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New Recordings: Marc Anthony, Mayer Hawthorne, Pokey LaFarge

Marc Anthony has remained his own man. He married Jennifer Lopez and never got a stupid hybrid title (no J-Arc or Ma-Lo). He sang "God Bless America" at baseball's All-Star Game and got Twitter grief for it ("How dare immigrants sing our song?"). But he brushed it off, went on TV, and reminded audiences he was of Puerto Rican descent and born in New York. As a singer, he's rarely succumbed to slick, gringo pop.

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