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“With nine members, a lineup that features classically trained musicians, percussionists rooted in samba rhythms and grooves soaked in Latin jazz, Berto Ramon is the vibrant antithesis of a brooding MC stalking an empty stage.
“Its like taking a corner in Humboldt Park along Division and putting a soundtrack to it,” offers Boogaloo Esteban Shedd, one of the bands two MCs. “Our influences are classic salsa and classic Latin jazz, big-time. Its people like Tito Puente, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades and different samba artists like Gilbert Gil. Its very rhythm-centered, which hip-hop is, too. And were hip-hop, too, because we come from the city, we come from Chicago.”"
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