Eduardo “Visitante” Cabra / Vicente Garcia, Trending Tropics
The year after his partner in Puero Rican rap duo Calle 13’s phenomenal solo debut, Eduardo “Visitante” Gabra sets out on a collaboration with Dominican singer/songwriter Vicente Garcia that‘’s about as ambitious and varied as his half-brother Residente’s. This is a reggaeton-inspired hip-hop album worthy of Cabra the producer’s considerable talents, and a mostly pan-American world music album which ranges from Afro-Cuban jazz to Andean flutes to reggae and beyond, and a modern Latin pop album. It succeeds on all three of these levels. It is also a concept album, about our relationship to technology, and when the songs are performed live, the band is fronted by a robot. Highlights: “La Enfermedad,” “Elintelné,” “Dandy Del Congo”
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