases from the past few months, including new material from the breakout regional band Grupo Frontera, a country/Latin cross-over in the music of Wyatt Flores, a new song from groundbreaking rapper Mala Rodriguez and more.

Songs featured in this episode:

•Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, "Mas Que Nada"
•Luis Muñoz, "Crescent Moon"
•Mala Rodriguez, "Casi Nada [Explicit]"
•Alih Jay, "Bang Bang (Mi Baby Me Mató)"
•Cher, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"
•Grupo Frontera, "Me Hizo Un Favor"
•Wyatt Flores, "Half Life"
•Danny Ocean, "Cero Condiciones [Explicit]"
•Fabiola Méndez, "Lamento en Celinés"
•Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, "EL ÚNICO"

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0:00.0	This message comes from Wondery.
0:02.8	It was the biggest scandal in pop music.
0:05.2	The stars of Milli Vanilli, the Grammy-winning phenomenon,
0:08.2	were exposed as frauds.
0:09.9	But none of this was their idea.
0:12.0	So whose was it?
0:13.1	Follow, blame it on the fame on the Wundery app,
0:15.4	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:18.4	Just a quick warning.
0:19.6	This episode contains explicit language. Okay, name that too, seriously.
0:35.0	I actually don't know.
0:39.0	Why is it in my head?
0:41.0	That is a song called Mashcanala.
0:43.7	Seriously?
0:44.7	Yeah, and it's from Sergio Mendez and his band Brazil 66.
0:50.9	I don't remember who wrote it though. It's one of those songs that's iconic from that era
0:56.4	that really introduced pop Basanova to the US. Okay but why is it in my head?
1:04.6	Why did I walk in here singing it?
1:06.6	Where would I, why?
1:07.6	Where did it come from?
1:08.6	Maybe a dream?
1:10.6	Ooh, what do you think that means? Oh my God, I'm having a deja vu. I am remembering this moment of you
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