"The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop" presents some of the grittier sounds and funkier beats from Brazil's homegrown rappers. Arriving in Brazil with break-dancing and graffiti, the hip-hop movement spread from the main centres of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro across Brazil, and the doors were opened to the national rap movement in the late 1990s. Mixing rap with samba, soul, reggae, bossa nova, acid-jazz, poetry and rock, the tracks featured on "The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop" are a sampling of the most innovative ...
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"The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop" presents some of the grittier sounds and funkier beats from Brazil's homegrown rappers. Arriving in Brazil with break-dancing and graffiti, the hip-hop movement spread from the main centres of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro across Brazil, and the doors were opened to the national rap movement in the late 1990s. Mixing rap with samba, soul, reggae, bossa nova, acid-jazz, poetry and rock, the tracks featured on "The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop" are a sampling of the most innovative sounds of Brazil's hip-hop generation.
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