ChocQuibTown
Setting out to mix traditional Afro-Colombian music with hip-hop, Latin and funk sounds, ChocQuibTown are a trailblazing hip-hop group who celebrate the culture of their forefathers to deliver electric carnival sounds.
Brother and sister Miguel 'Slow' Martinez and Gloria 'Goyo' Martinez grew up in a musical family in the coastal region of Choco, West Colombia but moved around the country and Goyo began performing in hip-hop clubs whilst studying at university in Cali. Old childhood friend Carlos 'Tostao' Valencia joined the siblings to create ChocQuibTown (named after their hometown of Quibdo in Choco) in 2000 and the trio modelled themselves on hip-hop groups like The Fugees and The Roots, local artist Joe Arroyo and '90s salsa orchestra Grupo Niche.
Proudly representing the rhythms and cultural traditions of the poor, underdeveloped Pacific region of the country, they built their reputation on Bogota's lively music scene before winning a festival prize that allowed them to independently record their debut album 'Somos Pacifico' in 2006. Addressing social issues in their lyrics and splicing together authentic bambuco and guabina rhythms with upbeat, soulful raps, the trio went on to release follow-up 'Oro' in 2010 and toured the world's leading festivals, including Glastonbury, Roskilde and South By South West. Tostao and Goyo married the following year, and the band won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song for 'De Donde Vengo Yo' before their third album 'Eso Es Lo Que Hay' (2012) was released through Sony Music, featuring Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique and rapper Tego Calderon. The band continued to rap about the rural shanty towns and the culture from which they'd come and earned comparisons with the Black Eyed Peas when fourth album 'El Mismo' (2015) reached number five in the Billboard Latin Rhythm Charts. They released their fifth album, 'Sin Miedo', in 2018.
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Morena
ChocQuibTown, Lil Silvio & El Vega, La Ross Maria
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Sony Music Latin le 4 oct. 2021
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A Prueba de Fuego (Homenaje a Jairo Varela)
Pop - Paru chez Talentochocoano le 12 déc. 2019
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Pa Olvidarte (Remix)
ChocQuibTown, Zion-Lennox, Farruko
Amérique latine - Paru chez Sony Music Latin le 1 févr. 2019
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Eso es lo que hay
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Columbia le 22 nov. 2011
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ChocQuib House
Amérique latine - Paru chez Sony Music Latin le 12 juin 2020
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Sin Miedo
Amérique latine - Paru chez Sony Music Latin le 25 mai 2018
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Midnight Boom (with ChocQuibTown & Afro B)
Amérique latine - Paru chez Sony Music Latin le 15 avr. 2021
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Behind The Machine (Estudio En Vivo)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Columbia le 25 nov. 2012
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Cuando Te Veo - EP
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Columbia le 4 mars 2015
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Cuando Te Veo
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Columbia le 3 mars 2015
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