Curtis Jenkins Loves Baile Funk!

If you know Curtis Jenkins, you should know he LOVES baile funk.

Baile Funk, also called funk carioca, is a Brazilian dance music that originated in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and is heavily influenced by 1980s Miami Bass music (like 2 Live Crew!) This is some serious party music, where thousands of young people gather together every weekend to shake their asses.

Here’s a clip from Diplo’s documentary Favela On Blast, a GREAT introduction to Rio’s baile funk counter-culture. Check the links that follow for more clips:

Baile Funk dos Prazeres_(Favela on Blast) from Leandro HBL on Vimeo.

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As a bonus, here are some of my favourite baile funk tracks.

DOWNLOADS

Bonde do Role – Solta O Frango
DJ Marlboro – Baile Funk Brasil (track 2)
Bonde do Vinho – Toma Dengosa
Bonde do Role – Gasolina
Diplo – Favela Strikes Back (track 5)
Ricardo E Esguisito – Mulher Coca Cola
M.I.A. – Bucky Done Gun
Joao Brasil – Let It Injeção Be (The Beatles X Deize Tigrona)