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Favela freestyler and producer Edu K re-waxes his baile funk classic “Popozuda Rock n’ Roll.” Rather than merely slurp down the Salt-n-Pepa milkshake that originally shaddupped and pushed it on numerous early-Eighties Favela Booty Beats comps, Edu draws from a chunky metal guitar topped with EZ-Whiz breaks. The ex-punk-funker wears his Red Hot Chili Peppers sock-puppet openly as the compressed riff verifies that down in Brazil, “Catholic School Girls Rule.”
