Maicol Superstar

 Pues hice la entrevista. Le pregunté a Maicol Superstar un par de cosas, las contesto y fue bien. Pero después seguimos hablando y aprendí que él es loco cono su hija, le gusta escuchar los Orishas–música diferente para la mente creativa. También tiene un amor especial para las culturas diferentes y considera Mexico como su segunda casa. Cuando te tratan bien es lo que pasa. Maicol es tremenda persona y podemos aprender mucho de el. Tiene un tatuaje con el símbolo de ➤'play' para darle 'play' a la vida. Excelente!

I did the interview. I asked Maicol Superstar some questions, he answered and it was good. But then we just kept on talking and I learned that he loves his daughter, he listens to the Orishas–different music is good for creativity. He also has an appreciation for different cultures and considers Mexico to be his second home. Good hospitality. A great person all around that has a lot offer. He has a ➤ 'play' button tattoo to hit 'play' on life. How cool is that?!

Bionica: Maicol Superstar!
Maicol Superstar: Yes.
Bionica: Out of all the countries that you have visited, which one is your favorite and why?
Maicol Superstar: I really don't have a preference. I really like Italy, I really like Spain, Ecuador. I like Mexico, it's my second home. I'm fascinated by Colombia, Santo Domingo is something else…You know, everyone has it's own flavor and it's something really great that they are able to support what's ours.
Bionica: What do you miss most when you go away?
Maicol Superstar: In reality my bed, it's the best
Bionica: What's the weirdest thing that you have seen at a club?
Maicol Superstar: Wow, I've seen a lot of weird things. It really depends on what you consider weird
Bionica: Once, when I first started going to clubs, a DJ asked 'whose are these?' and he was referring to some silicone.
Maicol Superstar: Ok…wow–wow. Well I can tell you, something weird that happened to me at a club was when I fell off stage after dancing kind of crazy. You know I was the joke of the evening.
Bionica: Is there something that you have to do overtime before going on stage, some sort of ritual?
Maicol Superstar: You know, I always talk with the man upstairs and I ask Him to stay with me–it's worked well so far.
Bionica: What do you like most about going up on stage?
Maicol Superstar: That I can say what I want with out having to expect anything. I say what I want, when I want, because I want to say it. If you like it good and if you didn't, well I said it because I wanted to.
Bionica: And can you do the Maicol Superstar (y puedes hacer el Maicol Superstar?)
Maicol Superstar: How does it go?
Bionica: The way you do it Maicol Superstar.
Maicol Superstar: Maicol Superstar in the house!

Maicol Superstar: You know, I remember when I started in the 90s. I had a beeper and in Carolina there some singers (including me) and in Bayamón there were others. Bayamón is a town in Puerto Rico. And Ivy Queen would tell me 'I love you so much. We're here for whatever you need.' I would reply to her saying 'My love, we're here for you too.'
We always had a special love and affection for each other you know. From that moment to today, 2018, you were able to see how our queen still has that same love for us. That makes me proud because it means that what we planted is still there, it's alive. I'm very proud of the queen and how it all went down tonight. Kisses, Ivy baby this is for you Muah!!!

Bionica: You have a son and a daughter?
Maicol Superstar: I only have a daughter.
Bionica: I would love to be able to go into my dad's closet and pick things out, but his style is very different from mine.
Maicol Superstar: I have a daughter and she's the apple of my eye, she's the light of my life and right now I'm here because of her.
Bionica: That's beautiful (que hermoso)
Does she like your music too? A little?
Maicol Superstar: Well, she really isn't into it because since she can remember, she's always seen this as my job. And so it's simply her dad's work. Now she does like this one and the other, so as not to mention any names…But she doesn't get involved with my work you know.
She gives me my space and really respects what I do because through it she is who she is. Because of my job, she's able to study at a university, she has her own car. She's a very smart young lady. I'm really proud of her.
Bionica: Has she gone to work with you? For example to the recording studio?
Maicol Superstar: No, I've invited her but she tells me 'no dad, I don't want to.' She won't go. She doesn't really like to get involved in those things but she does know new artists and she's hang out with some of them although I may not like too much, but that's how it is with young people, you know.
Bionica: You don't really like it because as a dad you're being very careful with her?
Maicol Superstar: Of course, always. And when I don't like something, she knows that aside from being her dad, I'm her friend and no other person is going to tell her things the way that I will.
Bionica: What is she studying?
Maicol Superstar: Well right now, she's studying photography. She has a great camera that she made me buy. She has a lot of distant shots and she'll go in a red room (dark room), take the camera, take the picture, put it in water, take her time…She likes it, she really likes it.
Bionica: What has been your biggest challenge as a dad?
Maicol Superstar: Well it's not easy making a baby. A lot of kids now a days think that it's a joke and it's not. It's a life. It's much more than life itself. You're bringing life into this world and the same way that you need life, this life that you bringing in to this world, this life will always need as well. So really think that one thing is one thing and another is life you know. They have to…I don't know if you follow...
Bionica: Yes of course.

