Ozomatli - Embrace the Chaos
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Free Music Review: The aztec God of dance
Hit: 4 Stars
Langly, uno de los Pistoleros Solitarios de "Expediente X", luc?a en la serie una camiseta con el logo de Ozomatli. ?Casualidad, gui?o, publicidad? M?s bien una muestra del impacto que el grupo caus? con su debut hom?nimo, con su mezcla de rock, ska, funk, hip hop y ritmos latinos.
Los europeos estamos acostumbrados a ese caj?n de sastre llamado rock mestizo, y hemos sufrido en silencio la aparici?n de grupetes que esconden su mediocridad tras la etiqueta de "globalidad enrollada". Pero para los yanquis, Ozomatli fue toda una sorpresa.
Despu?s de tres a?os de gira, el septeto multiracial de Los Angeles regresa con las ideas m?s claras: si en su primer trabajo fusionaban estilos en un mismo tema, en "Embrace The Chaos" tienden a diferenciarlos en distintas canciones, y para ello recurren a varios productores. Steve Berlin, de Los Lobos, se encarga de potenciar los sonidos m?s latinos en "Pa Lante" (con el viol?n del lobo David Hidalgo y la kora de Prince Diabate), "T?mido" (con influencias cubanas), y el bullanguero "Mi Alma" (de ra?ces mejicanas).
La faceta m?s rapera de Ozomatli queda plasmada en las producciones de Bob Powers: "Lo que dice"; "1234" (al estilo de la Old School, con De La Soul); "Vocal Artillery" (con los recitados de Wil.I.Am (de Black Eyed Peas), Kanetic Source y Medusa, y el efectivo scratch de DJ Cut Chemist); y el pausado "Embrace The Chaos" (con Common y una trompeta jazz). Por su parte, el productor Mario Caldato aporta interesantes fusiones en "Dos cosas ciertas" (una cumbia interrumpida por un ritmo drum'n'bass y el rap en ingl?s de Kanetic Source), y en "Sue?os en realidad" (donde los sonidos brasile?os se funden con el scratch de DJ Spinobe, los metales y las percusiones).
En lengua nahuatl, Ozomatli es el dios azteca del baile y, sin duda, el grupo angelino hace honor a su nombre.
Free Music Review: I can't get behind this
Hit: 2 Stars
English speaker here, somewhat fan of latin music.
A friend of mine saw these folks live and recommended that I go out and buy everything they own right this second.
As far as latin music goes, there's nothing special about this album. It sounds like every other salsa record out there. BOOORRRRIIINNNGG!!! Oro Solido was doing this 10 years ago. Who cares???
There are some hip hop tracks on this album, and let me save you some time: If you like the crap hip-hop that ozo is trying to peddle on this album, go out and get yourself some black eyed peas. these clowns can't rap to save themselves! It's almost unlistenable. God. I have it playing now, and someone on the album actally rhymed 'half-assed MC's' with something equally as cliched and self important, and, well, crappy. I'm gagging on this album.
I'm gonna give their self titled album a shot, it seems to be rather well liked by the amazon reviewers.
Free Music Review: Baltimore Hons rocks to Ozomatli
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been listening to this CD everyday for a year! Just saw them in concert April 27 04 and they were fantastic. They jumped into the crowd and played right next to us for the last 30 min. Very rarely do you hear a group who's live performance is exactly the quality of the CD. You won't need to understand Spanish to groove to the heated explicit lyrics. Even a gringa can learn rhythm with this CD. Ozomatli played some songs from the new CD being released in June. I was on line today to see if i could pre-order it.Free Music Review: Ozomatli excels! online concert, too...
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is fantastic. This group is excellent. You know this album rocks, so here is a tip! They recently played a really small, initimate concert at The Expression Center for New Media in the Bay Area and it is online ...I love Ozo and if you do, too, you'll be stoked on this.
Surfer
Free Music Review: Maximum Surprise
Hit: 5 Stars
Having seen this group on the Latin Grammy awards perform "Dos Cosas Ciertas" and knowing nothing else about them, I bought the CD. I was very surprised to hear two of my favorite hip-hop artists on some tracks, especially the title track performed with Common! I love groups like Ozomatli and Groove Collective for their efforts at fusion. Their melange of latin and hip-hop and jazz reflects the diversity of urban America today. What Ozomatli should do now is carry their social activism further in their music. Play very loud!