Today's song, Loíza, is part of Tego Calderón’s extremely successful debut album, El Abayarde. In Loíza, Tego mixes an assortment of modern beats with bomba, and topples the mixture with his signature sharp lyrics which in this case criticize the way in which politicians, law enforcement, government officials, and wealthy individuals in Puerto Rico discriminate and exclude the town of Loíza, a town heavily populated by Afro-Puerto Ricans.
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In this episode we team with up with Dr. Beth Colón-Pizzini to contextualize Loíza. Beth is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department.
This episode accompanies the episode Cuando Baila Reggaeton / When Dancing Reggaetón of the second season of our podcast devoted to the reggaetón rhythm and dance, check it out! We have some great guests!
We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!
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