Emigrant

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Emigrant
Orishas studio album

Publication
(s)

June 11, 2002

Label (s) Universal Latino

Genre (s)

Hip-hop , Son Cubano

Title (number)

15th

production

Orishas

chronology
A lo Cubano
(1999) 		Emigrant El Kilo
(2005)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Emigrant
  DE 80 05/20/2002 (2 weeks)
  CH 7th 05/05/2002 (13 weeks)

Emigrante is the second studio album by the Cuban band Orishas . It was released on June 11, 2002 on Universal Latino and combines modern hip-hop with Cuban folk music such as son and bolero . The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap / Hip-Hop Album 2003 and was also nominated for a Grammy in the category "Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album".

backgrounds

At the time of the recording, the musicians lived in exile in Paris , Milan and Madrid , and the album was recorded in Spain and France. The band dedicated it to all immigrants around the world, addressing their problems and the lack of rights granted to them. Still, the band doesn't see Emigrante as a political album. In addition to these topics, the band processed stories from their homeland and their own experiences that they had made in their new adopted home. Although ignored by most US radio stations, around 50,000 units were sold by Emigrante in the US alone.

Reviews

laut.de says about the album: This record is indispensable for lovers of Latin music, but “Emigrante” also has a lot to offer hip-hop heads . Lisa Hageman of CMJ New Music Report points out that albums in foreign languages ​​don't necessarily interfere with listening pleasure. She characterizes the music as a mixture of the best of Cuban music, especially the Son , with basic elements of hip-hop such as scratching . The album is “definitely a precision landing”, perhaps mainly because you don't understand the lyrics.

content

Song list

  1. ¿Qué Pasa? - 3:41
  2. Mujer - 3:49
  3. Guajiro - 3:19
  4. Qué Bola - 4:21
  5. Así Fue - 3:49
  6. Niños - 3:49
  7. 300 kilos - 0:45
  8. Gladiadores - 4:05
  9. Ausencia - 3:35
  10. Habana - 3:38
  11. Testimony - 4:38
  12. El Rey De La Pachacha - 4:09
  13. Emigrants - 3:45
  14. Desaparecidos - 3:49
  15. La Vida Pasa - 3:47

The songs Testimonio , Mujer and Guajiro were released as a single from Emigrante .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original dated December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / CH , accessed on November 24, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  2. ↑ a b Nkechi Uzoma: Emigrante at laut.de
  3. ^ Antero Garcia: The Working Man's Band. (No longer available online.) Campus Circle, archived from the original on June 23, 2003 ; accessed on November 24, 2010 (English).
  4. ↑ Michael Church: Rap with a Cuban beat. The Independent , May 23, 2003, accessed November 24, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Lisa Hageman: Orishas: “Emigrate” . In: CMJ New Music Report . July 22, 2002, p. 4 .