"Latin Active"
Single by A Lighter Shade of Brown featuring Shiro Stokes and Teardrop
from the album Brown & Proud
Released1991
Recorded1990
GenreHip hop
Length3:31
LabelPump
Songwriter(s)
  • Robert Gutierrez
  • Bobby Ramirez
  • James Carter
  • Fabian Alfaro
  • Chulo
  • Luis Ortiz
  • Darryl Cash
Producer(s)
  • Fabe Love
  • Jammin' James Carter
A Lighter Shade of Brown singles chronology
"T.J. Nights"
(1990) 		"Latin Active"
(1991) 		"On a Sunday Afternoon"
(1991)
Shiro Stokes singles chronology
"Latin Active"
(1991) 		"On a Sunday Afternoon"
(1991)
Music video
"Latin Active" on YouTube

"Latin Active" is a song by American hip hop duo A Lighter Shade of Brown and the lead single from their debut studio album Brown & Proud (1990). It features singer Shiro Stokes and rapper Teardrop. It was produced by Fabe Love and Jammin' James Carter.

Background and content

Teardrop rhymes in both English and Spanish in the song.[1] She declares herself as Chicana in the original version, but when the song was released as a single the lyric was substituted with "Latina".[2]

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 59

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Ramirez, DTTX From A Lighter Shade of Brown, Passes Away at 46". OC Weekly. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Richard T. (2000). "Reimagined Communities: Family, Masculinity, and Nationalism in Chicano Cultural Production". 2: 159. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Lighter Shade of Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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