cazadora: prestado, de Alberto Stylee, camisa: 2 Worlds Urban Surf Shop, pantalones: propios
jacket: borrowed from Alberto Stylee, shirt: 2 Worlds Urban Surf Shop , pants: own

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The Noise

 

Se llama Ranking Stone y es conocido como El Rey de los Melones pero en verdad creo que debe ser conocido por su voz que en las palabras de Romeo So Nasty! Pues lo puedo escuchar el día entero.

His name is Ranking Stone and he's known as the King of the Melons but really he should be known for that seductive voice, he's like the Puerto Rican Barry White. I can hear talk all day.

Fan: Ranking!

Ranking Stone: What's going on? How are you?
Fan: You sand Los Melones! I'm happy that you sang it. Very good, very good.

Bionica: Well, for starters, Ranking Stone the King of the Melons, but with that voice–did you ever think about working as an announcer? You just speak so beautifully.
Ranking Stone: Well, I did study broadcasting before getting into music although music has always been a part of my life because I come from a family of musicians that have always played in bands. My grandparents were troubadours. During Christmas in Puerto Rico we were always the ones who did the Parranda (wassailing) and what not bus aside from that I did study broadcasting. But after I finished my studies, I dedicated myself more to music although I had done all of the news practices, commercial announcing…but I just left it at that. Many people have told me that, but, well I stayed in the path of music.
Bionica: You can tell me that I'm ugly, that my hair is a mess and it will still sound good because Ranking Stone said it.
Ranking Stone: No, no, no, you're beautiful. Everyone is having a good time here.
Bionica: But with that voice…
Ranking Stone: You're hair is beautiful. (Sexy voice on!!)
Bionica: I love it!! (Me encanta)
Ranking Stone: And some spectacular eyes!
Bionica: Thank you.
Ranking Stone: See, see chuckles.
Bionica: Aside from reggaeton, what is your favorite type of music?
Ranking Stone: Well, check this out, I really like merengue. Merengue by Grupo Mania, Elvis Crespo. I'm also a salsa lover. I like all genres of music but especially the Latino ones. In regards to rap, hip-hop and the like, I like some but have always had a preference to the latin rhythms. The rhythms that have also instructed me into putting together my songs.
My style is a little different than others and it's because of what I like.
What I really like is Latin music.
Bionica: What do you enjoy most about working with your friends?
Ranking Stone: Well um chuckles it's a group of humble people above everything. The old school crowd, well we're somewhat seasoned. We enjoy life, we enjoy what we do and we have a lot of passion. For example, DJ Nelson, right now we're here doing this recording and he's around somewhere jumping, dancing, having fun… DJ Negro too!
You know, we're a little older in age in comparison to the kids that are starting out now, but we enjoy life and the truth is that we enjoy what we do. It's the passion that moves us.
Bionica: What's the best advice that you have ever received that you still adhere to today.
Ranking Stone: Well, my grandparents had always told me to keep my feet on the ground. Humility is the best thing one can have and I think that it's something that has always been a trait of mine. I've always been humble and it's what I've always taken with me and I've tried to stay on that route doing all things with a humble heart and a lot of respect. It's a bit of advice that has lasted me forever.
Bionica: Thank you so much.
Ranking Stone: Thank you.

He's a dad, he's a husband, he's a cook and also a hard working man that made sure to make his mark and stand out–he's DJ Negro!!! Pioneer of that old school movement that has helped shape reggaeton into what it is today.

El es padre, un esposo, chef esquisto, un hombre luchador que trabajó duro para sobresalir–el es DJ Negro!!! Pionero de la vieja guardia, ese movimiento clave que ha influido lo que es reggaeton hoy en dia.

