Some grooves feel familiar the moment they hit, not because they imitate, but because they tap into something timeless. MB ’93’s “Concha Al Maxa” does exactly that, stitching HipHop roots into a House framework with finesse and flair.
As part of the “Pink Lambo’s EP“, the second outing from the ever-growing Miami Beat$ collective and label, “Concha Al Maxa” stands tall as a genre-fusing manifesto – equal parts homage and evolution. It opens with a House bassline that knows exactly what it’s doing: warm, elastic, subtly shifting with just enough swing and variation to loosen the grid and invite a HipHop head-nod into the House tempo.
Then the vocal lands – direct, unpolished, and full of b-boy urgency, like a cipher echoing through a club corridor. There’s no overproduction here, just rhythm laid bare and confidence held steady. But MB ’93 don’t stop at raw function – just as the groove finds its stride, they sneak in a low-end weight shift and a short, shimmering synth run that lifts the track into something more dreamlike, like a sunrise over cracked concrete.
“Concha Al Maxa” doesn’t just blend House and HipHop – it reminds us they were never really that far apart. This isn’t nostalgia; it’s a reclamation. A track built for dancers and diggers alike, delivered with a purity that’s hard to fake and harder to forget.
Not a tribute, not a trend – just love, pressed to wax.
Words by Holger Breuer
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