Not much to show for an entire CD's worth of work though the producers' talents are evident, they're working within very narrow limits,Īnd (I suspect) overly quickly. "When You Touch Me" and especially "I Can't Get No Sleep," where her voice fills up all the space left open by the spare dance groove. Points "Can't Stop The Rhythm," featuring Jocelyn Brown, and Vega's then-wife India's two features, Screechie Dan's rap on "Give It To Me" is clichéd and dull, leaving the record's high Sounds like Vega and Gonzalez put this together over a weekend:Ī minimalist collage of Latin hip hop and house rhythms with R&B or found samples("The Buddah Chant" is probably the most interesting),Īnd only a few tracks feature live vocalists. In 1991, Vega produced and wrote most of Marc Anthony's debut When The Night Is Over - Gonzalez co-produced "Ride On The Rhythm." Their official site is well-organized and fun, and make sure you visit the message boards. They've frequently worked with one of my favorite singers, La India, both during and after her marriage to Vega.Īnd the one album by MAW pseudo-group Nuyorican Soul is definitely worth a listen, regardless of your genre affilations. Though I usually avoid records that treat DJs as artists, I've ended up with a bunch of their work - mostly because Misnomer, it's a New York-based form of uptempo synth dance/pop). Hard to keep from being pigeonholed, grabbing elements from disco, house, salsa, fusion, techno and Latin hip hop (which is sort of a It's hard to characterize their sound because they work Remixers and producers, mostly working together under the name Masters At Work. Since the late 1980s, "Little Louie" Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez have been two of New York City dance music's most prominent DJs,
The Album - Nuyorican Soul - Our Time Is Coming
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