New Music From Hip Hop Hoodios on Calabash Music

Viva la Guantanamera EP benefiting Amnesty International

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:02:56 -0600

¡Oye! Hip Hop Hoodíos has just released the "Viva la Guantanamera EP," a special digital-only album benefiting Amnesty International. The new song "Viva la Guantanamera" is an allstar collaboration with members of two Grammy-winning artists (Ozomatli & The Klezmatics), and also features contributions from Kemo The Blaxican (of Latin hip-hop pioneers Delinquent Habits), and Walter Miranda (Beastie Boys, Plastilina Mosh). Hip Hop Hoodíos are tying in with Amnesty International's campaign to close Guantanamo Bay Prison and encourage the full restoration of due process, and are donating 18% of net profits from digital sales of the "Viva la Guantanamera" single to Amnesty.

The "Viva la Guantanamera" track was produced by Wildog of Ozomatli. The new EP features 4 new songs and remixes.

We're excited to report that Amnesty International has initially committed to inclusion of the new Hip Hop Hoodios track "Viva La Guantanamera" on multiple Amnesty and Amnesty-related websites. We'll keep you posted as news develops. 4 new tracks of trilingual mayhem for a good cause - ¡¡Orale!!

Agua Pa' La Gente

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:02:56 -0600

The full-length follow-up to Hip Hop Hoodíos' acclaimed 2002 debut release 'Raza Hoodia', the new album 'Agua Pa' La Gente' was produced by Happy Sanchez (Los Mocosos) and features appearances from numerous heavy-hitters in the world of Latin alternative and Jewish music.

Los Hoodíos realized that delivering a follow-up to 'Raza Hoodia' (recently certified as the biggest selling Latino-Jewish hip-hop album of ALL TIME), would not be easy. But whereas 'Raza Hoodia' was recorded in one drunken weekend on a mere $500 budget, the new album 'Agua Pa' La Gente' was recorded on a Cirque du Soleil-sized budget over the course of FIFTY TWO drunken weekends. In other words, expect more of the trilingual mayhem you've come to love - but this time, with a sonically-enhanced psychosemitic Latin sheen that would make even a silver apple go rolling home, sighing softly.

Raza Hoodia EP

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:02:56 -0600

Hip Hop Hoodios are out to change the notions and preconceptions of Latin music entirely.