Surprisingly, one of the metro areas that hasn’t gotten a ton of love from LxNxM is the Bay. Which is weird, because dammit, we love the Bay. Between family and friends it feels like a second home at times.
So with that, enjoy/download some of the Bay’s finest (no, not that, homie). A couple months back, Panama/Oakland future sounders Los Rakas dropped a free album of sorts – cleverly titled Free Music 2010. If you haven’t checked for it yet, now is as good a time as any. The selection ranges from neo-hyphy explorations to nearly digi-dancehall tracks, and drifts from English to Spanish and back again seamlessly.
The video for internet leak/single “Soy Raka” also dropped recently. Check the video and grab the free download below the jump. Brrrrap!
[audio http://thefader.cachefly.net/los-rakas-soy-raka.mp3] Download: Los Rakas – “Soy Raka” (right click “save as”)
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