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Hyphy * by 420 (CD, Apr-2009, Fonovisa) 
Hyphy * by 420 (CD, Apr-2009, Fonovisa)

 
Hyphy * by 420 (CD, Apr-2009, Fonovisa)

Artist: 420
Release Date: Apr 2009
Format: CD
Record Label: Fonovisa
Genre: International, Mexican
UPC: 808835388023
Product ID: EPID71852686
Description: When fans of regional Mexican music try to explain narcocorridos (corridos about drug trafficking) to non-Latino listeners, they make comparisons that those non-Latinos are likely to relate to. Gangsta rap is a valid comparison; so is ou...
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Track Listing
1. Las Cosquillas
2. Pobre Idiota
3. Cabronas Malandrinas (Las Reinas Malandinas)
4. El Imperio De Un Traficante
5. Los 4 Compas
6. Los Tracaleros
7. Mis Matas Con Flor
8. El Chacaloso
9. El Jefe
10. Viaje a Las Vegas

Details
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
When fans of regional Mexican music try to explain narcocorridos (corridos about drug trafficking) to non-Latino listeners, they make comparisons that those non-Latinos are likely to relate to. Gangsta rap is a valid comparison; so is outlaw country (as in Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, and Merle Haggard). And here's another comparison that works: the blues. For many years, blues artists have used dark humor to address troubling subject matter -- and dark humor is a prominent ingredient on 420's narcocorrido-driven HYPHY. But while 420's use of humor helps give HYPHY a folksy quality, that doesn't mean that the lyrics are lighthearted; like Los Tigres del Norte, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Grupo Exterminador, and other norteño groups that have performed narcocorridos, 420 have no problem being folksy and edgy at the same time. La vida narcotraficante is a prominent theme on HYPHY, and the realities of the Mexican drug trade are candidly addressed on corridos like "El Jefe," "El Imperio de un Traficante," "Pobre Idiota," and "Cabronas Malandrinas" (which is about female drug traffickers in Jalisco, Mexico, and should appeal to those who appreciated Los Tigres del Norte's "La Reina del Sur").

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