While I was in the Dominican Republic, one of my friends bought a few pirated CDs from a street vendor. They were all bands we had never heard of before but we figured we needed something to play in the car while we were cruising along the beach. There was one CD in particular that we thought was exceptionally good and it ended up becoming our kind-of soundtrack for the trip. The CD was Aventura's most recent album The Last.
To us, Aventura was just a group that made great music to listen to in our car, but when one of our Dominican friends, Gabriel, got into our car and heard Aventura playing we realized that the group was much more than that.
Gabriel, a guy in his early 20's who lives along Encuentro Beach in the northern part of the Dominican Republic, was surprised that we had an Aventura CD. He told us that Aventura is what everyone his age listens to and that it was one of the biggest bands in the Dominican Republic.
Aventura's members are mainly of Dominican descent. Ever since their beginning in 1994, the group has grown more and more popular over time as they have mixed bachata with hip hop and R&B. In their most recent album, Aventura collaborated with Akon, Wyclef Jean, Ludacris and other well known artists. The group has won countless awards and has a fans worldwide.
Who knew that buying a CD by a group we had never even heard of, would turn out to teach us about one of the most popular groups in the Dominican Republic and around the world!
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