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Agua Pa La Gente

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I am really feeling the new Hip Hop Hoodios album "Agua Pa' La Gente." If you like clever rhymes, cross-cultural fusion, and great musicianship, this is an album you need in your collection. Don't worry if you don't speak Spanish, or if you're not Jewish - their music transcends race or religion. Think either a more Latino Beastie Boys, or a more Jewish Molotov. The idea of a Jewish-Latino rap group is a bit gimmicky, but I must admit I like this group a lot and would recommend the new album to others.

I gotta say that these guys took it many levels beyond their EP!! I actually have a couple of friends who are both Latin and Jewish, and they bugged out when they heard these tracks! I'm not Jewish, but the beats are still great for my Saturday DJ sets, and the lines are funy as hell! I wish more "hip hop" were this refereshing!

This album is real hip hop, nothing corny (not child appropriate). It has positive self image messages, easier to relate to.

There's a lot of Jewish rap these days. Some of it is good like Chutzpah who combines humor with real cultural messages and it feels like it is made for today. Then there's Matisyahu who, for the life of me, I don't understand why he has a career. I saw him live and he soings out of tune and barely raps at all. I don't think he'd be anywhere without the Hasid dress (he only went Hasid a couple of years ago by the way---can you say gimick?). MOT are just a joke. Hoodis deinitely got something. The music is excellent, well recorded and sounds big. The rhymes are where it falls a little flat for me..I don't think calling themselves Ki#@kes is a good idea, especially when we don't share the same type fo verbal self deprication with black people. Ancient is, by far, their best track. I am into this album...worth a buy for sure, but pick up Chutzpah or So Called or Bllod of Abraham.