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A bicoastal rap duo so Jewish they make the Beasties look like Mormons
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Blender, A bicoastal rap duo so Jewish they make the Beasties look like Mormons >>
This Latino-Jewish rap duo’s stew of klezmer, pop-hop and rock en español is meatier than its gimmicky aroma would suggest. Authors of the first bilingual rap about the Inquisition—“1492,” a smoky salsa number—vocalist Josué Norek and instrumentalist Abraham Veléz unite their influences (and guests from Santana and Jaguares) under their own playful ethnopolitical identities. Norek sets a frenetic, sometimes startling pace, calling himself “kike” one moment and bragging about his SAT scores the next. This is matched by the inborn exuberance of the band’s musical mélange: The title cut combines lithe Latin dance and the sharp hooks of radio rock with elastic Spanish rhymes and decent, Dr. Dre–baiting jokes. Finally, a rap group whose only beef is with pork.
By Nick Catucci 05/01/05 >> go there
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