The rapper Residente is only one Latin hip-hop artist Alt.Latino has featured on the present.
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The rapper Residente is only one Latin hip-hop artist Alt.Latino has featured on the present.
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I used to be born earlier than hip-hop existed. The truth is, I used to be in my 20s because the music made its manner right into a wider world from the place it was born. And I keep in mind considering, “So this is what it will need to have felt like when the earliest types of rock ‘n’ roll have been launched into the world of music.”
Just like the music of Little Richard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Chuck Berry, the earliest types of hip-hop have been disruptive. And by that I imply the music challenged folks to contemplate the communities from which this music got here from. Hip-hop was defiant in the best way it spoke of the experiences of the younger, African American and Afro-Latino of us who began creating it within the Bronx 50 years in the past.
It wasn’t till Jasmine Garsd and I began Alt.Latino in 2010 that I thought-about hip-hop’s impression on the Spanish-speaking world. The truth is, I keep in mind very vividly the second she launched me to Ana Tijoux from Chile. Initially I used to be fascinated by her dexterity in manipulating Spanish syntax, however then I began taking note of what she was saying. Spanish-language hip-hop was no much less defiant than hip-hop coming from the U.S. I got here to deeply respect hip-hop that challenged not simply racism however the legacy of colonialism, Indigenous genocide, institutional misogyny, classism and the overbearing presence of the U.S. within the every day lifetime of Latin America for a whole lot of years.
All of that’s within the music our present has lined and within the phrases of the musicians we’ve got interviewed for over a decade. And if you happen to hear fastidiously, you possibly can hear a throughline from the latest Argentine rhyming, to Cypress Hill to Grandmaster Flash to Little Richard, demanding that individuals hear up and take note of the suave expression of marginalized communities that simply wish to have a good time the fun and challenges of simply being alive. Right here, discover a assortment of just some of Alt.Latino’s greatest hip-hop interviews, from visitor DJ units to in-depth interviews. — Felix Contreras
Mala Rodriguez Shares Her Music And Influences (2011)
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“That is what rap is, proper? It is rhythm and poetry,” the Spanish rapper and Alt.Latino favourite Mala Rodriguez mentioned when she appeared on the podcast in 2011. On this interview, recorded in her native language, she shares why she does not wish to restrict herself to 1 style.
Enciéndete: 9 Thrilling New Latin Rap Songs (2012)
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On this 2012 episode, Felix Contreras and former Alt.Latino host, NPR felony justice correspondent and host of The Final Cup Jasmine Garsd accumulate a few of their favourite, politically charged discoveries throughout Latin rap from the world over, with an help from DJ Juan Knowledge.
Visitor DJ: Ana Tijoux Talks Hip-Hop, Chilean Politics and Being Married To Jazz (2012)
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In 2012, rapper Ana Tijoux got here on the podcast to ship “probably the most eclectic and passionate” visitor DJ periods Alt.Latino has ever finished, with the rapper relating her wide-ranging influences, from French hip-hop to Public Enemy.
Visitor DJ: Calle 13 (2012)
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Calle 13 singer Rene Perez
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“Calle 13 is strictly what mainstream Latin music wants proper now: an injection of revolt, thought and actual sexuality,” Garsd wrote of the group in 2012. Polarizing and provocative, the group joined Alt.Latino proper after releasing its 2011, Grammy Award-winning album Entren Los Que Quieran, which established it as a singular drive in Latin music.
Black, Puerto Rican And Proud: Visitor DJ Tego Calderón (2013)
Puerto Rican rapper Tego Calderon
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Puerto Rican rapper Tego Calderon
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Tego Calderón joined the podcast in 2012 to speak about his music and African roots, however Garsd would be part of the rapper a yr later in his studio in San Juan for a dialog in regards to the historical past of Afro-Puerto Rican tradition and music on the island.
Spanish Hip-Hop, An Afro-Colombian Remix and Extra (2013)
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In considered one of Alt.Latino‘s new music roundups, Garsd and Contreras convey collectively a handful of latest songs, together with new music from the Spanish rapper Mala Rodriguez’s 2013 album Bruja.
How Hip-Hop Modified Latin Music Endlessly (2014)
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Rapper Bocafloja
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On this episode commemorating Black Historical past Month, music blogger Juan Knowledge returns to the present together with the rapper Bocafloja, for a deep-dive into how hip-hop influenced the Latin American music scene endlessly.
‘La Verdad’: The Fact Of Latin American Hip-Hop (2017)
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On this episode, Alt.Latino dives into the e-book La Verdad: An Worldwide Dialogue On Hip Hop Latinidades, co-edited by Melissa Castillo-Garsow and Jason Nichols, for a dialog on how hip-hop has introduced the world nearer collectively.
Visitor DJ: Residente On Life And Music After Calle 13 (2017)
Calle 13 rapper Residente
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Calle 13 rapper Residente
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Former co-leader of Calle 13, the rapper Residente, joined the present in 2017 for a solo visitor DJ set, in addition to a dialog on touring the globe to be taught extra about his roots, a visit that impressed each an album and a movie.
La Dame Blanche: Hip-Hop Urbano Cubano (2018)
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Vocalist La Dame Blanche
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This episode presents rap from Cuba, within the type of a Spanish language dialog with the artist La Dame Blanche, “a cigar-smoking, classically educated flutist.”
Unhealthy Bunny En Español: El Nuevo Disco Y Sus Influencias (2018)
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Earlier than he was one of many world’s greatest international popstars, he was Benito, proper right here on Alt.Latino. This interview, in Spanish, meets the Puerto Rican artist proper earlier than he dropped X 100PRE.
