Craca & Dani Nega – O Desmanche
Very nice fusion of different sound languages coming from Brazilian, African and Latin music as well as electronic and Hip Hop...
BNegão & Seletores de Frequência – Transmutação
BNegão & Seletores de Frequência show in their third album their newest multifaceted sound experiments. Mixing Dub, Suingue/MPB, Afro percussion, Surf Rock, Funk and many other styles this record contains an infinity of sounds and references in one project. Free...
Batavia Beats Mixtape
Mixtape of Hip Hop and Rap stuff from Jakarta, formerly known as Batavia. Tracklist: 1. Sweet Martabak – Ada Sumur Di Ladang 2. Saykoji – So Wat Gitu Loh 3. Rotra – Jagal Prabu 4. Saykoji – Eyyo 5. 2nd Clan – Benthik 6. Too Phat –...
Thiago Elniño – Fundamento
Thiago Elniño from the midzsize industrial city Volta Redonda in the Rio de Janeiro state comes up with a Hip Hop/Rap album full of oldschool Brazil samples,...
Zimun – Pra Frente
The album from Zimun out of Belo Horizonte is a rich and diverse ride between hip hop, jazz, afrobeat, rock and funk. Download from their website....
Criolo – Convoque Seu Buda
Criolo just released his new album which contains apart of Hip Hop and Rap as well MPB, Samba and Afro(beat). He counts with the participation of Tulipa Ruiz, Money Mark, Juçara Marçal, Kiko Dinucci, Rodrigo Campos and Síntese. Download for free from his website or...
PROJETONAVE & EMICIDA – 7′ NASBASE
São Paulo’s inventive and incendiary band PROJETONAVE teams up with Emicida for a single commemorating the city’s 460th birthday. Download for...
3 MOZquiteiros – FRELIMU (Frente de Libertação de Música)
Mozambique is actually not much on the musical map of the world despite it’s original music styles such as Pandza, Marrabenta and the sound of the Mbila (kind of xylophone). Regarding Hip Hop and electronic music the national artists focus more on copying the...
Sombra – Fantástico Mundo Popular
Very diverse album of Rapper MC Sombra from São Paulo. Download for free from his website.
Rael – Ainda Bem Que Segui As Batidas do Meu Coração
One of the promising talents of Brazilian Rap/Hip Hop releasing an eclectic album. Free download from his website.
Combo X
Combo X is the solo project of Nação Zumbi’s Gilmar Bolla 8. Fresh Manguebeat mixed with other rhythms from Northeastern Brazil and innovative band of 10 people including two...
Criolo Doido – Singles, Parcerias e Raridades
“The purpose of the compilation “Singles, partnerships and rarities” is to rediscover the lost path – once seen as a break – between the careers of today and the old Crioli Doido through partnerships, rarities and inaccessible tracks...
OQuadro
The band OQuadro from Ilheus, south of Bahia, has just released their first album, and promises to give his fans with a quite peculiar run Hip-Hop. With the versatility of shows played with instruments (bass, drums, guitar, percussion and electronics) the group drew...
MC Ralph – Os Afro-Raps
Translation of the accompanying text: Inspired by the Afro-Sambas of Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell this disc is to rescue the roots of a folk. Letters that address african-Brazilian spirituality, music full of samples and percussive elements. A mixture of...
Sacassaia
Sacassaia from Brasília produce a very interesting mixture of Brazilian styles and other Latin-American rhythms together with Rap and Dub. From their website: “In the first semester of 2008 the DJ/MC/composer Gardenel (Gabriel Gardenal) and the...
Bebel Du Guetto
My neighbor Bebel Do Guetto from Morro do Cantagalo was born in the state of Maranhão. She started to sing and to rap by the age of 12 and to write their own lyrics by 17 (she is 23 now). Bebel says her main influences are Elza Soares, Snoop Dog and Bob Marley. The...
Funkero – Poesia Marginal Mixtape
Funkero is one of the most talented and fastest Brazilian MCs. He participated two times in the final of the Liga dos MCs, a local battle competition, and appeared on several TV shows. His first solo album is mixed by DJ Negralha with whom he performs live as well....
Kuduro Dessert
I got some messages asking for more Kuduro tracks so here are some add-ons. First, it’s the recently released Foça Kuduro EP on Flamin’ Hotz that I kindly received from Casi. As most of the tracks have been posted already on other blogs I just link to them...
Kuduro Do Futuro Mixtape
Kuduro is a music style from Angola that is known for its pushing electronic beats and heavy rap. Because of the influences from African rhythms it is sometimes described as Afro-Techno. It was created in the 90’s by Tony Amado. The word Kuduro has two meanings:...
Brazilian Hip Hop Samba Rap Mixtape Part 1
A guest mix for Maga Bo’s radio show Sambacana on Spannered. Tracklist: 01. B Negão & Seletores de Freqüência – V.V. 02. A Filial – Brilha o sol 03. Marcelo D2 – Sinistro 04. Rappin’ Hood – Rap o som feliz 05. Dom Negrone...