Joe Bataan

Inspiration, Collaboration and the Power of Music

Eduardo Diaz | Posted 05.29.2012

Eduardo Diaz

Born Bataan Nitollano to a Filipino father and African American mother, Joe bataan survived the rough and tumble streets of New York City's East Harlem to become the King of Latin Soul.

A Labor of Love: We Like It Like That - The Story Of Latin Boogaloo

Isabelle Davis | Posted 11.30.2011

Isabelle Davis

Known as "the first Nuyorican music," boogaloo's lifespan was tragically all too brief, but luckily not forgotten, as the documentary brings viewers into the world of an underrepresented slice of music and NYC history.

City of God's Son: A Hip-Hop Soundscape

Ben Arnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Ben Arnon

An homage to hip-hop's most culturally potent era, COGS is part Sin City, part Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio programming, and part Nas' Illmatic.