Captain and Jester thank you both for your valuable insight...I like a lot of what I heard and I'll be sure to check out your recommendations further.
Here are two Hip Hop groups from my land (Colombia).
Chocquibtown
Simple and commercial sound, but with one unique element, they use traditional sounds (esp. the Xylophone) from the Pacific coast of Colombia.
Below is a verse translated to give you an idea of what the song says.
You came here with only betrayal on your mind,
to firstly take away my gold,
with your foreign accent and your cowboy look,
Move out, get out of here boy,
you won't take my gold again,
Sir, I will leave you be,
reflect and just leave with everything.
All my gold has finished, the owners have become employees,
the inocence has gone, more poverty has come,
but I won't leave from here, I am form this land I am!
My soul is like the rivers, the path I take shall flow.
Chorus:
Thief you left with all my gold
and left me without my gold
The following video just talks about the region and the people.
JHT
This is more of a lyrical rapper from the capital Bogota.
1st song: 'Mi Rap Es' - My rap is....talks of what rap means to him.
2nd Song (min. 1:36): 'Veneno' - Poison...criticizes latin american politicians and Colombian indiference and ignorance.
3rd song (min. 3:05): 'Blues del rap' - Rap Blues...Talks of the history of rap and criticizes commercial and monotonous elements of its evolution.
Translation of a passage from the last song 'Blues del Rap'.
Rap is far from being a verse of meaningless lyrics,
this music goes back to the races with rhymes,
my message is like slaves in plantations,
it is screams of hope, dreams and frustrations,
with double sexual meaning,
double moral meaning,
double meaning to interpret and search for freedom.
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