Marcelo D2 - Direct-to-Disc '2024

Tracks list

       Trailblazing Brazilian rapper Marcelo D2 announces the release of new
direct-to-disc album via Night Dreamer on 2nd November 2024.

Recorded alongside electrifying live band Sambadrive, the album revisits some of
Marcelo D2’s most important tracks, mining 25 years of ground-breaking
music from the Brazilian legend and capturing his now timeless ‘samba
hip-hop’ sound in full flow.

A generational voice in Brazil who emerged in the mid-‘90s as founder of
hip-hop group Planet Hemp, Marcelo D2 has achieved the charmed status of both
household name and musical innovator, collaborating with the likes of the late
great Sergio Mendes and esteemed producer will.i.am. Since the release of his
debut solo album Eu Tiro É Onda in 1998, he has developed an instantly
recognisable sound that skips between classic Brazilian groove and contemporary
rap, guided by the motto ‘looking for the perfect beat’ which
graces his second album À Procura da Batida Perfeita.

Now, in 2024, Marcelo D2 is telling his story again in a new light. Inspired by
the iconic jazz-samba trios of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Sambadrive emerged
from the improvised and often spontaneous jams that would preface Marcelo
D2’s live shows. Touring the world and reunited with producer Mario
Caldato Jr., the group dropped in on Haarlem’s Artone Studio in October
2022 to record an album of 10 tracks, drawn from four of Marcelo D2’s
most loved albums.

First single ‘MD2 (A Sigma no TAG)’ reimagines the syncopated
boombap of the 2013 original into an elastic piece of funky, Azymuth-esque,
jazz-samba, carried on the wings of Marcelo D2’s featherlight vocal flow.
The first of three tracks taken from Nada Pode Me Parar, ‘MD2 (A Sigma no
TAG)’ sets the tone for an album that bubbles with astute musicianship
and virtuoso lyricism.

Up next, ‘A Maldiçâo do Samba’, strips out the back beat and
horn stabs of the original - released in 2003 on À Procura da Batida
Perfeita - in favour of sparse and syncopated instrumentation, the serpentine
bass line ducking and diving between shuffling drums and piano vamps. Opening
out into expansive jazz samba solos against which Marcelo D2’s strident
verses stand tall, ‘A Maldiçâo do Samba’ (which translates as
‘The Curse of Samba’) shimmers with energy and intensity.

Raising the pulse one notch more, ‘Desabafo’ drops into a classic
piano-led jazz samba groove, referencing the iconic sound of Claudia’s
1973 track ‘Deixa Eu Dizer’, which is sampled on the original.
Taken from 2008 album A Arte Do Barulho, ‘Desabafo’ showcases the
stunning breadth of Marcelo D2’s sound, traversing eras, rhythms and
styles with ease.

A celebration of Marcelo D2’s legacy, an exposition of a master at work
and as consummate a recording of live samba rap as you’re ever likely to
hear, Marcelo D2 and Sambadrive looks back to light a way forward, each track
shining like a blueprint of the genre-defying hits they would become.

Marcelo D2 - Vocals
Mauro Berman - Bass
Pablo Lapidusas - Keys
Lourenço Monteiro - Drums 

Tracklist:
1-1. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- A Maldiçâo do Samba (03:38)
1-2. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- MD2 (A sigla no TAG) (02:58)
1-3. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- A Procura da Batida Perfeita (02:49)
1-4. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- Samba de Primeira / Encontro com Nogueira (04:25)
1-5. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- Qual É? (04:07)
1-6. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- Profissão MC (03:18)
1-7. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- 1967 (03:49)
1-8. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- Eu Tenho o Poder (03:46)
1-9. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço Monteiro
- Desabafo (02:50)
1-10. Marcelo D2, SambaDrive, Mauro Berman, Pablo Lapidusas, Lourenço
Monteiro - Rio (Puro Suco) (02:25) 

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