May Outlook: Brazil
By Marcelo Costa / Scream & Yell
Criolo's fifth album began to be thought of a little over a year ago in this chaotic scenario of the pandemic Brazil. The initial idea was to call it Kaos Diary (title of the opening theme), with K, for Kleber Cavalcante Gomes, the rapper's given name. The title has changed, but this is still a diary about Brazil today, about our times, from the complex and intelligent point of view of the artist responsible for the second most important album of the last decade in Brazil (according to a survey by Scream & Yell, which brought together 100 people from the world of journalism and music).
About Living It is perhaps the most painful album of Criolo's entire career, due to its sincerity and openness. It is as if the artist showed us the exposed wounds and made songs with them (know the album song by song). We often tend to understand rap as a chronicle of our time, and Criolo makes poetry of our time.
Rap is officially the central theme of the album, and it is from Criolo's verses that the other sound connections of the album unfold. At under 40 minutes, this is a powerful piece of work that unfolds in different ways. From now on, one of the great Brazilian albums of 2022, write Renan War.
MORE RELEASES
Alaide Costa - O Que Meus Calos Dizem About Me: A singer who began a brilliant career in 1956, Alaíde launches, at 86 years old, an incredible album of samba and timeless Brazilian music produced by rapper Emicida together with producer Marcos Pretto under the musical direction of Pupillo (ex-Nação Zumbi). Listen.
Andre Abujamra -Love: André is, in an adjective worn out by so much misuse, a genius who began his career in the 80s with the band Mulheres Negras and, in the 90s, created the sensational Karnak. Abujamra is a tireless creator who, in his solo career, continues to deliver musical gems like this Love, an absolutely magical album. listen here.
Jair Naves -Obfuscating A Beleza Que Eu Vejo: In his fifth studio album, a direct result of the suffocating uncertainties of the pandemic and of living under the shadow of a genocidal government, Jair Naves unites his refined poetry with rage, experimentation, sound manipulation, delicacy and violence. honoring his important career as a troubadour. Discover the album and read one honest and moving interview.
Rats of Porão - Necropolitics: Another tense / dense album that was born from the mismanagement of the health crisis in Brazil (we did not have to fight against one disease, but against two: Covid-19 and the president), the thrash metal combo's 13th album reviews the climates from the classic album Brazil (1989) while dealing blows to fascists, religious, neo-Nazis and followers of Bolsonaro. Listen and come to read an interview.
MORE CULTURE:
Those who lived their 20s at the turn of the millennium are already beginning to have their first gray hairs, to take their health a little more seriously and to feel a certain nostalgia (although it may pass quickly) for the adventures of their youth. Precisely because of this nostalgia, the comic Um Lugar do Caralho, by Thiago Krening, tries to catch the reader by telling the story of a group of young friends, university students in Santa Maria. Krening provokes a whirlwind of memories in those who lived the first years of the 2000s in the south of Brazil and, why not, in other regions of the country and Latin America. A place of Caralho is the first launch of the hypothetical publisher.
