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From NPR music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras.

And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the Chisemay begin.

And this week, The Chisemay is all about hit records.

Felix, I was supposed to begin. You're already trying to steal my thunder.

Just keep going. Just keep going. Okay. Well, I first wanted to talk about is, you know how you're always flexing to me about, like, how you have been in the room?

We've been in the room when all these, like, when you flex that you were there when Ella sang and, like, all this crazy stuff, you know?

It's not really flex.

It's just a matter of fact.

Ella Fitzgerald is what you're talking about. Yes, exactly.

So all to say, I think about that a lot.

And I'm like, oh, 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 desk and I get to watch

all this great stuff. But I got to say, sitting in

songwriter and music producer extraordinaire Edgar Barrera'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. Check this out.

And so to interrogate, you do it. you know Batman Matt Bunny Maluma Nicky Nicole

Ed Sheeran

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