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Céu — “Retrovisor”
Céu, a Brazilian temptress of samba, mystifies us with her heavenly splendor in “Retrovisor.” Her name means “sky and heaven” in Portuguese and rightly so – the many...
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Tecnobrega Pixie Daniel Peixoto Wants Love AND Sex
The omni-sexual Brazilian electric artist Daniel Peixoto is always a raunchy delight -- whether writhing in sand or peeing on the dancefloor. So of course we wanted to...
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Emicida — “Triunfo”
All hail Emicida, rap king of the São Paulo streets. “Triunfo” (or “triumph”) contains many well-deserved bragging rights – the 25-year old has built quite a reputation...
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Emicida — “Rua Augusta”
Emcee Emicida carries us to the infamous street of “Rua Augusta” in his hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. Backed by soulful piano and trumpet production, Emicida uses his...
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Brazilian Indie Rocker Lulina and her Lo-Fi Lullabies
São Paulo, Brazil’s mega-city of 20 million people, feels today something like you’d imagine New York in the 1970s to be: a rock and roll town where anything can...
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Emicida — “Então Toma”
Pop vocab lesson! Emicida’s name combines “emcee” and the Portuguese word for “murderer.” The Brazilian rapper slays a crafty enemy with style and soul samples in “Então...
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Casio Delight: 10 Tecnobrega Artists To Savor (with or w/o Cheese)
First there was samba and tropicalia. Then there was funk carioca. Now, enter the latest sound making waves from Brazil: tecnobrega.
In some ways, tecnobrega (which...
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Unforgettable 2011: 10 Memorable Moments In Global Hip Hop
We thought about doing a list of the best global hip hop albums or singles for 2011, but it just didn't seem quite right. Hip hop remains such an unruly genre...
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Coolest Non-English Tracks of 2011
Yes, it's the language that I'm writing in. But I'm over it.
Music lovers around the world must be agreeing with me, because from our view at MTV Iggy, 2011 marked...
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MTV Iggy @ East Village Radio: Meet the Brazilian Jay-Z Emicida
Calm, collected, and yes, cute. That’s Emicida, the Sao Paulo freestyle king who swept the Brazilian MTV Music Video Awards this year. On a recent trip to NYC, the MC...
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“Funk do iPhone” by João Brasil Out Soon
Brazilian cheese ironist João Brasil has put his hands on a sample idea so good that we just wonder why no one's done it already -- a baile funk song that mashes up the...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
Your weekend just got awesomer. That's right...it's time to choose MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week !
This is a round-up of five of the best global bands we found this...
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Brazil’s Wado Makes Samba on his 808
Not to essentialize, but I can't help but notice that nowadays the Brazilian music industry is largely executed by an army of bearded hipsters with curly, dark hair. The...
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Could CSS’ New Video Be Its Last?
Could the Sao Paulo team that gave us the immortal line "Music is my hot, hot sex!" be losing a member? Last Wednesday, CSS dropped their latest video, "City Grrl,"...
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Brazil’s Karina Buhr Goes Carnal on Post-Punk
Let's cut to the heart of Karina Buhr: she's Patti Smith with kohl eyeliner and a hell of a lot of Brazilian culture at her disposal. In the video for "Carapalavra," off...
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Banda UO Shimmy For the Win, and The Strokes
It's been a big month for Banda UO, our favorite eletrobrega Brazilians. The Casio-wielding trio just recently performed at the Brazilian MTV Awards, sandwiched between...
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Brazilian MC, And Media Mogul, Emicida
Brazilian rapper Emicida is winning the hip hop game, and he's also building a media empire on the side. The winner of multiple Brazilian MTV awards co-produced the...
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MTV Iggy @ EVR: Emicida – ”Viva”
“Viva” means “hooray,” in Portuguese, and the track’s chorus, “Viva pra Noiz” or “Hooray for Us/Hooray for Noise” hints at the huge team of people that came together to...
Interview
MTV Iggy @ EVR: From the Streets to MTV: Emicida the MC Killer
Emicida might slay other rappers (his name comes from combining MC with “homicida,” the Portuguese word for murderer), but he’s modest about himself, at least in front...
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Emicida Puts Brazilian Rap On The Map
The title of Emicida's first mixtape from 2009 tells you a lot about him -- it's called, For a Guy Who Once Bit A Dog For Food, I've Come A Long Way. And since 2009, the...