Mala Rodriguez in Barcelona from ieishah clelland on Vimeo.
Even Andalusian rapper Mala Rodriguez admits that when it comes to Spanish rap no hay mucho. Last year's Latin Grammy winner for Song of the year admitted as much last night at Cabaret Berlin in Barcelona. Still somehow La Mala managed to complete her 2-hour DJ set for Golfostar's Spanish Joint, a party dedicated exclusively to rap in español without the help of even one English language joint. Or any Pitbull!! (Also they've had this party more than once!!!) Immediately upon entering I started thinking to myself, what's that one Spanish language tune that's going to have everyone's hands in the air? That everyone's going to be losing their minds over and touching the sky? Turns out that as far as Spain's concerned, the closest thing Spanish rap has got to a you-must-know-the-words classic is La Niña, by Mala herself. Mala blessed us with a little impromptu performance last night even though she wasn't being paid. Genial.
2 comments:
Thanks for this video. She sounds good. What are some other Spanish rappers? I'm only familiar with Calle 13.
I'm actually putting together a Spanish rap primer...Stay tuned ;-)
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