The Anti-Samba

Like most non-aficionados, I first read about what Brazilian ghetto residents call "funk" music in an article in Spin a couple of years back. It was like reading about how reggae came up from Jamaican shantytowns to the States 30 years ago (cf: The Harder They Come): rude-ass dance music played at quasi-legal gatherings where the main idea was for rival gangs to pound the crap out of each other. Anyway, I haven't had much success finding this year's anthology, Favela Booty Beats, at Amazon. But thanks to this article in the Village Voice, I did find this site, which offers up a lotta tunes for free. Boogie on.