# The 7 Best Baile Funk Tracks of All Time

Rio's favela dance parties from the late eighties, built on two Miami bass breaks looped almost without variation, with shouted Portuguese over the top and a police relationship that has never been anything but hostile.

- **Origin:** Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1989
- **Tempo:** 125–135 BPM
- **Also known as:** funk carioca, funk brasileiro, proibidão, montagem
- **Tracks:** 7
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/baile-funk/

## The list

### 1. [Cidinho e Doca](https://waxonia.com/artist/cidinho-e-doca/) — [Rap da Felicidade](https://waxonia.com/track/cidinho-e-doca--rap-da-felicidade/)

*1995*

"I only want to be happy, to walk freely in the favela where I was born." The genre's most quoted line, over the most basic possible beat.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Cidinho%20e%20Doca%20Rap%20da%20Felicidade) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=7pD8k2zaLqk)

### 2. [Bob Rum](https://waxonia.com/artist/bob-rum/) — [Rap do Silva](https://waxonia.com/track/bob-rum--rap-do-silva/)

*1995*

A narrative about a boy killed by the police, and one of the first funk records to reach national radio. It was banned from some stations for exactly that.

Also on: [Dancing to Bad News](https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Bob%20Rum%20Rap%20do%20Silva) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vlZ9MGgC1NI)

### 3. [DJ Marlboro](https://waxonia.com/artist/dj-marlboro/) — [Melô do Tabaco](https://waxonia.com/track/dj-marlboro--melo-do-tabaco/)

*1989*

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.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/DJ%20Marlboro%20Mel%C3%B4%20do%20Tabaco) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=DJ%20Marlboro%20Mel%C3%B4%20do%20Tabaco)

### 4. [Tati Quebra Barraco](https://waxonia.com/artist/tati-quebra-barraco/) — [Sou Feia Mas Tô na Moda](https://waxonia.com/track/tati-quebra-barraco--sou-feia-mas-to-na-moda/)

*2004*

"I'm ugly but I'm in fashion." The funk carioca of the 2000s was full of women being ruder than the men, and Tati was the sharpest of them.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Tati%20Quebra%20Barraco%20Sou%20Feia%20Mas%20T%C3%B4%20na%20Moda) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNjQ8F-CAA)

### 5. [MC Bola](https://waxonia.com/artist/mc-bola/) — [Bota o Cabelo pra Trás](https://waxonia.com/track/mc-bola--bota-o-cabelo-pra-tras/)

*2009*

Montagem style — the beat cut into stutters and hard edits. Rio producers pushed the loop into something increasingly abstract while keeping it completely functional.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/MC%20Bola%20Bota%20o%20Cabelo%20pra%20Tr%C3%A1s) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=MC%20Bola%20Bota%20o%20Cabelo%20pra%20Tr%C3%A1s)

### 6. [MC João](https://waxonia.com/artist/mc-joao/) — [Baile de Favela](https://waxonia.com/track/mc-joao--baile-de-favela/)

*2015*

São Paulo's version, and a hundred million views. Funk stopped being a Rio secret and became the dominant popular music of the country.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/MC%20Jo%C3%A3o%20Baile%20de%20Favela) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eR_Uy9fkz9Q)

### 7. [MC Serginho](https://waxonia.com/artist/mc-serginho/) — [Um Tapinha Não Dói](https://waxonia.com/track/mc-serginho--um-tapinha-nao-doi/)

*2001*

An enormous, disreputable hit that got funk onto television and into an argument about its lyrics that has never really ended.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/MC%20Serginho%20Um%20Tapinha%20N%C3%A3o%20D%C3%B3i) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=iq6dTFi2tSM)

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