Tuesday, August 31, 2004  

Rappin' Hood, "Sou Negrao"
Rappin' Hood, "Caso de Policia"
Rappin' Hood, "Rap du Bom"
from Em Sujeito Homem (Trama, 2001)

Blasting straight from the slums that surround Rio and Sao Paulo, Brazilian rappers are mixing traditional samba with hip-hop beats. One of the coolest is Rappin' Hood, who's striving for the rich while shouting out to the poor.

"Sou Negrao" is a bit wet kiss to black music everywhere, but especially to the Brazilian stars, such as Pixinguinha, Jorge Ben Jor, and Leci Brandao, who makes an appearance on the song and in the video (where she comes across as the hippest grandma evah). The "Sou Negrao" video, which I saw on Link TV about 100 times last weekend, is so damn infectious. Everyone's cold kickin' it in a giant samba-hop jam session, much like how we roll here at JazzTimes.
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Rappin' Hood downloads are available from Calabash Music and the CD from Stern's Music.
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A lo-fi live performance of "Rap du Bom"; more live performances & videos. Still haven't located an online clip for the "Sou Negrao" video.
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An interview with Rappin' Hood in Portuegues won't do most of us any good, but here are a bunch of Brazilian hip-hop videos. (How did Talib Kweli get in there?)
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The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop is a new comp if you want more flava from the favela.
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Favela Chic is a new comp of various modern Brazilian sounds; it includes "Sou Negrao."
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Brazzil.com
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All Brazilian Music database
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Mud & chaos in Brazilian music

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