Testing John Leguizamo's Latin Music Knowledge

- Before we start the music, introduce yourself. - I'm John Ligwizamo, what's up? - Tell me about this jacket. - New York Knicks in the house. - Here you go. - What's that? - I'm gonna play some songs. (laughing) And you just gotta tell me who the artist is. - You've done this before. - What do you expect? We don't remember everything. - No, it's different songs, but when we-- - I have a full life, bro. - I'm not just sitting around waiting for your call. (laughing) (upbeat music) - Oh my God, bad bunnies. - Yeah. - It's the dopest, it's incredible that Latin music is number one in the world. - Yeah. - The 10 top songs in the world right now, all Latin artists. How incredible is that? - And everywhere else. - Yes. - And everywhere else where we're still missing. - Why? - It is happening. - Why is it telling? - Explain my Latin culture. - I do think it's happening that there's a recognition here in this country for the first time in a major way. - Why, because of what's going on politically and all the horrors we watch on social media? - I think just culturally, there's people that have broken through. It's resonating on a wider level. Like someone like Bad Bunny, right? Like there's pushback when he plays the Super Bowl, but no one cares. It's the biggest Super Bowl halftime show ever. - In the history of Super Bowl. - Right, that's all the pushback is bullshit. - Yeah, yeah. - The reality is this guy is resonating with millions and millions of people around the world. - Well careful again. (laughing) - Scott, he got Jersey plates and he killed somebody. - Thank you. - You should be thanking us. I helped him carry the, was it a Steinbeck or flat bed? - Sineola, movieola. - It's not a movieola, bro. (laughing) - You're so wrong. - No, I'm not wrong. - Did you go to film school? - I did. - You know, you didn't. - Yes, I did. - Where'd you go to? Let me see. - I went to San Francisco State University. - But why do you have a New York accent? - I don't have a New York accent. - Is it San Francisco, like it from New York? - I'm not from New York. - From San Jose, California. - Are you looking forward to seeing the Odyssey? - I am looking forward to seeing the Odyssey. No, I don't, and now like, you guys got all this content. I look like a bitch. - You might have seen my movies. You just don't know who I am. - Did you see Isage? - Isage? - Yeah. - Was your favorite character? - Isage. - Sid. - Yeah, that's me. - Oh my god, it's Sid. (laughing) - There's IMDb, I'm going on it right now. - Romeo and Juliet, dude, you were not, you were not putting your best work for it. - Well, you just dissed my other world. - I saved you from the dice. - I wouldn't mind with Romeo and Juliet, man. - That's too easy. - Who is interviews not about you, it's about me. (laughing) - I think I'm next. - Conex. (laughing) - Okay. - All right. - Song number two. (upbeat music) - Boy, I like this song. I don't recognize it, though. Who is it? - Paloma Mommy. - Oh, Paloma, is Paloma Mommy? Oh, she's got a new track. - She's, yeah, that's hot. - You're a fan of hers. - Yeah, I do. I love it, not steady. Not steady was so hot. That was my favorite track of hers. - What's your music discovery, like, process? - Oh, well, you know, obviously classical music is, you just have to dive down and listen to every track. This is the one I like. I like this composer over, you know, this composer. Same thing with jazz, you know. Jazz is a little more varied. So you have to, like, have slow jazz for intimate nights and then you have fast jazz if you want to be pumped up. Obviously, my old school hip-hop, they're like music scores to my life. ♪ Push me 'cause I'm close to the edge ♪ ♪ I'm trying not to lose ♪ - She's not one of the greatest. - She's still alive? - That brings you back, yeah. - Oh, my God, yeah, my youth going up in New York City, thinking, you know, I wasn't gonna live past 30. Yeah, all that. ♪ Geo soy el cantante ♪ ♪ Que hoy han venido a escuchar ♪ - You know, wrote this song? - Oh. - Ruben Bladis. - Yes. - Which is incredible. I never knew I thought "Ecto Laval" wrote it. - Who's "Ecto Laval"? - I think it was one of the great, great, salsa singers of all time, barico, Puerto Rican, just the most beautiful, the voice of the people. - El cantante. - El cantante. And that was written by Ruben Bladis, an incredible singer himself who took salsa to the next level. I mean, the 70s salsa scene was some of the greatest musicians of all time that the world didn't get to know as much. And they created this new sound for Latin people in New York City in the '70s. And it became the sound of New Ricans. - It's the best. - Oh, the greatest, the greatest, man. - But then it spread all over Latin America. - Exactly. And it's just like this thing that goes and builds and builds. And it's like more layers and more layers, but it's beautiful. You know, obviously the lyrics are a little deeper in his plaintive voices, what really gets you. Even though it's a dance track, there's pain in it. I mean, there's pain and that's what speaks to us. Oh, my God. Carry on, Leon. - Yes. - Oh, my God, listen to what he's saying, man. Oh, my God, his voice is like Oscore and B. It's gritty, it's gravely. I saw him live at the Latin Grammys like the year before. I ran up to him, like I fanboy, I go, your voice is, it just hits me right here, bro. It hits me in the solar plexus. - You have so much stuff coming out. It's the best. - Are you jealous? - No, it's the best. I'm a little bit jealous. But I love-- - What was your name? - A little bit. - A lot? - Don't you wish you were me too. A little bit. (laughing) - What do you think? - Wait, tell me about the Odyssey. - Oh my God, the Odyssey. I think it's the biggest movie I've ever been in my entire-- - I mean, is it not one of the biggest just movies? Like, period? - Yes. - Like, they very rarely make a movie. It's like Ben Hurr, like that kind of old school Hollywood. - But that was cheesy. - Yeah. - And this is like incredible storytelling, incredible acting, incredible scenery. It's all selected by this innovator called Chris Nolan. It's incredible, man. When I read the script, which it was handed to me by a person I had to be an in person to receive it, it's script was phenomenal. - I gotta get you one more song. ♪ Get up, get up, get up, get up ♪ ♪ Get up, get up, get up, stay on the scene ♪ - James Brown, sex machine. Got it right here. One of the greatest singers of all time. Oh my God, he's the anthem of black power, the voice of the civil rights movement. - Rock and roll, superstar. - Super star, fan leader. - I'm a fucking man in a show biz. I think I might work a little harder than that. He had a little easier, believe it or not. No, he didn't, he had a tough. - Great to see you. - Great to see you. - Thanks for coming on this show. - Thanks for having me. So, this is Joy from This Is And Work. How can you call this work? How do you get paid for this? - It's too far. - I don't get paid very much. - Oh, that's how. - We're working on it. - We gotta make it look more difficult. Like, you struggle it. If you make it, then it's just fun. Yeah, man, what a pleasure. - Much love. - Much love. (upbeat music)