Mass Appeal

Katie Millbauer

Cuban hip-hop producer Pablo Herrera

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• Pablo Herrera
• The Roots (Band)
• Havana
• Hip-Hop and Rap
• Stereo Systems

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While the embargo ensures that Cuban-produced albums are not sold in the U.S., there is one collection from New York's Papaya Records, Cuban Hip-Hop All Stars, Vol. 1, available in most stores. With tracks by Obsesion, An�o Consejo, and other top Cuban groupsand contrabass work by famed Cuban jazz bassist Jorge Reyesthe 2001 Herrera-produced compilation is a nice, if too short and already outdated, sampling of the genre. Should the right gates open (or the right person leave the office he was never elected to in the first place), Cuban hip-hop could be gloriously more accessible in the future. They're ready for us; the only question is whether we'll be ready for them.

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