CD: Obsesion: Un Monton de cosas

Style: HipHop | Publisher: Egrem | Code: | Year: 2001

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This was Obsesión’s debut album in Cuba, nominated in the CubaDisco awards and recognised as a serious and unique force in the new generation of Cuban music, while all tracks were ranked in the top ten popular lists of national radio stations. It really shows off their range of musicality – combining the rich heritage of Afro-Cuban percussive rhythms and call-and-response singing plus modern influences of socially conscious US hip hop and sweet Rn’B – earning the title: ‘a whole load of stuff’ (loosely translated).  The two main singers, Alexei and Magia, pose as Guapo and Lola, two attractive Havana youths, to give a sharp critique of hustling tourists. There is a nod to the influence of Guillén’s rhythmic ‘son’ poetry, as a forefather of rap and for his anti-imperialist politic, in using his quote: “No vengo de Paris ni de New York, digo por favor no please.” (I don’t come from Paris or NY, I say please in Spanish not English).