Before Ivy Queen wore the crown of reggaeton, before Mellow Man Ace popularized "Spanglish" rap, there was Lisa M. Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, but raised in the Bronx, she absorbed the nascent hip-hop culture of the late 1980s—the breakbeats, the turntablism, the street corner cyphers—while never forgetting the salsa and boogaloo of her parents’ generation. In 1989, she appeared on the scene with the single "El Abusador," a raw, sample-heavy track that lambasted machismo in the Latin community. It was a shot across the bow.
Flavor Of The Latin was not a commercial hit. It peaked at #22 on the Billboard Latin Albums chart in 1992 and quickly disappeared. Lisa M. released one more album, Mujer De Fuego (1994), then faded from the industry. She reportedly works as a social worker in the Bronx today. Lisa M - Flavor Of The Latin -1991- US CD FLAC ...
You specifically mentioned the . For collectors and audiophiles, this distinction matters. Before Ivy Queen wore the crown of reggaeton,