Bionica: DJ Negro, what is it that you like most about your job?
DJ Negro: What I enjoy most about my job?Seeing people enjoy what I do. Me at the turntables, preparing the music, getting people pumped and then you see how they dance, they sing… It's kind of like when you make rice & beans or whatever it is that you're eating and you prepared this meal that's really good. You set the table and then nobody eats and you say to yourself 'Wow, after I spent all this time making it…' You know, its satisfying to see people having a good time as a result of what your doing.
Bionica: If you weren't a DJ, what would you be?
DJ Negro: A cook.
Bionica: Si? Yeah?
DJ Negro: Because I love being in the kitchen.
Todo Latin Network: Food is great.
Bionica: What's your specialty?
DJ Negro: Lasagna.
Bionica: Really?
DJ Negro: I love lasagna.
Bionica: OMG
DJ Negro: Listen, for your information, I graduated as a chef. I've got my certification and everything, and I'm also quite good. And if it's bad, then I really won't make it at home, my wife will make it laughs.
Bionica: Do you have kids?
DJ Negro: Yes, I have 3 kids.
Bionica: What is it that your kids like the most, about their dad being DJ Negro?
DJ Negro: Well, I already have 2 adolescents. My son is 25 and my daughter is 23. They don't always say it, but every once in a while I'll hear 'Papi, I met this person and when they found you're my dad they went crazy' laughs. When they were kids, they didn't really listen to reggaeton, they were more into rock and the like. They didn't really keep tabs on me in that sense, but now that they're older and have seen what their dad has done, they say 'Wow.'
Bionica: What's something that you always try to teach your kids.
DJ Negro: Well, I tell them they shouldn't smoke, they shouldn't be dealers and that they should try to do things legally. It's worked up to now.
Todo Latin Network: What does a legend like you say to the new generation that wants to DJ? What advice do you have for them?
DJ Negro: Well, when I started in '83, I'm going to tell you this story that happened to me. I couldn't DJ for the life of me. I had never even touched the turntables but I felt that I knew how to do what the DJ was doing and I remember this DJ from the town I was born in, La Perla San Juan. I told him 'Listen, let me play something, I know how to do it' and this is what he said to me '#@$% off and don't bother me' and I told him 'I'm going to learn and I'm going to beat you at your own game.' I ran into him some 10 years after that while I was  DJing and he tells me 'S@!* DJ Negro let me play something' and I asked him 'Do you remember what you told? #@$% off? Now it's your turn to #@$% off' laughs
But really, my advice is to keep going. Perseverance is your tool to show others that yes you can do it.
Bionica: Thank you so much.

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DJ Nelson

He sido su fan desde Flow la Discoteka cuando escuché a Cochinola por primera vez en un MP3 que mi mejor amiga trajo desde la Republica Dominicana. Ahí pude confirmar que, él–DJ Nelson es un duro! Es la prueba de que si amas lo que haces, no tendrás que trabajar ni un solo día en tu vida.

I've been a fan since Flow La Discoteka when I first heard Cochinola on an MP3 my best friend brought back from the Dominican Republic. That's when I confirmed that yep–DJ Nelson– this man is the man! He goes on to be the proof that if you love what you do, you will never have to work a day in your life.

DJ Nelson: Let's do it.
Bionica: What do you like most about NY?
DJ Nelson: I lived in New York for many years, the city inspires me to make music, the people, the women–it's the city. It's my city, I love it.
Bionica: What do you like most about your job?
DJ Nelson: I feel good when I produce some music and people can sing it, dance to it, forget their troubles… That's what I like most.
Bionica: My mom love the song with Anuel, she loves the one you did with Anuel the one that says To @#$% You Don't Have To Love Me, she's my mom (es mi madre) but she loves it.
DJ Nelson: You know, I've had the opportunity to work with Anuel many times and the song Ayer (Yesterday) on Flow La Discoteka 3, Ayer remix with Farruko, Ayer  remix with Balvin, Nicky, Yankee, well it really incredible. I also worked on the remix for Sola. Wow! It was great.
Bionica: What's the most time you have spent producing a song?
DJ Nelson: I have produced songs like Arcángel's Chica Virtual in a half hour.
Bionica: Woah!
DJ Nelson: And it took me about a half hour to produce the base rhythm for Anuel's Ayer.
Bionica: Nelson you are the man! You're crazy.
DJ Nelson: It's what I love, it's really what I feel, it's what actually runs through my veins.
Bionica: Thank you so much.
DJ Nelson: Thank you love.

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