Album: Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats [coll]

Reviewed by Beezher: 10/03/05

Shake sumthin, but don't hurt nuthin, fun hip-hop, club hopping, booty beats from the Favelas of Rio, Brazil. Rio Baile Funk is really a collection of different booty beats, but it actually sounds like it could have been one long DJ mix, during one long sultry night in Brazil. The beats seem to center on a similar rhythmic pattern, but every song has slightly different mixes, breaks and vocal deliveries. The call-and-response/repeat techniques (between MC and audience) appear in abundance throughout. I'd like to wild out to this album and shake the booty my mama gave me. Run it.

Beezher's Pics: 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19

1. (0:36) Intro
2. (1:30) marching band/scratching intro, short and sweet
3. (3:07) woman singing rhythmic loop, different voices rapping
4. (3:14) bumpin beat, wacky accordion loop in chorus, boom!
5. (2:09) nice groove, hand drums back smooth rapping
6. (1:32) short and simple beat, repeated lyrics, nice filler music
7. (1:47) young and fun vocals, beat changes up, fun, interesting
8. (2:38) rock loop beat, beastie boyish delivery style by group
9. (2:19) mini me rapper boy, electro ring tone solo, too cute
10. (2:58) deep percussion, nice vocal delivery, some scratchin
11. (2:54) repetitive lyrics, fun beat, horse noises, it is what it is
12. (2:33) male and female vocals, scratching repeated lyrics
13. (2:36) Sounds different from the rest, real club banger, quicker
14. (2:36) industrial and cool, nice to nod the head to
15. (2:23) nice interchange of vocals, kinda singing/rapping, nice
16. (2:46) technoish beat goes through many motions, short vocals
17. (3:23) "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Brazilian style, hotter 
18. (4:24) pop electro disco stuff, singing/talking vocals, energetic
19. (3:53) samba beat, thick percussion and little guitars (ukeleles?), multiple vocals