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Certified Latin Breaks Vol. 1

Classic Latin samples from the works of Carlos Gardel, Mercedes Sosa, Hector Cabrera, and others + blunted hip-hop beats = severely smoked grooves: ILL Padre’s (RD Granados and Inoel Miranda) formula may be simple on Certified Latin Breaks Vol. 1 (Inner Current) but there’s no denying its potency, especially when Spanish guitar strums and voice samples cast such entrancing spells in “ Thief of Tranquility” and “Cielo.” Admittedly some tracks are so fleeting they’re mere sketches, but the sincerity of ILL Padre’s tribute pours forth from the music’s every pore, its half-hour suggestive of what might come from a faded Piano Overlord-Savath & Savalas-Prefuse 73 blend. The best thing about it? The title’s implicit promise of another volume. – Ron Schepper textura.com