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ALBUMPrece - SingleO Rappa & Tuyo
Albums by O Rappa
ALBUMNunca Tem FimO Rappa
ALBUMNunca Tem Fim (One Track Album) - EPO Rappa
ALBUM7 VezesO Rappa
ALBUMAcústico MTV: O Rappa (Ao Vivo)O Rappa
ALBUMInstinto Coletivo - Versão SimplesO Rappa
ALBUMO Silêncio Que Precede o EsporroO Rappa
ALBUMLado B Lado AO Rappa
ALBUMO RappaO Rappa
ALBUMRappa-MundiO Rappa
O Rappa's Popular Music Videos
De Rappa para Rapadura
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Minha Alma (A Paz Que Eu Não Quero)
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Reza Vela
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Instinto Coletivo
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Me Deixa
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O Salto
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Monstro Invisível
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Rodo Cotidiano
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Tumulto
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Artist Playlists
Marcelo Falcão Essentials
One of Brazil’s finest delivers thrilling reggae and rock.
Marcelo Yuka Essentials
O Rappa Video Essentials
Watch Brazil's most vital and socially conscious alt-rock band.
Artist Biography
Mixing samba with dub and drum'n'bass with funk, O Rappa has as its most visible features social criticism, racial awareness, and in attacks against police violence. The first album, O Rappa (1994), was celebrated only in small circles of the initiated, mostly in working-class suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Only the third CD, Lado B Lado A (1999), sold well: 150,000 copies in three months. In the same year, the music video for "Minha Alma" was nominated for seven categories on MTV Brasil's Vídeo Music Brasil, winning six of them; in the same year, the same music video won the Seventh Multishow Music Awards. In November 2000, drummer/composer Marcelo Yuka was shot and became parapalegic after he tried to avoid an assault by throwing his car against the bandits. In August 2001, O Rappa won the Video Music Brasil with "O Que Sobrou do Céu" in three categories: Best of the Year, Best Direction, and Best Photography. In the same year, the group launched its first live album, Instinto Coletivo, with a couple of tracks recorded in the studio and with the participation of Sepultura and Asian Dub Foundation. ~ Alvaro Neder
Hometown
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Genre
Brazilian