So you’re feeling kinda lame. You just realized that your supposed A to Z music selection is really just Ashanti to XZibit. What happened to originality? Well 50 Cent killed it. Yeah that’s right, I said it what are you going to do about it? Well look no further, well actually look south. Whether its Cumbias, Punketon, Regaton, or you just have no idea what the hell I just said, Mexican Hip/Hop and Rap is alive and well. Better known acts such as Molotov have pierced the American market, while other (and very lame) chicano groups like Daddy Yankee have also left their print in the mainstream music scene. One group though, Control Machete, remains in relative obscurity here in the US of A even as it has gained rabid notoreity in “Mejico” and everything south of it.

Known for their driving beats, and accessible lyrics that deal with anything from Mexican politics to life in northern Mexico, Control Machete is basically accessible to anyone who doesn’t know who Spiro Agnew or Miguel de La Madrid was.