Artists
who's who and who's doing what?Seu Jorge
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Carolina Joao Nogueira and Jorge Ben, the greatest
names in Brazilian popular music, have acclaimed
the work of Seu Jorge. He is fresh and multi-
talented. He is Rio's malandro Street culture with
every prerequisite to achieve master status.
This is his first solo album since leaving another
very successful Polygram act called Farofa Carioca...
A band that conquered the Brazilian pop scene at
the end of the 90s with a tune called "Moro no
Brazil" (translation: I live in Brazil). The group
performed a mixture of music-circus-theatre and
the audiences loved it. Everything started in the
streets of Rio de Janeiro. The same mean streets
where Seu Jorge lived and gained experience of life
as a homeless street child.
Needless to say that Seu Jorge has street attitude,
and his samba has street and hip-hop social
awareness like never before. This album is co-
produced with Mario Caldato producer of hip-hop
groups like the American Beastie Boys .
Seu Jorge just turned up to Marios house in LA with
a few demos and in 2 weeks produced the best
brasilian album of the last 10 years. Thats how it is.
Mario says...
"I THINK HIS MUSIC IS PURE IN VIBE AND HE BRINGS
IN SOME NEW BLOOD, REVISITING THE OLD STYLE
OF BRASILIAN SONGWRITING AND SINGING.... HE
CAN REALLY ROCK A PARTY HE HAS SO MANY
INCREDIBLE SONGS. "
So far no one has managed to bridge the gap
between the old and the new Afro-Rio life. No one
has managed to touch black and white, rich and
poor, young and old with a simple and wise street
poetry that we call malandro culture.
The track "Carolina" has the characteristic swing
vibe of people like Jorge Ben, Bebeto and Serginho
Meriti. "Chega no Suingue" is a samba-soul track
that makes us remember Carlos Dafe, and Dafe
himself actually participates in the last track of the
album called "De Alegria Raiou o Dia". The track
"Mangueira" is Brazilian funk via Funk'n Lata and Ivo
Meirelles. There is a pagode-style track called
"Pequins and Pitbull", it is a homage to Zeca
Pagodinho with Dudu Nobre playing a mean
ukelele.
The man himself, Jorge Ben composed a new song
for this album. It is a reggae track called "Em
Nagoya Eu vi Euriko". This guy seems to charm
everyone and he has powerful friends aiding his
shining star. Azimuth's drummer Mamo, Paulinho
Black the virtuoso bass player, and producer Artur
Maia, Banda Black Rio's keyboard player Willian
Magalhes, Josimar Monteiro (violin player), Serginho
Trombone and Velha Guarda da Mangueira are
among the friends giving a hand on this debut
album.
More recently Seu Jorge starred in City of Gods as
the infamous Knock-out Ned character.
