Kemo
- The Blaxican
The hard-hitting beat is what grabs you first.
Then you hear the smooth-yet- powerful baritone vocals attack
with a distinctive tone. That's how he describes his new
solo release...
"You recognize the voice as it commands
attention with provocative lyrics over the flavorful track.
The MC shifts the rhyme from English to Spanish and then
back to English again, with such a seamless transition that
you barely even notice the language switch. Your head was
bobbing the whole way through - it didn't even matter that
some of you couldn't understand the Spanish parts."
Then it hits you, you're sure of it. The voice
and trademark rhyme flow belong to none other than "The
Blaxican" - Kemo, former member of Latin hip-hop pioneers
Delinquent Habits!
As Delinquent Habits' only Spanish-fluent
MC, Kemo spent twelve years with the group, releasing four
albums and taking the Delinquent sound beyond borders and
around the world. In 1996 the group struck gold with their
very first single "Tres Delinquentes", a song
that masterfully fused a traditional mariachi sound (courtesy
of Herb Alpert's "Lonely Bull") with the raw hip-hop
backdrop of the streets. The sound was a breath of fresh
air in a stale rap scene, and opened a new creative doorway
into which many other hip hop groups would follow.
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