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Just a quick warning. From Empioo.

Just a quick warning, this episode contains explicit language.

From Empio music, this is Out Latino. I'm Felix Contreras and I'm Anamarias Sayer. Let the Chisme begin.

And this week the Chisme is all about hit records.

Felix, I was supposed to begin.

You're already trying to steal my thunder.

Just keep going.

Okay.

Well, I first want to talk about is, you know how you're always flexing to me about like how you have been in the room?

Just, I would have been in the room and all these things, like when you flex that you were there when Ella sang and like all this crazy stuff you know it's

not really flexes it's just matter of fact whatever you're

Ella Fitzgerald is what you're talking about yeah exactly so all to say I think

about that a lot and I'm like man like Felix has just been around all this incredible talent and I get to meet all these cool people and I hang out at the tiny this and I get to watch all this great stuff but I got to say sitting in

songwriter and music producer extraordinaire Edgar Barreira's studio in Miami was

maybe one of the first times where I have really felt like I was sitting in the

presence of greatness. No I would I would agree with you. I was there with you. Wow

an endorsement from Felix. Absolutely and it's no wonder that it felt like being in the presence of greatness because he has so many hits to his name as a composer as a producer with so many artists.

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