I've never had a problem with Will Smith. He's a completely likable guy, which for me, is enough to improve even his worst movie.
But Latin television is some bullshit. I hate it. Probably because I'm Hispanic and have a mom who loves to watch the Telenovelas. Can I get a what, what? If you're Hispanic, then you know what I'm talking about.
So, I'm sitting here behind this computer, doing whatever we do on these things, when I hear some erratic but addictive beats coming from my mom's television in the other room. Sounded like some kid was on stage, who didn't know how to sing.
Which makes sense because Latin television loves to make a big deal about that.
I said to myself, that kid seems to be getting the hang of it, and then something in it triggered M.I.A and Santogold.
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I walk into the front room to one hell of a light show on television and just what I expected, some eclectic Latin stuff they should be doing more of on this channel. Let's dig in deep for some sounds and stop mulling around with that Juan Gabriel, Ricky Martin, boyband shit.
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Then, there's this other dude next to them, who looks kind of familiar, hollering into a microphone. The audience is getting pumped up, this time without Pitbull and the fucking guys looks familiar... is that Will Smith?
Bomba Estéreo and Will Smith killed it! I hadn't seen anything like that for a while! Finally, rather than manufacture some excitement with a bunch of lackluster duds, here we had some genuine entertainment.
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Unbelievable!
[Image from the official Bomba Estéreo Twitter account ]