Were You Listening? Track 8: Salsa & Choke [Remix] (English)

Hola Mix(ed)tape listeners! I know, it's been a while.... but believe, I just had some things to sort out. Today we'll be listening to Salsa & Choke by ChocQuibTown. While ChocQuibTown is a hip-hop band, in today’s song they celebrate a different rhythm called Salsa Choke. The chorus of the song reveals a historical reference, Salsa and Choke are separate rhythms and are the main influences of Salsa Choke. The latter, choke, is closer to something like regueton. Both rhythms were common in the town of Tumaco, a southern town in the Pacific Coast of Colombia, whose population is estimated to be 85% Afro-Colombian as of 2023. The first fusions of salsa and choke that created salsa choke are said to have happened there in the mid 2000s.

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