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- Album of the Year #12: Las Ninyas Del Corro - Onna Bugeisha
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| Album of the Year #12: Las Ninyas Del Corro - Onna Bugeisha Posted: 27 Dec 2021 04:52 AM PST Artist: Las Ninyas Del Corro Album: Onna Bugeisha Release Date: November 19 Listen Artist Background Las Ninyas Del Corro (or Girls of the Ring in English) is a rap duo consisting of two Spanish women, Felina Vallejo amd Laura Bonsai. They both met in 2015 at rap battles that were held on the streets of Barcelona. During this time, the two found that they were often the only women participating in these street battles/cyphers and decided to form a duo. They bonded over their love of 90s hip hop and gravitated towards that style in making their own music. While at first rapping was a side hobby, it was not until the death of Madrid rapper Gata Cattana in 2017 who was one of their biggest influences, that the duo decided to get serious and pursue music as a career. On Gata Cattana;s influence, Laura said "Rap is a world of men, but she left a legacy to all of us so that we are not afraid and we can say why not?" In an interview Felinna reflects on those times when they were rapping in the streets of Barcelona and said she hated when she would show up and other guys' assumptions would be that she was dating someone who was rapping or was trying to get with someone there, and getting the "Who'd you come here with?" line. Their earliest work dates back to 2017, with the group releasing a song titled "Intro" on their youtube channel, following up with a handful of songs named after Sailor Moon characters. One thing I thought was pretty cool to note was that their song "Mercury" featured the instrumental to Necro's "Beautiful Music For You To Die To" with a slight variation. Next up was their first single "Letra Llegada", and the group stayed quiet for another year before dropping their next single "Salsa2". This is actually the song that put me and a couple of other people on as it had randomly popped up in a YouTube recommended one day and a lot of the comments on that video reference being there from the recommended tab. Las Ninyas continued to drop singles and work with other artists from Spain, frequenting collaborating with the all women rap collective FREE SIS MAFIA. It was not until earlier this year when the group dropped their first project, an EP titled #Skit2020 that featured some of their earlier singles. Before Onna Bugeisha dropped, the duo got to take part in one of the most ambitious collaborations to come out of Spain when they were invited to take part in the posse cut Rap Sin Corte 50, hosted by Foyone and featuring 17 rappers and one singer, from various regions and styles. I posted both their verses below. Quick Listening Note Now when I listen to a group for the first time, I often have trouble with differentiating one artist from the other off the bat, and I know others might feel the same so I thought I'd through in a mini reference on here using their cypher verses so I can save you the guess work and you can tell which is which on the album This is Laura Bonsai (Fun fact, Laura Bonsai was born on the same day Tupac was killed, which she references in this verse) This is Felinna Vallejo Thought it was important to make that distinction to help you guys familiarize yourselves with their voices and how each one compliments the other. Review (Note: I will do my best to translate some of the Spanish lyrics into English, though it won't be perfect, I will make sure I get the point across) The title not only serves as reflection of the Japanese aesthetic for the album, but also a reflection of Las Ninyas growing up and gravitating towards a male dominated world in hip hop, as they explain that they felt a connection to the idea of Onna Bugeisha, the woman warrior. One who fought alongside men instead of conforming to gender duties of being a housewife. The album starts with an intro featuring Japanese dialogue before kicking off with a great opening verse from Felinna, who draws references to peace, death and the afterlife.
Laura Bonsai follows it up with her verse that builds on the Japanese aesthetics and themes of the album, making references to Amatsu Tatara and Sasuke from Naruto losing his arm. On L.N.D.C., the apparent influence on 90s hip hop is apparent within the first few seconds as it opens with a sample from Big Daddy Kane's "I Ain't No Joke", and the callbacks to that era don't end there, as the instrumental briefly cuts to "Shook Ones Part II", and Felina continues, referencing U-God, Prodigy's song "Keep It Thoro", and Bigge. On top of that the duo interpolates "C.R.E.A.M". at the end of the song. This one is easily my favorite song on the album as both the production by Yeke Boy and Las Ninyas vocals sound like it came straight out of the 90s. Thought they don't sing a lot on this album or in general, Las Ninyas Del Corro treats listeners to their singing on Santorini, both of them singing in English, with Felinna singing the intro and Laura the outro, with their verses sandwiched in between. Thought it was neat to structure it in that way, especially with the contrast in both flow and language in verse vs. intro/outro Following that is "Mediterraneo", which samples Prodigy's "Throw Me on a Havoc beat" line from Uncut Raw, which seems fitting since the beat sounds like Esse Delgado wanting to channel Havoc when he made this, and I think he did a pretty good job of doing that. After an instrumental interlude, the album takes us to its title track, "Onna Bugiesha", which released as an animated music video. This song continues the theme of Onna Bugeisha by painting a portrait of the calm before a battle, while also Las Ninyas also it in the context of the streets of Spain through their choice of words. Next up on "Perdon De Dios" is my favorite feature on the album, from Moneo, who also made an appearance on Rap Sin Corte 50, and was the lone singer featured on the posse cut, which is cool because his folk singing style makes for a unique blend on a hip hop song. "Tomeo Gozen" features more of a 90s west coast style beat, courtesy of producer Tensei One. This one features a chorus in which Laura and Felinna trade bars, which I wish they did more of on this album, because they pull it off so well here. "La Fallite" has Las Ninyas Del Corro speak of topics regarding interpersonal relationships, I included a passage from the song in the favorite lyrics tabs so users can get a sense of what they're saying, but the song plays on themes of being vulnerability and communication the idea of whether each person is putting in the work for the right reasons, as the chorus tells the listeners, "For me or for you? Is it for you or for me? Tell me" "For My People" features an extended verse from Laura's Rap Sin Corte feature with features from Jon Manhattan and Cristo Romero of rap group Giada Longo. Next up is the song "Sassy", the best flows from the duo on the album over what sounds like a flipped sample of C-Bo's 357. Laura's verse is especially great Lastly the album closes out with "Temple", which I thought was the perfect closing song. It's hard to put into words, but the multi-part beat combined with Laura's crescendo into aggressive delivery and Felinna's lax flow made for that feeling of closure. Duku from Free Sis Mafia also makes an appearance in the second verse and sings the chorus in unison with Laura and Felinna. In short, this album is my favorite to come out this year for a number of reasons. This is one of the first groups that I got to see grow early on before their debut, and they delivered with this one. This album in particular brought me back to when I was just learning about 90s hip hop and listening to this gave me the same feelings of listening to duos like Black Sheep, Showbiz & AG, Capone-N-Noreaga and Ghostface and Raekwon for the first time. Las Ninyas Del Corro fit into the style with ease as if they grew up in it, and their love of classic hip hop that I've seen from them in interviews and social media reflects in their music. Favorite Lyrics:
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Questions: Favorite references/samples on this album? With the group's adoption of 90's boom bap in mind, is there other examples of artists adopting the sound of both a different country and decade that is not their own? Where do you see this group's ceiling, is there potential for crossover appeal? Will they gain prominence enough to be featured on such series as Tinydesk or Colors as other international artists like Santa Salut and Nicki Nicole have done? [link] [comments] |
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