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For my concert report I went to see Montezuma Project, an eclectic hip-hop band that incorporates Latin rhythms, soul and jazz in their sound. The band featured live drums, bass, guitar, one trumpet, keyboard, turntables (scratching, creating sound effects and playing pieces of songs), congas, and 2 vocalists—one of which sung in a melodic style, while the other sung in a rap-type of way. This second vocalist was really good; his name is Taboo and he was the former singer of a somewhat famous LA band called Black Eyed Peas. He had a cool style of rapping, repeating phrases outside the beat, and rap-style of moving around the stage looking like an Inca hip-hopper. As said, Montezuma Project shows very diverse influences in regards to their style, sound and melodies—from Mexican, Cuban and Spanish to African-American. They performed a high-energy/dynamic live show and the crowd was very pleased. They had as special guest a singer from a band called “Burning Star” who they open for and who were also very good. This second band was also based in a core of hip-hop but in their case the extra elements were mainly Rhythm and Blues and Funk rather than Latin and Spanish. I saw this shows at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica. Th