AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL SUMMER TOUR IN CUBA, THE ITALIAN RAP GROUP PRESENTS A NEW ALBUM
FEATURING THE BEST CUBAN MC’S.
After
flying to The Big Apple to be the first Italians MC’s to perform in The Bronx –cradle of the Hip-Hop Culture-, Zero Plastica didn't stop there. In 2013, Zero Plastica travelled
to Cuba to perform at the 9thHip-Hop Symposium of Cuba,
one of the largest events of its kind in Central and South America.
Cuba's
primary newspaper El Granma wrote: “Almost 20
years after Jovanotti gave a sold-out
concert on the great stairs of Havana University, the flag of Italian rap has
returned to wave in Cuba once again: this time, those standing up for the urban
culture of this European country are the members of Zero Plastica”.
Signed
to American indie label Nomadic Wax, Zero
Plastica is ready to present it's latest offering, a collaborative record made between Italy and Cuba entitled CuBASS. The album brings the Italian
underground hip hop duo together with some of the best emcees in Cuba. This
project was born thanks to the singer/percussionist Sergio Limuti, who put together this effort with beats co-produced
by Dj Nio (Zero Plastica). Sergio has
been to Cuba many times and was the first European ever to play Afro Cuban
music at Festival Jazz of Havana back in 1991. In
2013, with guidance from Sergio, Zero Plastica and a host of Cuban emcees
toured the island, rocking six concerts. Highlights included performances at
the world famous Palacio de La Rumba and
Delirio Habanero, a breathtaking venue on Plaza de La Revoluciòn.
The
“CuBASS” project features Cuban Rap heavyweights Supersonica Obsesiòn, Krudas Cubensi, Brebaje Man, El Poeta Liriko,
Onda Livre, Charlito Mucha Rima, La AKdemia, Las K-Lidas, La Fina, and some
of the best R&B singers such as Los
Niche and Danay Suarez, described
by many as “The Cuban Jill Scott”.
The classic boom-bap beats invoke Balkan and Indian sounds with influence from Afro Cuban percussions, cool reggae
vibes, hardcore rap and electro.
The
first video from “CuBASS” is ‘Flow Flow’ and features
a hard, funky beat produced by Nio and the multi-textured flow Lure and El Don Gua. The
video was shot by Zero Plastica in the neighborhood of San Miguel del Padròn,
30 minutes away from the center of Havana, where a lot of Afro Cuban rhythms
were born.
“CuBASS” is available through Zero Plastica’s website and BandCamp.
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Cuban
Hip-Hop All Stars & Zero Plastica “CuBASS” - Tracklist
1 • Felix "Pupy"
Insua - Yo soy Changò
2 • Brebaje Man -
CuBalkanica
3 • Don Gua f. Lure - Flow
Flow
4 • Poeta Liriko - En la
guagua
5 • Leli f. Malian &
Lure - Mucho Rap
6 • Mucha Rima y Los Niche
f. Zero Plastica - Calma
7 • Malian f. La Fina &
Zero Plastica - Asì se hace consùmela
8 • La Akdemia f. Zero
Plastica - Directo al Corazòn
9 • Yaokende - Default
10 • Las Klidas f. Zero
Plastica y La Fina - Tu nunca
11 • El Tipo Este
(Supersonica Obsesiòn) f. Dj Nio - El Moro
12 • La Fina - Mas que
swing
13 • OndaliVre - Rap
Timbalù
14 • Las Krudas Cubensi f. Danay
Suarez – Odamusa
