5 LATINO MOVIES BASED ON BOOKS

Get your read on with these 5 Latino books that was made into Hollywood films. You will be surprise what actors and actresses made the silver screen by signing up to star in these book-to-film projects. 

1. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
  



2. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 
 

3. Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell

  

4. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera 
 
 

5. The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols 

 
 

Have your reading glasses or popcorn ready to enjoy these books and films.



Cypress Hill’s ‘BLACK SUNDAY' Celebrates 20 years

 

Who you trying to get crazy with, Ese? Don't you know that PETER JACKKNIFE is loco.

This past weekend on July 20th, West Coast hip-hop group of the ’90 hip-hop era, Cypress Hill, celebrated their released of the 2nd album, Black Sunday. This highly-acclaimed album made noise in the hood 20 years ago and it reached Platinum success for the first Cuban-American/Latino hip-hop group.

Cypress Hill Black Sunday Album Track listing

1. I Wanna Get High
2. I Ain't Goin Out Like That
3. Insane In The Brain
4. When The Shit Goes Down
5. Lick A Shot
6. Cock The Hammer
7. Lock Down
8. 3 Lil' Putos
9. Legalize It
10. Hits From The Bong
11. What Go Around Come Around, Kid
12. A To The K
13. Hand On The Glock
14. Break 'em Off Some

Listen to the Cypress Hill Black Sunday Full album. Enjoy it 

Watch BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT movie in FULL HD

Blood In Blood Out is great Latino film to watch.  Some say it's the Spanish version of Boyz in da Hood and some say "American Me" is a better film. However, both films have  good story-telling and a strong message to convey. But Blood In Blood Out is a 3-hour long film and worth watching ever second of it. 

Get some popcorn and Enjoy it. "VATOS LOCOS 4ever"

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Tony Touch ‘Piece Maker 3: Return Of The 50 MCs’ Album Release

Tony Toca drops a new album called Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MCs today, July 9. It features 50 MCs from Eminem, M.O.P.,Too $hort Bun B, Twista, D-Block, Black Thought, Slaughterhouse, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon and more. There is also some big time producers who got to work on the album such as Erick Sermon, Just Blaze, RZA and Statik Selektah.

 

Cop the Tony Touch ‘Piece Maker 3: Return Of The 50 MCs’ Album here Amazon.com 



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Ruben Blades "Yo soy de Alianza Lima"

Ruben Blades is well known for his music throughout the world but in Lima, Peru where "Soccer is King", he is also known to be a honorary social member of the Club Alianza Lima. Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club which plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru.

 

Even though, Rubén Blades is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician, and activist, Blades' musical performances is mostly often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres which conveys a strong influence in the Peruvian musical culture and soccer community. There's been plenty of occasions where Rubén Blades performed in Peru and made announcements of his involvement with the soccer club. For Alianza Lima fans, it brings them joy and happiness to know that a Salsa-icon like Rubén Baldes is one of them. Arirba Alianza Lima!!!

  

Rubén Blades performance in Lima Peru. Pedro Navaja is the song of the community