BLACK ALIEN
As part of hybrid rap-rock group SpeedFreaks and rasta-funk outfit Planet Hemp, Black Alien was a pioneering force on the hip-hop scene in Brazil in the 1990s, and returned to top form with his landmark solo album 'Babylon By Gus Vol.1' in 2004.
Growing up in the suburbs of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo de Almeida Ribero was educated at the finest schools in the area but was always an outsider who eventually turned to skateboarding and hip-hop. He teamed up with Claudio 'Speed' Marcio in 1991 to form the duo SpeedFreaks and their explosive collision of hip-hop, funk, punk and samba injected new life into the underground music scene in Sao Paolo and Rio. The album 'De Macaco' would later be regarded as highly influential. Ribero - now going by the name Gustavo Black Alien - went on to join alternative favourites Planet Hemp between 1997 and 2001 but reunited with Speed again as Black Alien and Speed and the pair famously had their track 'Quem Que Caguetou' used in an advertising campaign for Nissan. Fatboy Slim later remixed the track as 'Follow Me, Follow Me'. Ribero turned solo in 2004 with the glorious rasta-rap fusion record 'Babylon By Gus Vol.1 - Year of the Monkey' and won over whole a new generation of South American hip-hop fans. After years of addiction battles and the death of Speed, he went sober, attended rehab and returned with new album 'Babylon By Gus - Vol. II: No Príncipio Era O Verbo' in 2015. With his loose, melodic trademark flow still as warm and infectious as ever, he emerged as a wiser, more soulful character as he entered his mid-40s and later celebrated his sobriety on new single 'Que Nem O Meu Cachorro' in 2019.
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Abaixo de Zero: Hello Hell
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 12 Apr 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Babylon By Gus Vol. 1 - o Ano do Macaco
World - Released by Deckdisc on 8 Sep 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Final de Semana
Papatinho, Seu Jorge, BLACK ALIEN
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by WM Brazil on 12 Feb 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
No Princípio Era o Verbo - Babylon by Gus, Vol. II
Brazil - Released by Black Alien on 11 Sep 2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chuck Berry
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 9 Dec 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pique Peaky Blinders
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 18 Feb 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Meu Bem Querer (JAH-VAN)
Seu Jorge, BLACK ALIEN, BiD, Fernando Nunes
Pop - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 16 Mar 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Babylon by Gus Vol. 1 - O Ano do Macaco (Ao Vivo)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 8 Sep 2004
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
No Princípio Era o Verbo - Babylon By Gus (Vol. II)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extraphunk on 8 Sep 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Follow Me Follow Me (Quem Que Caguetou?)
World - Released by Mr Bongo on 1 Jan 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sangue de Free (Digital Vagabondz Remix)
Brazil - Released by Black Alien on 26 Sep 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ditchin' the Grind
Punk / New Wave - Released by Alien Black on 6 Aug 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Que Nem o Meu Cachorro
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 14 Mar 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Sangue de Free
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 25 Aug 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sangue de Free (Digital Vagabondz Remix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Extrapunk Extrafunk on 26 Sep 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo