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Cuando subes a un autobus aquí en Medellin puede ser mucho más que transporte público. Dependiendo de tu gusto musical, a veces te toca el placer (o la mala suerte) de un concierto de rap. Aunque la cultura de hip hop ya es algo fuerte, pocas son las oportunidades de tocar en vivo o grabar y vender un disco. Por eso, muchos de los jovenes raperos suben a los buses para ganar un poco de plata mientras practican su arte. Caminando por Parque Bolívar en el centro hace tres semanas, Noah y yo vimos un joven de 17 años cantando una versión bastante peculiar de una de las peores canciones del año pasado. Pero después de charlar un poco, nos dio cuenta de que el joven tenía mucho más talento que habíamos pensado. Les dejo con el video. [display_podcast] Si quisieran descubrir más sobre el hip-hop en Medellín, les recomiendo este artículo de Azulnaranja y todos los videos de YouTube de Adriaan Alsema, un músico holandés quien, según su perfil de YouTube, está produciendo un documental sobre el hip hop en Medellín. |
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[Grant] Gobierno Abierto América Latina
This blog post is a summary of a $25,000 grant from Omidyar Network to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness to support the convening of Latin American transparency networks in Mexico City on March 20, 2012 to discuss the opportunities, challenges,
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Back to My Printing Press
I started blogging at el-oso.net in December 2003. I didn’t expect it to last long; mostly I wanted to keep a travel diary for a road trip around Mexico, and I figured, why not keep it on the Internet? Several
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The Carlsbad Marathon
It was about five o’clock in the morning when Cindylu, with her sweet little voice — all chamomile and honey — says, “Oso, you should probably put some vaseline in your butt crack.” That’s when I knew I was in
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Hola Oso!
Rebuena calidad de video! Nombre… me gusto mucho como nos presentaste el tema y le haces honor al talento de Rapero Andres. Ojala encuentre apoyo y pueda sacar su disco.
Tengo que admitir quedaba esceptica cuando lei el titulo y la cancion eligida…. “worst song of last year” cierto!!! pero si le dio un toquecito mejor. Gracias por compartir compadre!
te quedo CHEVERRE!
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His karaoke version of the song is hilarious. I like how you checked to see if he was on your side of the reggaeton war
Great work introducing us to such an interesting character.
Sencillamente, impresionada!!
Élizita,
Gracias!
Nathan,
I love how he called reggaeton ‘elegant’. I could think of some other words.
Cata,
Muchas gracias. Dile a Jorge que sigo esperando las letras de su rap.
Se ve mucho talento callejero que no tiene la oportunidad de lanzarse profesionalmente. Ya, al parecer, hace parte de la cultura popular de Medellín este tipo de actuaciones. Ya me lo habían contado, pues en mi entorno me muevo por otros medios, tendré que ingeniármelas para vivir la experiencia de escucharlos en vivo y en directo.
Un abrazo cálido!
Oso, the “about” page brings a 404 error page. Just to let you know.
Nice blog (that´s why I was looking for the “about”)