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A fixture in the New York City spoken-word scene and well-known from her appearances on HBO's Def Poetry Jam series, La Bruja's varied talents as an artist, actor and activist are brought to the fore in Brujalicious' mix of spoken-word and hip-hop over traditional 4/4 and reggaeton beats. Cleverly positioned (and sequenced) as a "mixtape," the CD manages to retain that format's immediacy and variety without seeming distracted and meandering. Clever, biting and intensely political recontextualizations of 1980's club hits (a brilliant reggaeton flip of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita") mix with undeniably infectious ...