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  "slug": "dj-marlboro",
  "name": "DJ Marlboro",
  "description": "DJ Marlboro appears 2 times in our Baile Funk and Miami lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/dj-marlboro/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1989,
    "last": 1989
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Baile Funk"
  },
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      "slug": "baile-funk",
      "name": "Baile Funk",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/baile-funk/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "miami",
      "name": "Miami",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "dj-marlboro--melo-do-tabaco",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/dj-marlboro--melo-do-tabaco/",
      "title": "Melô do Tabaco",
      "year": 1989,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Marlboro is the producer who turned the bailes into a recorded genre, and this is close to the beginning. Everything is the drum machine and the shouting.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "miami",
          "name": "Miami",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/DJ%20Marlboro%20Mel%C3%B4%20do%20Tabaco",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/search?q=DJ%20Marlboro%20Mel%C3%B4%20do%20Tabaco",
          "exact": false
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "baile-funk",
        "name": "Baile Funk",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/baile-funk/"
      },
      "artist": "DJ Marlboro"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "dj-marlboro--melo-do-tabaco",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/dj-marlboro--melo-do-tabaco/",
      "title": "Melô do Tabaco",
      "year": 1989,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Miami bass arriving in Rio on cassette, which is a fact this site already publishes as a lineage arrow. Marlboro looped somebody else's drum programming and a national music came out of it — the same 808, the same shouting, a different language.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "baile-funk",
          "name": "Baile Funk",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/baile-funk/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/DJ%20Marlboro%20Mel%C3%B4%20do%20Tabaco",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/search?q=DJ%20Marlboro%20Mel%C3%B4%20do%20Tabaco",
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        }
      },
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        "slug": "miami",
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        "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/"
      },
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    }
  ],
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}